On the 3rd of October, Mainz 05 hosts Union Berlin in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Mainz 05 recorded a 0-1 loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Wirtz struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 62nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Mainz 05 couldn’t muster any offence and Bayer Leverkusen ran away with the shutout win. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Union Berlin recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Arminia Bielefeld. Kevin Behrens struck first for Union Berlin in the 88th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Arminia Bielefeld couldn’t manage to score, and Union Berlin took the shutout win. Union Berlin is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both Taiwo Awoniyi and Niko Giesselmann have been the hottest scorers for Union Berlin in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Kevin Stöger and Ádám Szalai are the top scorers for Mainz 05 in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.