On the 22nd of January, in this week 20 match, Greuther Fürth and Mainz 05 will play a match in Fürth in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Greuther Fürth recorded a 2-2 draw against Arminia Bielefeld. Masaya Okugawa scored the first goal for Arminia Bielefeld in the 8th minute, but Leweling got the equalizer for Greuther Fürth in the 35th minute . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while mainz 05 sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Bochum. Jeremiah St. Juste struck first for Mainz 05 in the 48th minute on a feed from Jonathan Burkardt, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Bochum couldn’t muster any offence and Mainz 05 ran away with the shutout win. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Opel Arena, Mainz 05 won by a score of 3 to 0 in front of almost 12000 jubilant spectators. Anderson-Lenda Lucoqui struck first for Mainz 05 in the 15th minute on a feed from Leandro Barreiro, then Ádám Szalai added another in the 18th minute In the end, Greuther Fürth was frustrated by Mainz 05’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mainz 05 ended the match with the shutout victory.
Mainz 05’s top weapon lately has been Jae-Sung Lee, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Kallevik Nielsen has been the most prolific scorer on Greuther Fürth in the last five matches with two goals
Justin Hoogma, Jessic Ngankam, Abdourahmane Barry, Robin Kehr and Marius Funk are unavailable to play for Greuther Fürth, while Dominik Kohr, Moussa Niakhaté, Ádám Szalai and Jeremiah St. Juste are unavailable to play for Mainz 05.