UPDATED PREDICTED LINE UP: RB Leipzig vs FSV Mainz 05 – 08-01-2022 Bundesliga – Germany

RB Leipzig and FSV Mainz 05 are going to face on Saturday the 8th of January at 3:30 pm in the 18th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to take place in Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena.

RB Leipzig is in the 10th position in the league with 22 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against DSC Arminia Bielefeld in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 6 times, draw 4 times, and lost 7 times.​​

FSV Mainz 05 occupies the 9th position in the standings with 24 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt in its last match in the Bundesliga. Thus far, it has won 7 times, draw 3 times, and lost 7 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

RB Leipzig​

RB Leipzig has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 41.18%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).

Domenico Tedesco is expected to play against FSV Mainz 05 with the following players: P. Gulácsi, W. Orban, J. Gvardiol, M. Simakan, L. Klostermann, D. Olmo Carvajal, K. Kampl, T. Adams and D. Szoboszlai.

Presuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of RB Leipzig would be 25.67.

There are doubts about the presence of C. Nkunku and A. Valente Silva.

Domenico Tedesco will probably not be able to employ M. Halstenberg, K. Laimer and Y. Yurary Poulsen because of injury.

S. Bonnah Owusu, M. Saracchi Pintos, N. Mukiele Mulere, E. Forsberg, A. Haidara and B. Henrichs will definitely miss the match.

FSV Mainz 05​

FSV Mainz 05 has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 76.47%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (13 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 3-1-4-2 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).

Bo Svensson is expected to play against RB Leipzig with the following players: R. Zentner, S. Bell, A. Hack, D. Nemeth, A. Martín Caricol, L. Barreiro Martins, A. Stach, S. Widmer, J. Lee, J. Burkardt and K. Onisiwo.

Assuming that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of FSV Mainz 05 would be 26.45.

Bo Svensson will probably not be able to employ A. Lucoqui, J. St. Juste, D. Kohr and Á. Szalai because of injury.

M. Niakhate will definitely miss the match.