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Mainz

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Mainz will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 3-0 Bundesliga defeat last time out to Bayern Munich.

In that match, Mainz had 40% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 on target. At the other end, Bayern Munich had 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. Leroy Sané (27'), Michael Olise (40') and Eric Dier (84') scored for Bayern Munich.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Mainz have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Mainz have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 13 goals during that time.

Their previous form shows that Mainz:

• have not been beaten in their last 11 home league matches. It's been impressive.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league games.

Eintracht Frankfurt

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Eintracht Frankfurt will go into the meeting after a 4-0 Bundesliga win over RB Leipzig in their previous game.

In that game, Eintracht Frankfurt managed 46% possession and 9 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Eintracht Frankfurt, the goals were scored by Ansgar Knauff (21', 53'), Hugo Ekitiké (67') and Robin Koch (71'). At the other end, RB Leipzig had 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

A run of dependable showings by the Eintracht Frankfurt defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 outings in total. Over that same period, their forwards have scored 8. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Eintracht Frankfurt:

• have left without a victory over Mainz in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
• have not been beaten by Mainz when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. A very decent away record against them.
• are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head meetings going back to 14/05/2022 shows that Mainz have won 1 of them & Eintracht Frankfurt 2, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

An aggregate of 16 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for Mainz and 9 for Eintracht. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Bundesliga match day 15 on 21/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Eintracht Frankfurt 1-3 Mainz.

On that day, Eintracht Frankfurt had 71% possession and 34 attempts at goal with 9 on target. The scorers were Kauã Santos (15' Own goal) and Rasmus Kristensen (75').

For their opponents, Mainz had 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Paul Nebel (27', 58') was the scorer.

The referee was Florian Badstübner.

📋 Team News: Mainz

We think that Mainz may well make use of the 3-4-2-1 system for this game and select Lasse Rieß, Danny da Costa, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Dominik Kohr, Anthony Caci, Kaishu Sano, Nadiem Amiri, Phillipp Mwene, Paul Nebel, Jae-Sung Lee and Jonathan Burkardt.

🗞️ Team News: Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt boss Dino Toppmöller has a number of players out of action. Junior Dina Ebimbe (Stomach flu), Krisztián Lisztes (muscular problems), Kauã Santos (Cruciate ligament tear) and Mario Götze (Torn muscle fiber) will miss out on this game.

We’re of the thinking that Eintracht appear most likely to utilise a 3-4-3 system with a starting lineup of Kevin Trapp, Tuta, Robin Koch, Arthur Theate, Nathaniel Brown, Hugo Larsson, Ellyes Skhiri, Nnamdi Collins, Ansgar Knauff, Hugo Ekitike and Jean Bahoya.

⚡ Prediction

In our opinion, Eintracht Frankfurt and Mainz could both end up scoring at least one each in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating the two teams.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square with both teams likely to score. That’s why we have predicted a very even contest with a draw at full-time.

Peter Guest, 17:01 04/05/2025