📏 Form Guide

Mainz

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Mainz enter this match following a 1-1 Bundesliga 1 drawn game against Freiburg.

In that match, Mainz managed 60% possession and 16 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Mainz was Jonathan Burkardt (40'). On the other side, Freiburg had 6 shots at goal with 3 on target. Michael Gregoritsch (6') scored for Freiburg.

Fixtures with Mainz have usually been entertaining encounters of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past six clashes alone, a grand total of 22 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 12 of those coming from Mainz.

Their prior results show that Mainz:

• have not been beaten in the league by Cologne in their previous 3 games.
• have not registered a win against Cologne in their last 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 6 home league matches.

Cologne

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After a loss in their previous game against Darmstadt in Bundesliga 1 competition, Cologne will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Cologne had 57% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, Darmstadt 98 got 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Christoph Klarer (57') and Oscar Vilhelmsson (90') scored for Darmstadt.

Proving their partiality to productive matches, the back of the net has been hit 21 times in the prior 6 matches in which Cologne have sent out their troops, making it an average of 3.5 goals each clash. Opposition teams have managed 14 of these goals. With no two games being the same, it remains to be seen if the trend will be sustained in this game or not.

Pre-game facts show that Cologne:

• have not emerged victorious against Mainz in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 8 league games. A poor run.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 11/04/2021 shows us that Mainz have won 2 of these & Cologne 1, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

19 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 for Mainz and 7 coming from Köln. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was Bundesliga 1 match day 14 on 10/12/2023 when it finished Cologne 0-0 Mainz.

In that match, Cologne had 54% possession and 5 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Mainz got 13 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Frank Willenborg.

📋 Team News: Mainz

Jessic Ngankam (Torn muscle fiber) and Stefan Bell (infection) are unavailable for Mainz gaffer Bo Henriksen. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Jae-sung Lee and Tom Krauß.

In our view, Mainz will possibly make use of the 3-4-2-1 formation for this one featuring Robin Zentner, Dominik Kohr, Sepp van den Berg, Edimilson Fernandes, Anthony Caci, Philipp Mwene, Josuha Guilavogui, Nadiem Amiri, Brajan Gruda, Jonathan Burkardt and Karim Onisiwo.

🗞️ Team News: Cologne

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the Cologne boss Timo Schultz has zero fitness worries at all ahead of this match.

We’re of the thinking that Köln appear most likely to elect for a 4-4-2 formation by sending out Marvin Schwaebe, Benno Schmitz, Timo Huebers, Julian Chabot, Max Finkgrafe, Jan Thielmann, J. Steen Christensen, Eric Martel, Florian Kainz, Faride Alidou and G. Waldschmidt.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Mainz certainly have the ability to get amongst the goals when they face Cologne, who may well find it hard finding the net themselves.

We’re therefore anticipating a comfortable 2-0 win for Mainz at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 15:02 28/04/2024