Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Mainz
Match Time & Date:
24/08/2024
15:30
Prediction: 2-1
Union Berlin
Mainz will be aiming to kickstart the new Bundesliga campaign in great manner when they take on Union Berlin on Saturday afternoon. Die Nullfunfer defeated Wehen in the German Cup round 1 and they are seen as favourites to beat the capital club as well. There are no injury worries in the home team ahead of the visit of Union Berlin.
The visitors, on the other hand, survived Greitswald in their German Cup opener, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against Mainz, who are a real force to be reckoned with at home. All Diogo Leite, Yannic Stein, and Josip Juranovic are out of contention with injuries for the visiting team. Anyhow, we are tempted to put our money on the hosts, who finished the last Bundesliga campaign in style. Summer signing Ivan Prtajin is likely to make his Bundesliga debut this weekend.
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 (Union Berlin):
Union Berlin are a German football club originally founded back in 1906. Die Eisernen play home games at Stadion An der Alten Forsterei which can hold up to 22,012 spectators. Union Berlin’s home kit is red, with the team wearing white shirts and white shorts on the travels.
Union Berlin finished the 1923 domestic campaign as runners-up, with the team suffering a 3-0 loss to Hamburger SV in the title game. Speaking of the club’s biggest success in the German Cup, die Eisernen made it to the final of the competition in the 2000/2001 season. Schalke, though, proved to be a big catch for Union Berlin in the decider, with Jorg Bohme scoring a brace for die Knappen (2-0).
Union Berlin will face their local rivals Hertha in the 2019/2020 Bundesliga season as they secured promotion to the German top flight, but Hansa Rostock are considered the club’s main rivals.
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