Mainz face off with visiting rivals Hamburg at The MEWA Arena in the Bundesliga clash on Friday. Time to bring you the latest player updates and predicted line ups.
Mainz will be wanting a better result here following the 4-0 Bundesliga loss in their previous game against Borussia Dortmund. It looks as if Mainz could employ a 3-5-2 system for this one, beginning the first half with Daniel Batz, Stefan Posch, Kacper Potulski, Dominik Kohr, Danny da Costa, Nadiem Amiri, Kaishu Sano, Jae-Sung Lee, Phillipp Mwene, Silas Katompa Mvumpa and Phillip Tietz.
Maxim Dal, Armindo Sieb, Benedict Hollerbach, Anthony Caci, Lennard Maloney, Robin Zentner, Stefan Bell and Sota Kawasaki won’t be able to feature for Mainz gaffer Urs Fischer. Silvan Widmer cannot play in this game through suspension.
How Mainz might line up versus Hamburg
Hamburg will come into the encounter following a 3-2 Bundesliga win as they beat Union Berlin in their last game. There’s a good chance that Hamburg might play in a 3-4-3 formation by sending out D. Heuer Fernandes, Nicolás Capaldo, Daniel Elfadli, Jordan Torunarigha, William Mikelbrencis, Nicolai Remberg, Fábio Vieira, Miro Muheim, R. Königsdörffer, Robert Glatzel and Philip Otele.
Hamburg boss Merlin Polzin has some current player fitness concerns. Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit (Syndesmotic ligament tear), Fábio Baldé (Fitness), Warmed Omari (Thigh problems), Albert Grønbaek (Hamstring injury), Damion Downs (Ill) and Albert Sambi Lokonga (Torn lateral ankle ligament) can’t be considered. Luka Vuskovic is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
Likely Hamburg lineup
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