Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Koln and Mainz go head to head at RheinEnergieStadion in a highly-anticipated Bundesliga game. Koln aim to make amends for a 1-0 loss to Union Berlin, with the team eyeing their 8th home win of the process. The Billy Goats want to keep their Europa League hopes alive, and they are likely to leave their hearts on the field. Midfielder Ondrej Duda is back from suspension, while both Timo Hubers and Jan Thielmann are banned for the match.
Key attacker Anthony Modeste should recover in time to face Mainz. Die Nullfunfer, on the other hand, head into the match following a 1-1 draw with Borussia M’gladbach. Anyhow, Koln want this win more than Mainz, and we predict that the hosts will emerge triumphant in Saturday’s clash. Defender Jerry St. Juste remains in the recovery room, but he should be the only absentee in the away team.
Highlighted Player (Jonas Hector):
Jonas Hector is a product of Koln’s youth school. The left back was born on 27 May, 1990 in Saarbrucken and he began his youth career at SV Auersmacher. In 2010 he joined FC Koln and he made 63 league appearances for the reserve team between 2010 and 2013. Ever since he made his debut for the senior team on 27 August, 2012 he has been playing regularly for the Billy Goats and he certainly helped the team return to Bundesliga at the end of the 2013/2014 campaign.
Jonas Hector made his Germany debut on 14 November, 2014 in a 4-0 win over Gibraltar. The left-footed defender scored his first goal for the German national team on 29 March, 2016 in a 4-1 victory over Italy in Munich.
Hector represented his homeland at the 2016 European Championship finals in France and he scored the winner from the penalty spot in the quarter-final against Italy. Hector is capable of playing as a midfielder as well.
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.