Mainz – Stuttgart : Preview & Prediction
Mainz and Stuttgart play in the Coface Arena in a match of the 19th round of the Bundesliga. In the final clash between these teams in this competition, on 26-08-2017, Stuttgart won at home by (1-0). At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 2 wins and 2 draws in the last 4 games. Indeed, the last time they faced this stage was on 19-12-2017, in a match by DFB Pokal that ended with the victory of Mainz by (3-1). The goals of the match were scored by E. Berggreen (62 ‘), A. Diallo (71’) and S. Serdar (90 ‘) for Mainz and C. Gentner (41’) for Stuttgart. Although this is a game between 15th and 12th overall, it is actually a game between the 13th place in home games and the 18th as a visitor.
Analysis of Mainz
The home team is currently in 15th place with 17 points, after 4 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, he tied for Werder Bremen by (2-2). In the last match, lost out to Hannover by (3-2). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 13 points, against only 4 in their games as a visitor. For the championship, the Mainz won 13 points in 27 possible, after 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in the last 9 games that played in his stadium. The team has conceded goals to their opponents in 9 of the last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 18 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 12 games in which he conceded the first goal.
Mainz have been disastrous in the Bundesliga, they do not know what it is to win in 6 games where they have lost 4 and 2 draws and are looking for a recovery as they are dangerously close to the relegation zone. The team has a low quality attack that has scored only 21 goals and is the seventh worst of the national, but the big problem has been the defensive system that suffered 31 goals is the third most leaked, both that did not concede goals in only 1 of the last 12 Bundesliga matches. Playing in their home stadium as their match on Saturday, Mainz have come from 2 consecutive defeats where they have conceded 5 goals in total and are the fourth team to have conceded the most as a player with 13 goals in 9 games, conceding goals in 7 of these games in their stadium. For the match against Stuttgart, coach Sandro Schwarz will not be able to count on defender Diallo, an important piece in the team’s defensive system.
Analysis of Stuttgart
After 6 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses, the visiting team is in 12th place, having won 20 points. In the last match, she beat Hertha Berlin at home (1-0), having lost at home in a game against Bayern Munich (0-1). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 19 points, against only 1 in their games as a visitor. In the championship, Stuttgart have won 1 point in 27 chances, after 1 draw and 8 losses in the last 9 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, you do not win as a visitor makes 9 games. In the matches played outside the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 1-0, which occurred in 4 of their 9 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their away games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 6 of their last 9 games by the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 18 games in this competition, he has never managed to come back on the scoreboard in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Stuttgart ended a series of 4 consecutive defeats in the Bundesliga with a good win in the last round and is looking for another positive result to try to move away from the relegation zone which is 4 points. The team is characterized by a high-quality defensive system that has conceded only 21 goals and is the third-lowest scorer of the national team, while the attack has scored only 14 goals and is the second worst in the competition, demonstrating the huge imbalance between the 2 sectors. Playing away from home, such as this Saturday’s match, Stuttgart are experiencing enormous difficulties, it is one of the 3 teams that have not yet won as a visitor, having the worst away campaign of the entire German Championship, besides being the team that less scored goals in this type of situation with only 4 goals in 9 games. For the game against Mainz, coach Hannes Wolf is expected to maintain the lineup that defeated Hertha Berlin in the final round.
Mainz – Stuttgart : Betting Tips
Mainz – Win Odds: 2.55
Both teams to score / YES – Odds: 1.70
Over 2.5 Goals – Odds: 1.70
