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RB Leipzig plays a home game against Mainz 05 on Saturday. The club from Saxony made an impression in the cup tournament midweeks. Can they also show that form in the game against Mainz?
RB Leipzig:
RB Leipzig put an end to a moderate series on Wednesday evening in a very convincing way. For the team of coach Julian Nagelsmann, the away game against VfL Wolfsburg was scheduled in the second round of the DFB Pokal. Due to a strong phase after halftime, Leipzig achieved a very strong score, which was flattering. In the Volkswagen city, Die Roten Bullen won no less than 1-6. It is now important to take that form into the competition, in which four matches in a row have not been won anymore.
“We had the required eagerness today. That’s why we won, “Nagelsmann said after Wednesday’s game. Central defender Willi Orban was injured early in Wolfsburg. He is forced to stand aside for a few weeks. There are options to compensate for his absence, but a system with four defenders is obvious. In midfield and in the attack, Nagelsmann has the option to replace players, although there is also something to be said for giving the team that did so well on Wednesday a new chance.
Mainz 05:
Mainz 05 seems to have left the low point of the first months of the season in recent weeks. Die Nullfünfer won two of their last matches. This happened against teams that are roughly equivalent to Mainz. For example, FC Köln in Mainz was beaten last Friday (3-1). Coach Sandro Schwarz’s team was looking forward to the attack in that game. The match was won, among other things, by a goal from Jean-Paul Boëtius. Mainz was already eliminated in the first round of the cup and therefore did not play in midweeks.
With nine points won from nine matches, Mainz‘s position in the rankings has now improved slightly. “Yesterday’s cup match showed how much offensive quality Leipzig has,” said Schwarz at Thursday’s press conference. “Of course we didn’t find out until yesterday,” said Schwarz. Mainz has not been doing so badly against Leipzig in recent years. Of the last four mutual games, only one was lost by M05.
RB Leipzig vs Mainz head to head matches
03.05.19 BUN Mainz RB Leipzig 3 : 3
16.12.18 BUN RB Leipzig Mainz 4 : 1
29.04.18 BUN Mainz RB Leipzig 3 : 0
09.12.17 BUN RB Leipzig Mainz 2 : 2
05.04.17 BUN Mainz RB Leipzig 2 : 3