In this week 27 match, on Saturday Mar 19th, Mainz 05 hosts Arminia Bielefeld in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Mainz 05 recorded a 1-3 loss against Union Berlin. Genki Haraguchi scored the first goal for Union Berlin in the 8th minute, then Sheraldo Becker added another in the 56th minute on a feed from Niko Giesselmann. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Arminia Bielefeld recorded a 0-1 loss against Borussia Dortmund. Marius Wolf struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 21st minute on a feed from Thorgan Hazard, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Arminia Bielefeld was frustrated by Borussia Dortmund’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia Dortmund ended the match with the shutout victory. Arminia Bielefeld is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 30th of October, Arminia Bielefeld hosted Mainz 05 in their last match together. Mainz 05 was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 19000 dissapointed spectators. Jae-Sung Lee scored the first goal for Mainz 05 in the 25th minute, then in the 42nd minute, Manuel Prietl sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jacob Laursen. Mainz 05 is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Karim Onisiwo and Moussa Niakhaté each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Jeremiah St. Juste is unavailable to play for Mainz 05, while Frank Kramer’s Arminia Bielefeld squad will be without Joakim Nilsson.