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Mainz 05 and Hoffenheim face at Coface Arena, in a match for the 34 th round of the Bundesliga. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 23-12-2018, both teams tied (1-1). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations indicates total balance between these two teams, since there were 2 draws and 1 win for each team in the last 4 matches. However, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 09-20-2017, for the Bundesliga, which ended in a Hoffenheim victory by (2-3). The goals of the match were scored by D. Latza (6 ‘) and Y. Muto (16’), for Mainz 05, and N. Amiri (23 ‘), S. Wagner (45’) and M. Uth (90 ‘). ), for the Hoffenheim.
Mainz 05:
The home team is currently in the 12 th position of the league, with 40 points won, after 11 wins, 7 draws and 15 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against RB Leipzig, by (3-3). In the last match, they won in an away match against Eintracht Frankfurt, by (0-2). In the last 10 home league matches Mainz 05 has a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, so they have won 15 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 16 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 33 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 18 times and only managed 1 comeback.
Mainz 05 comes to this match with a 0-2 victory in the trip to Frankfurt, returning to the triumphs after two consecutive matches without winning in this competition: the two goals of the team were scored by Ujah. In this game against Hoffenheim, coach Sandro Schwarz must present a more defensive team, betting on successive counterattacks, looking in most cases for strikers Mateta and Ujah: the first is the best striker of Mainz 05, with 13 goals annotated It should be noted that the locals have presented several weaknesses in the balls defensive stops and maintenance of possession of the ball. For this game the local coach can not use Berggreen, Abass, Adler and Mwene, all with physical problems.
Hoffenheim:
The away team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 51 points won, after 13 wins, 12 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Borussia M’gladbach, by (2-2). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Werder Bremen, by (0-1). In the last 10 away league matches Hoffenheim has a record of 3 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss, so they have won 15 points out of 30 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-1 (6 out of 17 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 13 of the last 16 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 33 matches in this competition, they only got 2 comebacks in the 10 matches in which they suffered the first goal. In the last 16 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 10 of their 28 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
The Hoffenheim comes to this game with a defeat, by 0-1, in the reception to Bremen, registering in this way the third consecutive game without beating in this competition. Before this series of games without winning, the visiting club added four consecutive victories. Habitually the trainer Julian Nagelsmann makes align a very offensive tactical system, in 3-5-2, being Szalai and Belfodil the responsible men to torment the defensive line of the adversary. On the other hand, the Croatian Andrej Kramaric is the best score of the team, with 16 goals scored. For this move to Mainz 05, the visiting coach can not use Hack, Amiri, Geiger, Amade and Schulz, all due to injury.
Mainz vs Hoffenheim head to head matches
23.12.18 BUN Hoffenheim Mainz 1 : 1
10.02.18 BUN Hoffenheim Mainz 4 : 2
20.09.17 BUN Mainz Hoffenheim 2 : 3
04.02.17 BUN Hoffenheim Mainz 4 : 0
11.09.16 BUN Mainz Hoffenheim 4 : 4