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Mainz

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Mainz won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 1-0 Bundesliga loss in their previous game against Werder Bremen.

In that match, Mainz had 63% possession and 12 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Werder Bremen had 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. Leonardo Bittencourt (14') scored for Werder Bremen.

Over their past 6 fixtures, Bo Henriksen's Mainz have managed to score a total of 8 times giving them an average number of goals per match of 1.33.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Mainz:

• have not lost a league tie with Augsburg in their previous 2 games.
• are undefeated in their last 6 league matches at home.

Augsburg

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Stuttgart in DFB-Pokal action, Augsburg will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Augsburg managed 40% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Stuttgart had 12 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Deniz Undav (30') was the scorer for Stuttgart.

For 5 of the prior 6 clashes featuring Augsburg, a relatively low number of goals have been struck between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell is a paltry 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by Augsburg equalling 1.17.

Pre-game facts show that Augsburg:

• have not won against Mainz when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes going back to 06/04/2022 shows us that Mainz have won 4 of these games and Augsburg 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

In all, 19 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 11 for Mainz and 8 created by Augsburg. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The previous league meeting between these sides was Bundesliga match day 4 on 20/09/2024 when the final score was Augsburg 2-3 Mainz.

That time, Augsburg managed 73% possession and 29 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Goals were scored by Keven Schlotterbeck (25') and Samuel Essende (57').

At the other end, Mainz had 5 shots at goal with 3 on target. Armindo Sieb (13') and Jonathan Burkardt (15', 49') scored.

The match was refereed by Sören Storks.

🗞️ Team News: Mainz

It seems likely that Mainz could employ a 3-4-2-1 formation and select Robin Zentner, Danny da Costa, Moritz Jenz, Dominik Kohr, Silvan Widmer, Philipp Mwene, Kaishu Sano, Nadiem Amiri, Paul Nebel, Jae-Sung Lee and Jonathan Burkardt.

ℹ️ Team News: Augsburg

Augsburg boss Jess Thorup has some current player fitness concerns. Mergim Berisha (Hamstring injury), Yusuf Kabadayi (Knee surgery), Henri Koudossou (muscular problems), Reece Oxford (Fitness) and Robert Gumny (Adductor injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

From our viewpoint, Augsburg seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-4-2 lineup using Finn Dahmen, Chrislain Matsima, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Noahkai Banks, Kristijan Jakic, Marius Wolf, Frank Onyeka, Elvis Rexhbecaj, M. Valentin Pedersen, Alexis Claude and Samuel Essende.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Augsburg must be fancied to break down this Mainz side, but that probably won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Mainz at the end of this one. Let’s see what eventuates.

Andre Moura, 14:06 08/02/2025