FC Union Berlin and FSV Mainz 05 will clash on Saturday the 26th of February at 3:30 pm in the 24th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be staged in Berlin at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei. The encounter will be officiated by Bastian Dankert.
FC Union Berlin occupies the 9th position in the standings with 34 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against DSC Arminia Bielefeld in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far, it has won 9 times, draw 7 times, and lost 7 times.
FSV Mainz 05 occupies the 8th place in the league with 34 points. It comes from a 3-2 win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in its last match in the Bundesliga. To date, it has won 10 times, draw 4 times, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Union Berlin
FC Union Berlin has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 65.22%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (15 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times) and 3-1-4-2 (2 times).
Urs Fischer is expected to play against FSV Mainz 05 with the following players: A. Luthe, P. Jaeckel, R. Knoche, T. Baumgartl, N. Gießelmann, C. Trimmel, R. Khedira, G. Prömel, S. Becker and T. Awoniyi.
If this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of FC Union Berlin would be 28.80.
K. Endo and A. Schafer 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 (17 times or 73.91%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (17 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times) and 3-1-4-2 (once).
Bo Svensson is expected to play against FC Union Berlin with the following players: R. Zentner, M. Niakhate, S. Bell, A. Hack, A. Martín Caricol, D. Kohr, A. Stach, S. Widmer, J. Lee, K. Onisiwo and J. Burkardt.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of FSV Mainz 05 would be 27.45.
F. Dahmen and J. St. Juste will definitely miss the match.