In this week 15 match, on Sun Nov 13th, Mainz 05 will host Eintracht Frankfurt at Opel Arena in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Mainz 05 sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Schalke 04. Simon Terodde struck first for Schalke 04 in the 10th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Mainz 05 couldn’t muster any offence and Schalke 04 ran away with the shutout win. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while eintracht Frankfurt is fresh off their 4-2 win against Hoffenheim. Djibril Sow struck first for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 6th minute, then Randal Kolo Muani added another in the 8th minute on a feed from Jesper Lindstrom. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Eintracht Frankfurt should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Eintracht Frankfurt won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Eintracht Frankfurt is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Daichi Kamada and Randal Kolo Muani each having 3 goals in their last 5. Mainz 05’s top weapon lately has been Marcus Ingvartsen, who has three goals in the last five matches
Bo Svensson’s squad will be without Maxim Leitsch, while Oliver Glasner’s squad will be without Sebastian Rode, Timothy Chandler, Buta, Daichi Kamada, Makoto Hasebe, Ansgar Knauff and Danny da Costa.