FSV Mainz 05 and TSG Hoffenheim will face on Saturday the 5th of February at 3:30 pm in the 21st week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to take place in Mainz at the OPEL ARENA.
FSV Mainz 05 sits in the 10th place in the league with 27 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against SpVgg Greuther Fürth in its last match in the Bundesliga. Thus far, it has won 8 times, draw 3 times, and lost 9 times.
TSG Hoffenheim occupies the 7th position in the standings with 31 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against Borussia Dortmund in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FSV Mainz 05
FSV Mainz 05 has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 80.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (16 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 TSG Hoffenheim with the following players: R. Zentner, M. Niakhate, S. Bell, J. St. Juste, A. Martín Caricol, L. Barreiro Martins, A. Stach, S. Widmer, J. Lee, J. Burkardt and K. Onisiwo.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of FSV Mainz 05 would be 26.64.
Bo Svensson will probably not be able to employ D. Kohr, M. Ingvartsen and Á. Szalai because of injury.
TSG Hoffenheim
TSG Hoffenheim has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 25.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 3-1-4-2 (3 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 4-3-3 (2 times) and 4-2-2-2 (2 times).
Sebastian Hoeneß is expected to play against FSV Mainz 05 with the following players: O. Baumann, K. Vogt, B. Hübner, D. Raum, A. Stiller, D. Geiger, A. Kramarić, I. Bebou and M. Dabour.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of TSG Hoffenheim would be 28.22.
There are doubts about the presence of C. Richards and C. Baumgartner.
Sebastian Hoeneß will probably not be able to employ E. Bičakčić, F. Grillitsch, K. Akpoguma and M. Gaćinović because of injury.
P. Kadeřábek and R. Skov will definitely miss the match.