On Saturday Mar 4th, in week 23, Mainz 05 will host Hoffenheim in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Mainz 05 sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Borussia M’gladbach. Jae-Sung Lee scored the first goal for Mainz 05 in the 25th minute, then Marcus Ingvartsen added another in the 49th minute on a feed from Ludovic Ajorque In the end, Borussia M’gladbach 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 is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 16th placed Hoffenheim is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Borussia Dortmund. Julian Brandt struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 43rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Hoffenheim couldn’t muster any offence and Borussia Dortmund ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 1 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Sep 10th, Hoffenheim hosted Mainz 05 in their last match together. Hoffenheim was victorious by a score of 4 to 1 in front of just over 20000 jubilant spectators. Andrej Kramarić struck first for Hoffenheim in the 53rd minute, then Grischa Prömel added another in the 69th minute.
Kasper Dolberg and Munas Dabbur are the top scorers for Hoffenheim in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Both Marcus Ingvartsen and Jae-Sung Lee have been the hottest scorers for Mainz 05 in the last five each having scored 3 goals each
Jonathan Burkardt, Delano Burgzorg and Robin Zentner are unavailable to play for Mainz 05, while Pellegrino Matarazzo’s squad will be without Robert Skov, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Grischa Prömel, Pavel Kadeřábek and Kevin Vogt.