Mar 19th features a match where Mainz 05 hosts Arminia Bielefeld in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 10th placed Mainz 05, recorded a 1-3 loss against Union Berlin. Genki Haraguchi scored the first goal for Union Berlin in the 8th minute, then Sheraldo Becker added another in the 56th minute on a feed from Niko Giesselmann. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 15th placed Arminia Bielefeld, recorded a 0-1 loss against Borussia Dortmund. Marius Wolf scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 21st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Arminia Bielefeld was frustrated by Borussia Dortmund’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia Dortmund ended the match with the shutout victory. Arminia Bielefeld is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Schücoarena, Mainz 05 won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 19000 spectators. Jae-Sung Lee scored the first goal for Mainz 05 in the 25th minute, then Jacob Laursen tied it up for Arminia Bielefeld in the 42nd minute on a feed from Prietl. Karim Onisiwo and Moussa Niakhaté are the top scorers for Mainz 05 in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Bo Svensson’s Mainz 05 squad will be without Jeremiah St. Juste, while Nilsson is unavailable to play for Arminia Bielefeld.