Updated October 23, 2026: VfB Stuttgart are still scheduled to host Borussia Mönchengladbach in Bundesliga Matchday 7 on Friday, October 23. The confirmed kickoff is 8:30 p.m. in Stuttgart, Germany—Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00)—or 6:30 p.m. UTC. The match is set for MHP Arena. VfB’s latest pre-match update also reports a new absence: Josha Vagnoman is sidelined with a hamstring injury.
The Bundesliga’s official fixture list places Stuttgart against Mönchengladbach on Friday, October 23, at 18:30 UTC. The official match page identifies MHPArena and gives the same UTC kickoff. VfB’s October 22 pre-match update confirms the club expects to play at 20:30 CEST on Friday at MHP Arena. The listed date, home side, stadium, and kickoff remain unchanged in the checked sources.
Germany is still observing summer time on October 23. Stuttgart therefore uses Central European Summer Time, which is two hours ahead of UTC. The match’s 18:30 UTC time converts to 20:30 CEST on the same Friday; it does not roll over to Saturday for viewers in Stuttgart. The fixture falls close to Germany’s annual clock change, which can make a generic time-zone label confusing. Germany’s national metrology institute, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, says CEST ends on the last Sunday in October. In 2026, that is October 25—two days after this match—so the later UTC+01:00 winter offset does not apply to the October 23 kickoff.
For calendars, use the named Europe/Berlin time zone or enter the event as 18:30 UTC. A fixed UTC+01:00 entry would be wrong for this date. Readers comparing schedules across countries should keep the date and both time labels together: Friday, October 23, at 20:30 CEST in Stuttgart, which is 18:30 UTC. A calendar in a far-eastern time zone may display Saturday after converting the UTC time, but that is the viewer’s local date, not a change to the match date at the stadium.
VfB’s Thursday pre-match article says Josha Vagnoman sustained a hamstring injury against Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Champions League on October 20 and is unavailable for the time being. The same club update says Nikolas Nartey will miss the Gladbach match with a muscular issue. Tiago Tomás, Justin Diehl, and Dan-Axel Zagadou are still building their fitness in training and are also unavailable for this fixture, according to the club. These are availability updates, not confirmed return dates.
The Bundesliga’s Matchday 7 team-news preview, published October 22, also lists Jovan Malanga among Stuttgart’s players out, alongside Diehl, Nartey, Tomás, Vagnoman, and Zagadou. For Mönchengladbach, that league preview lists Jens Castrop, Franck Honorat, Ko Itakura, Tim Kleindienst, Enzo Leopold, Jan Leszczyński, and Isac Lidberg as out. It gives injury or fitness descriptions for those absences, including shoulder, knee, and muscular problems. Because the league article is a preview, these names should be read as its reported availability list rather than a final club team sheet.
The checked matchday sources do not flag a suspension for either side. The confirmed starting elevens remain the definitive check for late availability changes. The Bundesliga match page labels its formations and player selections as predicted lineups, not official selections; it says the confirmed lineups are due about 60 minutes before kickoff. Do not treat a predicted formation or a player listed as likely to start as confirmation that the player will appear.
Entering Matchday 7, VfB had won twice and lost four of its first six league games, while Mönchengladbach had lost all six and sat at the bottom without a point. Those figures describe the standings before this fixture; they do not predict how the match will finish. Stuttgart will have home support at MHP Arena, while Gladbach arrives looking for its first league points of the season. The Bundesliga’s match page notes both clubs’ recent results and provides the live ticker for in-game updates.
VfB’s official preview says the match will be carried by Sky in Germany, with updates also available through VfB Radio and the club’s live ticker. Broadcast rights vary by country, so viewers elsewhere should check the Bundesliga’s broadcaster information for their market. For late changes, use the Bundesliga live match page and the clubs’ official channels close to kickoff. At the time of this update, the confirmed essentials are Friday, October 23; 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00); 18:30 UTC; and MHP Arena in Stuttgart.
For the time-zone conversion, see the PTB’s explanation of summer time in Germany. The official fixture list and club preview remain the primary references for scheduling; check the live match page for any final pre-kickoff update.
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