Mainz vs Eintracht Frankfurt Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Mainz

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Mainz, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 Bundesliga 1 success against Hertha Berlin.

In that game, Mainz managed 65% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Mainz, goals were scored by Silvan Widmer (25') and Stefan Bell (81'). Hertha BSC got 10 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Davie Selke (45') scored for Hertha Berlin.

Fixtures involving Mainz have proved to be exciting ones recently with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past six games, the sum total of 20 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 8 of those belonging to Mainz. Such a trend isn’t assured to be carried forward here, however.

Taking a look at their past results, Mainz:

• have not emerged victorious against Eintracht Frankfurt in their last 3 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Eintracht Frankfurt

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In their previous game, Eintracht Frankfurt drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga 1 match with Borussia Mönchengladbach.

In that match, Eintracht Frankfurt managed 47% possession and 18 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Eintracht Frankfurt was Paciência (66'). Borussia Mönchengladbach got 12 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Alassane Pléa (4') scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The numbers tell their own story, and Eintracht Frankfurt have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals in total. At the back, Eintracht Frankfurt just haven’t been too solid at all.

Coming into this fixture, Eintracht Frankfurt are without an away win for the past 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head clashes stretching back to 12/05/2019 tells us that Mainz have won 3 of them & Eintracht Frankfurt 2, with the number of drawn games being 1.

In all, 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 7 from Mainz and 5 being from Eintracht. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The last league encounter between these sides was Bundesliga 1 match day 17 on 18/12/2021 when it finished Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 Mainz.

On that day, Eintracht Frankfurt had 52% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Jesper Lindstrøm (34').

Mainz had 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Felix Brych.

📋 Team News: Mainz

Jae-sung Lee (Knock) and Delano Burgzorg (Heart Condition) won’t be able to feature for Mainz manager Bo Svensson.

It seems likely that Mainz should go for a 3-5-2 system for this one, handing starts to Finn Dahmen, Stefan Bell, Alexander Hack, Moussa Niakhate, Daniel Brosinski, Anton Stach, Leandro Barreiro, Dominik Kohr, Aaron Caricol, Jonathan Burkardt and Karim Onisiwo.

🗞️ Team News: Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt manager Oliver Glasner has to choose a team with limited availability. Danny da Costa (Pubis bone irritation), Jan Schröder (Torn Muscle Fibre), Diant Ramaj (Meniscal Injury), Jesper Lindström (Hamstring Injury) and Martin Hinteregger (Hamstring Injury) won’t be making appearances.

We believe Eintracht seem likely to begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 lineup, going with Kevin Trapp, Almamy Toure, Tuta, Evan N'Dicka, Ansgar Knauff, Sebastian Rode, Djibril Sow, Filip Kostic, Jens Petter Hauge, Daichi Kamada and Rafael Santos Borre.

⚡ Prediction

In our opinion, Eintracht Frankfurt have enough to score against this Mainz side, but it probably won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.

Our selection here is for a 2-1 advantage for Mainz at the end of the 90 minutes. Definitely a tough call.

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Renata Leite, 23:59 09/05/2022