On the 21st of March, in this week 26 match, Mainz 05 will travel to Marbella to battle Hoffenheim in a Bundesliga match. 11th placed Hoffenheim is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Stuttgart. Kasim Adams scored the first goal for Stuttgart on an own goal in the 15th minute, then Sasa Kalajdzic added another in the 64th minute In the end, Hoffenheim couldn’t muster any offence and Stuttgart ran away with the shutout win. Hoffenheim is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 17th placed Mainz 05, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Freiburg. Robin Quaison scored the first goal for Mainz 05 in the 84th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Freiburg couldn’t muster any offence and Mainz 05 ran away with the shutout win. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Nov 29th, Mainz 05 hosted Hoffenheim in their last match together. Mainz 05 and Hoffenheim battled to a 1-1 draw. Robin Quaison struck first for Mainz 05 in the 33rd minute on a feed from Jean-Paul Boëtius, then Ihlas Bebou tied it up for Hoffenheim in the 62nd minute earning them at least the one point.
Mainz 05’s most prolific scorer has been Kevin Stöger. The Austrian midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Hoffenheim’s most prolific scorer has been Christoph Baumgartner. The Austrian midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Mijat Gaćinović, Dennis Geiger, Ishak Belfodil, Stefan Posch, Ermin Bičakčić, Benjamin Hübner, Kevin Vogt, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Håvard Nordtveit, Kevin Akpoguma and Philipp Pentke are unavailable to play for Hoffenheim, while Danny Latza, Karim Onisiwo and Edimilson Fernandes are unavailable to play for Bo Svensson’s team.