Week 5 brings us a match on Sep 18th, where Mainz 05 will host Freiburg 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 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In Mainz 05’s last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Hoffenheim. Jonathan Burkardt struck first for Mainz 05 in the 21st minute, then Marcus Ingvartsen added another in the 77th minute on a feed from Anton Stach At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hoffenheim couldn’t manage to score, and Mainz 05 took the shutout win. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while freiburg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Köln. Anthony Modeste struck first for Köln in the 34th minute, then Rafael Czichos tied it up for Freiburg on an own goal in the 89th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Freiburg. Freiburg is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Mainz 05 won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Jeong Woo-Yeong has been the most prolific scorer on Freiburg in the last 5 matches with two goals. Jonathan Burkardt has been the most prolific scorer on Mainz 05 in the last five matches with 3 goals
Mainz 05 will be without Kevin Stöger, Robin Zentner and Luca Kilian, while Burkart is unavailable to play for Freiburg.