Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Eintracht Frankfurt and Mainz, the two teams who are almost level on points in the Bundesliga table, face each other at Deutsche Bank Park in what is expected to be a close encounter. Die Adler aim to put an end to their ten-game winless run, but this match will be anything but a walk in the park for the home side. Rafael Santos Borre misses the match through suspension, while all Tuta, Sebastian Rode, Philipp Max, Kristian Jakic, and Hrvoje Smolcic remain in the recovery room.
Die Nullfunfer, on the other hand, aim to make amends for back-to-back defeats to Wolfsburg (0-3) and Schalke (2-3) and, taking everything into account, we believe that both teams to score betting option should be considered. In the first half of the season the two sides played out a 1-1 draw. Both Dominik Kohr and Barreiro Martins are banned for the match, while Silvan Widmer and Jonathan Burkardt should miss out with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Mario Gotze):
Mario Gotze is a German midfielder, who played for Ronsberg and Eintrach Hombruch during his youth career before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2001. He made a great progress during his spell at the Borussia Dortmund’s youth academy and on 21 November, 2009 he made his Bundesliga debut for the Millionaires.
Gotze scored 22 goals in 83 league appearances for the club between 2009 and 2013 and he joined Borussia Dortmund’s bitterest rivals Bayern Munich on April, 2013. The German midfielder, who is capable of playing as a striker as well, failed to impress in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga campaign, but it has to be noted that he was struggling with injury at the start of the season.
Gotze won three Bundesliga trophies with Bayern Munich, but at the end of the 2015/2016 season he returned to Borussia Dortmund. In 2014 he represented Germany at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and he scored the winner in the final against Argentina. Mario Gotze was born in Memmingen on 3 June, 1992.
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.