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Mainz vs Werder Bremen Prediction & Betting tips
Where is the ghost of decline driven away by the Christ Child? Only one of the clubs Mainz 05 or SV Werder Bremen will go into the upcoming winter break with a good feeling. The trend-setting duel on Saturday afternoon can ensure that the North Germans spend their Christmas vacation with a calming cushion on the relegation zone. But it can also ensure that the 05er come dangerously close to the green-whites.
This would happen if the assessment of the best bookmakers, who easily favor Jan-Moritz Lichte’s team, is correct.
After the last appearances of the two teams, it can best be said that not too many goals are to be expected in the Opel Arena on Saturday afternoon. The game starts at 14:30 p.m.
Mainz :
The Mainz board of directors responded early in the season and changed their coach. After a few teething problems, the 05ers in Freiburg finally managed to break free under the new coach Jan-Moritz Lichte. December was chosen as the crucial month when a real run should be made against beatable opponents.
But both in the case of the promoted Bielefeld, as well as against Cologne, the red-whites received bitter bankruptcies. Regardless of the fact that Mardi Gras in the carnival stronghold is largely canceled this year, there is currently little reason for the fans of the club to celebrate. During the week, at least the series of defeats was stopped by the 0-0 defeat in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. In terms of play, the appearance at the below-average Bundesliga game in the capital was not a revelation.
Neither team had a single shot at the opposing goal after 90 minutes, although the 05ers were quite close to the lucky punch with a crossbar hit. In order to increase the risk of scoring at home, a starting line-up from striker Jean-Philippe Mateta would be conceivable. He could replace Robin Quaison, who has played many games in the series and recently looked very exhausted.
During the week before Christmas the cup game against second division VfL Bochum is on the program and coach Lichte will definitely make one or two changes at the end of the English week. Only if they ensure that the risk of goal increases at FSV does the tip on the home side’s odds have realistic chances between Mainz and Bremen.
Bremen :
As a Schalke player, you can only laugh about it when the SVW fans complain about nine winless games in a row. But no club in the German upper house of football can currently keep up with the negative run of Royal Blue. After five draws in a row, the trend at Werder is threatening downwards after four bankruptcies. With eleven points, the team from the Weser is 14th in the Bundesliga table.
Although the opponents with Leipzig and Dortmund were very well-known recently, the defeats were completely unnecessary. In the last three encounters, the SVW gave the opponent a penalty and thus deprived itself of the possible reward.
Just like the opponent from Mainz, Florian Kohfeldt’s team also has problems creating their own scoring opportunities.
For the guests from the north, this is also due to the personal emergency caused by some injuries. With Niklas Füllkrug, Davie Selke and Milot Rashica, some offensive forces are again absent this time. The last pale Yuya Osaka could move on the bench and Leo Bittencourt would be a candidate for a start from the start.
The fact that coach Kohfeldt is assuming a real battle game in the Opel Arena and the midfield engine does not avoid a duel also speaks for him. Only if all eleven players on the away team follow the instructions of their coaches fully does a forecast between Mainz and Bremen make sense in the direction of the guests.
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