Week 33 brings us a match on May 7th, where Mainz 05 and Hertha BSC will play a match in Berlin in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Hertha BSC recorded a 1-1 draw against Arminia Bielefeld. Lucas Tousart struck first for Hertha BSC in the 54th minute on a feed from Marvin Plattenhardt, then Joakim Nilsson got the equalizer for Arminia Bielefeld in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Hack earning Arminia Bielefeld at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while mainz 05 is fresh off their 3-1 win against Bayern München. Jonathan Burkardt struck first for Mainz 05 in the 18th minute, then Moussa Niakhaté added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Anton Stach. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
Hertha BSC and Mainz 05 last played eachother at the Opel Arena on Dec 14th. Mainz 05 was victorious by a score of 4 to 0 in front of almost 10000 jubilant spectators. Jae-Sung Lee scored the first goal for Mainz 05 in the 19th minute, then Alexander Hack added another in the 41st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hertha BSC couldn’t manage to score, and Mainz 05 took the shutout win.
Mainz 05’s most prolific scorer has been Jonathan Burkardt. The German attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. Hertha BSC is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Vladimír Darida and Timo Baumgartl each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Hertha BSC will be without Stevan Jovetić, Vladimír Darida, Rune Jarstein, Alexander Schwolow, Lukas Klünter, Kelian Nsona Wa Saka and Lee Dong-Jun, while Bo Svensson’s Mainz 05 squad will be without Jeremiah St. Juste and Delano Burgzorg.