On Sunday Nov 21st, in week 12, Mainz 05 will play host to Köln in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 7th placed Mainz 05 is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Borussia M’gladbach. Florian Neuhaus scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 38th minute, then Silvan Widmer tied it up for Mainz 05 in the 76th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Mainz 05. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 11th placed Köln, recorded a 2-2 draw against Union Berlin. Anthony Modeste scored the first goal for Köln in the 7th minute, then Julian Ryerson got the equalizer for Union Berlin in the 9th minute on a feed from Niko Giesselmann . Köln is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each. Mainz 05 is fortunate enough to have Jonathan Burkardt in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals
Mainz 05 will be without Jeremiah St. Juste, while Ellyes Skhiri is unavailable to play for Köln.