On the 8th of January, in this week 18 match, RB Leipzig will host Mainz 05 in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 10th placed RB Leipzig is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Arminia Bielefeld. Janni Serra scored the first goal for Arminia Bielefeld in the 57th minute, then Masaya Okugawa added another in the 75th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed RB Leipzig couldn’t manage to score, and Arminia Bielefeld took the shutout win. RB Leipzig is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Mainz 05 recorded a 0-1 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt. Jesper Lindstrom scored the first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 35th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Mainz 05 couldn’t manage to score, and Eintracht Frankfurt took the shutout win. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Opel Arena, Mainz 05 won by a score of 1 to 0. Moussa Niakhaté struck first for Mainz 05 in the 13th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, RB Leipzig was frustrated by Mainz 05’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mainz 05 ended the match with the shutout victory.
Mainz 05’s top weapon lately has been Alexander Hack, who has two goals in the last five matches. RB Leipzig’s most prolific scorer has been André Silva. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches
Domenico Tedesco’s squad will be without Marcel Halstenberg, Konrad Laimer, Yussuf Poulsen and Daniel Olmo, while Bo Svensson’s squad will be without Dominik Kohr, Ádám Szalai and Jeremiah St. Juste.