On the 5th of November, Mainz 05 and Wolfsburg will play a match in Mainz in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Mainz 05 is fresh off their 2-6 loss against Bayern München. Serge Gnabry struck first for Bayern München in the 5th minute, then Jamal Musiala added another in the 28th minute. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while wolfsburg is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Bochum. Felix Nmecha struck first for Wolfsburg in the 27th minute on a feed from Maximilian Arnold, then Ridle Baku added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Patrick Wimmer At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bochum couldn’t manage to score, and Wolfsburg took the shutout win. Wolfsburg is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Wolfsburg is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Yannick Gerhardt and Felix Nmecha each having 2 goals in their last 5. Mainz 05 is fortunate enough to have Marcus Ingvartsen in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals
Bo Svensson’s Mainz 05 squad will be without Stefan Bell and Maxim Leitsch, while Max Kruse and Patrick Wimmer are unavailable to play for Niko Kovač’s team.