MAINZ. FSV Mainz 05 and FC Union Berlin draw 1-1. J. Burkardt scored the first goal (45′) for FSV Mainz 05. R. Gosens equalized (45′).

The match was played at the OPEL ARENA stadium in Mainz on Wednesday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 26,200 spectators.​ The referee was Florian Badstübner with the assistance of Markus Schüller and Philipp Hüwe. The 4th official was Patrick Schwengers. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 10.39 degrees Celsius or 50.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Union Berlin had a strong ball possession 55% while FSV Mainz 05 was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Union Berlin was more pushing with 37 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough FC Union Berlin to win the match​.

FSV Mainz 05 shot 16 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, FC Union Berlin shot 16 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

FSV Mainz 05 received 2 yellow cards (Dominik Kohr and Ludovic Ajorque). Regarding the opposition, FC Union Berlin received 4 yellow cards (Danilho Doekhi, Diogo Leite, Janik Haberer and Kevin Vogt).

Standings

After this encounter, FSV Mainz 05 has 12 points to hold in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, FC Union Berlin will has 18 points to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FSV Mainz 05 will play away against VfB Stuttgart on the 11th of February with a 12-10 head to head statistic in favor of VfB Stuttgart (8 draws).

FC Union Berlin will host VfL Wolfsburg on the 10th of February with a 4-4 head to head statistic.

FSV Mainz 05 – Formation

FSV Mainz 05 started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Jan Siewert decided to play with the following team: Robin Zentner (7.3), Danny da Costa (6.6), Edimilson Fernandes (7.0), Sepp van den Berg (7.8), Anthony Caci (7.3), Leandro Barreiro (7.0), Nadiem Amiri (7.9), Tom Krauß (6.8), Jonathan Burkardt (7.7), Ludovic Ajorque (7.0) and Karim Onisiwo (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Dominik Kohr (6.6), Brajan Gruda, Lasse Finn Rieß, Marco Richter, Josuha Guilavogui, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Silvan Widmer (6.7), Phillipp Mwene and Jessic Ngankam (6.8).

Substitutions

FSV Mainz 05 made 5 changes: Danny da Costa for Silvan Widmer (46′), Nadiem Amiri for Dominik Kohr (70′), Karim Onisiwo for Jessic Ngankam (80′), Ludovic Ajorque for Brajan Gruda (90′) and Tom Krauß for Andreas Hanche-Olsen (90′).

Player of the match: Nadiem Amiri​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FSV Mainz 05 was Nadiem Amiri.

His rating is 7.9 with 21 passes (57% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 10 crosses.

FC Union Berlin – Formation

FC Union Berlin started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Nenad Bjelica played with: Frederik Rönnow (7.5), Josip Juranovic, Robin Knoche (7.9), Kevin Vogt (6.4), Danilho Doekhi (7.3), Janik Haberer (7.5), András Schäfer  (7.0), Rani Khedira  (7.0), Aïssa Laïdouni (6.7), Robin Gosens (8.1) and Kevin Volland  (7.1), Kevin Behrens, Benedict Hollerbach (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Diogo Leite (6.4), Brenden Aaronson (7.0), Alex Kral (6.8), Paul Jaeckel, Mikkel Kaufmann, Chris Bedia, Yorbe Vertessen (7.0), Jérôme Roussillon (6.7) and Alexander Schwolow.

FC Union Berlin could not rely on the presence of Diogo Leite (injured).

Substitutions

FC Union Berlin made 5 changes: Benedict Hollerbach for Yorbe Vertessen (63′), Kevin Vogt for Diogo Leite (64′), András Schäfer  for Alex Kral (76′), Kevin Volland  for Brenden Aaronson (82′) and Robin Gosens for Jérôme Roussillon (82′).

Player of the match: Robin Gosens​

The most impressive player for FC Union Berlin was Robin Gosens.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 29 passes (55% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​

• FSV Mainz 05 – FC Union Berlin – 1-1