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Mainz

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Mainz fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 2-3 Bundesliga 1 triumph vs Augsburg.

In that game, Mainz had 27% possession and 5 shots at goal with 3 on target. For Mainz, the goalscorers were Armindo Sieb (13') and Jonathan Burkardt (15', 49'). For their opponents, Augsburg had 29 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Keven Schlotterbeck (25') and Samuel Essende (57') scored for Augsburg.

Fixtures featuring Mainz have often been exciting encounters recently with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past six clashes alone, a total of 24 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 14 of these being chalked up by Mainz. That aside, we must now wait to see whether that trend will be replicated in this match.

Heading into this fixture, Mainz are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.

Heidenheim

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Freiburg in Bundesliga 1 action, Heidenheim will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Heidenheim had 42% possession and 7 shots at goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, Freiburg had 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Ritsu Doan (54') and Vincenzo Grifo (59', 65') scored for Freiburg.

Demonstrating their penchant for high-scoring matches, we’ve seen goals 23 times in the last 6 matches in which Heidenheim have taken to the field, yielding a mean average of 3.83 goals for each clash. Their opponents have managed 10 of this grand total.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league match between these sides was Bundesliga 1 match day 32 on 05/05/2024 when it finished Heidenheim 1-1 Mainz.

That time, Heidenheim managed 46% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Tim Kleindienst (65').

For their opponents, Mainz got 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Jonathan Burkardt (36') scored.

The match was refereed by Sven Jablonski.

📋 Team News: Mainz

It’s our opinion that Mainz may well use a 3-4-2-1 system for this game featuring Robin Zentner, Maxim Leitsch, Moritz Jenz, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Anthony Caci, Philipp Mwene, Kaishu Sano, Dominik Kohr, Hyun-Seok Hong, Jae-Sung Lee and Jonathan Burkardt.

🗞️ Team News: Heidenheim

Heidenheim boss Frank Schmidt has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Thomas Keller (Cruciate ligament tear) and Julian Niehues (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

We are inclined to think that Heidenheim seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting the game with Kevin Mueller, Omar Traore, Patrick Mainka, Benedikt Gimber, Jonas Foehrenbach, Lennard Maloney, Jan Schoeppner, Adrian Beck, Paul Wanner, Sirlord Conteh and Marvin Pieringer.

✨ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Heidenheim should be able to put one past this Mainz lineup, but that probably won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

We can see both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Mainz at full-time. It’s a very tough call.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 13:04 28/09/2024