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Mainz vs Hannover Prediction & Betting tips
In the first Sunday match of the Bundesliga this weekend, the FSV Mainz 05 meets Hannover 96. While the Rhineland-Palatinate play a considerable season and currently have sorted themselves in secure midfield, the air for Andre Breitenreiter and Horst Held is getting thinner. Only due to the better goal ratio, the Reds are in front of the Fortuna from Dusseldorf on the seventeenth place in the table. So points are urgently needed on the leash. Whether this succeeds on Sunday, so that in the game Mainz against Hannover risk a tip on the guests to betting odds of 4.00 remains to be seen. The Mainz will certainly want to take the positive flow, to expand the cushion on the relegation places. Read all important information about this game in our analysis. The referee’s whistle in the Opel Arena will be at 14:30.
Mainz:
The performance of the Mainz in the season so far is really noteworthy. With a record of five wins, five defeats and three draws, eighteen points have already been credited to the account. This puts them in tenth place, on a secure midfield spot. With a lead of seven points to VfB Stuttgart they have already worked out a good cushion on the relegation zone. From the next opponent from Hanover, they have even dropped by nine points. With the achieved yield, coach Sandro Schwarz and his support staff will certainly be very satisfied. The strength of his team is definitely more defensive. With fourteen goals conceded, she has the third best value in the league. Only Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig have received few goals. To find the weaknesses of the team, we only have to take a look at the goals scored. Only twelve times they were able to overcome the opposing goalkeeper. Only VfB Stuttgart was even less successful with nine goals.
The hopes rest on French striker Jean-Philippe Mateta, who scored three goals in the last four games. Mainz scored three times three times in the last four Bundesliga games. The Bremen were defeated 2-1 and also in Freiburg (3: 1) and in Dusseldorf (1-0) they were victorious. Only the form-strong Borussia from Dortmund had to beat them with 1: 2. Now they want to celebrate the fourth home win against Hannover, to distance themselves further from the relegation places and perhaps to sniff times in the direction of Europa League places. Goalkeepers Florian Müller and Philipp Mwene will be missing on Sunday.
Hanover:
In Hanover is really busy again. In addition to the attempt by Martin Kind to take over the club and overturn the 50 + 1 rule, the sporting situation also makes it hard to think. After thirteen games, the 96 have only two victories in the account and are with nine points on the penultimate place in the table. Only the Duesseldorfer Fortuna stands because of the worse goal relation behind the Lower Saxony. In the last seven competitive matches just a three-way from Hannover could be retracted. In the DFB Cup they dropped out after a 0-2 home defeat against VfL Wolfsburg and also the last two league games were lost. Of course, the pressure on coach Andre Breitenreiter and sporting director Horst Held will increase.
Although patron Kinder still strengthened the coach this week, it is clear that without success in the sport, presumably personal consequences will have to be drawn at some point. A precarious situation for the club. It would be all the more important, of course, if it is possible to score points in Mainz. The Hanoverians are still within striking distance of the Stuttgart and Nürnbergers in front of them, but if the poor results continue, there is a risk of losing contact. With fifteen goals Hannover could hardly achieve more than Mainz, but conceded with 28 goals against twice as many as the opponent. With Ihlas Bebou and Bobby Shou Wood, they have two players who have previously netted three times.
Mainz vs Hannover head to head matches
13.01.18 BUN Hannover Mainz 3 : 2
19.08.17 BUN Mainz Hannover 0 : 1
06.02.16 BUN Hannover Mainz 0 : 1
29.08.15 BUN Mainz Hannover 3 : 0
03.02.15 BUN Hannover Mainz 1 : 1