Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Stuttgart will look to make amends for a 2-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund when they host Mainz to their Mercedes-Benz Arena in the Bundesliga round 13. Die Schwaben are on a three-game losing run in the German top flight, but this match could be the turning point for the hosts. Tanguy Coulibaly serves a one-game ban, while all Kempf, Karazor, Thommy, Ahamada, Millot, Kajadzic, and Sankoh should miss out with injuries.
Die Nullfunfer, on the other hand, are undefeated in the previous four league fixtures. Mainz aim to remain in top ten, but seeing that the hosts want this win more than the visitors, we predict that Bo Svenson’s troops are going to return home empty-handed. Stefan Bell is out of contention through suspension, whereas all Dominik Kohr, Anderson Lucoqui, Niklas Tauer, and Jerry St. Juste remain in the treatment room.
Highlighted Player (Wataru Endo):
Wataru Endo is a Japanese footballer who plays for Urawa Red Diamonds as a defender. Endo is a product of Shonan Bellmare youth academy and he continued playing for the club at senior level. After scoring 21 goals in 153 appearances (league) for the club the 178-cm tall centre-back moved to Urawa Red Diamonds in 2016 and he has been playing for the J1 League club ever since.
Endo won the AFC Champions League with Urawa in 2017 as the Reds defeated Al-Hilal in the final of the competition. The Japanese defender played 90 minutes in the victory over the Saudi Arabian side and the winning of the AFC Champions League trophy is considered the biggest success of his career.
Wataru Endo made his debut for Japan on August 2, 2015 in a 2-1 loss to Korea DPR at the EAFF E-1 Football Championship. In 2016 he was the AFC U-23 Championship trophy with the Samurai Blue. The Urawa Red Diamonds footballer was born in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama (Japan) on February 9, 1993.
Highlighted Team (Mainz):
1. FSV Mainz 05 is a German football club from the city Mainz. The club managed to reach the highest German football division the Bundesliga in 2009. FSV Mainz was founded in 1905. The club host it’s home game in the Coface Arena which holds a capacity of 35 000 seats. The stadium was build in 2011 and is considered as one of the most modern stadiums in the nation. De most known nickname for FSV Mainz is Die 05’er. The club colours are red and white.
FSV Mainz never won a title in their history. Not in the Bundesliga and not even in the 2. Bundesliga or the 3. Bundesliga. Mainz managed to reach the UEFA Cup in 2005/2006 where they lost against Sevilla FC. In 2011/2012 and 2014/2015 the club from Mainz got knocked out in the qualification stage.
Known players that played in the Mainz kit in their career are: Holtby, Schurrle, Klop pand Subotic.