Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Mainz play host to Schalke at their Mewa Arena in what is a game of big importance for the visiting side. Die Knappen are one point behind the safe zone in the Bundesliga standings and they have no other option but to go all guns blazing at die Nullfunfer. Experienced midfielder Dominick Drexler, who scored a late winner against Werder Bremen, is pushing for a start, while all Moritz Jenz, Eder Balanta, Tim Skarke, Ralf Farhmann, Sichiro Kozuki, and Justin Heekeren remain in the recovery room.
The hosts, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-0 loss at Wolfsburg. Mainz, though, are tough to beat at home and we predict that they are going to share the spoils with the relegation-threatened visitors on Matchday 31. As for the home side, captain Silvan Widmer has joined Jonathan Burkardt in the recovery room.
Highlighted Player (Dominik Kohr):
Dominik Kohr is a product of Bayer Leverkusen’s youth school. The German midfielder was born in Tier on 31 January, 1994 and he made eight appearances for the Bundesliga side at senior level. He spent the 2014/2015 season on loan at Augsburg, playing 34 games for the club in the German elite division and his loan was made permanent at the end of the season (18 June, 2015).
He scored his first goal for the club from the penalty spot in a 1-0 win over Wolfsburg. Kohr has four caps for Germany U20 and he played for the U18 and the U19 teams in the past as well. Dominik Kohr is a central midfielder, but he is capable of playing as a defensive midfielder and a centre back as well.
He has a contract with Augsburg which expires on 30 June, 2019. Kohr played 26 games for Augsburg in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga campaign.
Highlighted Team (Schalke):
Schalke 04 are a professional football club founded in 1904. Die Knappen (The Miners) compete in German Bundesliga and they have won seven domestic titles. Schalke have clinched five German Cup trophies as well, while lifting the UEFA Cup title in 1997. The German club defeated Italian side Inter on penalties in the title game and that was the last time the final of the competition was played in a two-legged format.
Schalke 04 play their home matches at Veltins-Arena, the stadium that has been the home of the team since 2001. The capacity of Veltins-Arena is 62,271. It is well known that Borussia Dortmund are Schalke’s main rivals and the Ruhy neighbours face each other in the Revierderby.
The likes of Klaus Fichtel (477), Norbert Nigbur (355), Rolf Russmann (304), Klaus Fischer (295), Olaf Thon (295) and Herbert Lutkebohmert (286) are the players with most appearances for die Knappen. The colour of Schalke’s home kit is blue.