In a weekend match on Saturday Jan 15th, in week 19, Mainz 05 plays host to Bochum in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 10th placed Mainz 05 is fresh off their 1-4 loss against RB Leipzig. André Silva struck first for RB Leipzig in the 21st minute on a penalty kick, then Dominik Szoboszlai added another in the 47th minute. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while bochum sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Wolfsburg. Pantovic scored the first goal for Bochum in the 65th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wolfsburg couldn’t manage to score, and Bochum took the shutout win. Bochum is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Aug 21st, Bochum hosted Mainz 05 at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion in their last match together. Bochum was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 13000 spectators. Gerrit Holtmann scored the first goal for Bochum in the 21st minute, then Sebastian Polter added another in the 56th minute on a feed from Zoller At the end of 90 a dissapointed Mainz 05 couldn’t manage to score, and Bochum took the shutout win.
Bochum’s most prolific scorer has been Sebastian Polter. The German attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Jae-Sung Lee has been the most effective weapon for Mainz 05 lately. The midfielder has netted two goals in his last 5 matches
Mainz 05 will be without Dominik Kohr, Moussa Niakhaté, Ádám Szalai and Jeremiah St. Juste, while Bochum will be without Jürgen Locadia, Eduard Löwen, Zoller and Saulo Decarli.