On Sat Jan 15th, in week 19, Mainz 05 will host Bochum at Opel Arena in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 10th placed Mainz 05 is fresh off their 1-4 loss against RB Leipzig. André Silva scored the first goal for RB Leipzig in the 21st minute on a penalty shot, then Dominik Szoboszlai added another in the 47th minute. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while bochum sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Wolfsburg. Milos Pantovic struck first for Bochum in the 65th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wolfsburg couldn’t manage to score, and Bochum took the shutout win. Bochum is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Vonovia Ruhrstadion, Bochum won by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 13000 fans. Gerrit Holtmann struck first for Bochum in the 21st minute on a feed from Zoller, then Sebastian Polter added another in the 56th minute on a feed from Simon Zoller In the end, Mainz 05 was frustrated by Bochum’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Bochum ended the match with the shutout victory.
Sebastian Polter has been the most prolific scorer on Bochum in the last 5 matches with three goals. Mainz 05’s top weapon lately has been Jae-Sung Lee, who has two goals in the last five matches
Dominik Kohr, Moussa Niakhaté, Ádám Szalai and Jeremiah St. Juste are unavailable to play for Bo Svensson’s team, while Jürgen Locadia, Eduard Löwen, Simon Zoller and Decarli are unavailable to play for Thomas Reis’s team.