Mainz – Stuttgart Prediction & Picks (26.08.2018)

This Sunday, the Mainz 05 team hopes to take advantage of their home-court status when the opening of the German Bundesliga will be visited by a tough rival such as Stuttgart, which will be played at the Opel Arena.

Mainz 05:

Those led by Sandro Schawarz started the season very well in German football, and so last weekend they got a good win by 1-3 in their visit to Erzgebirque Aue for the first round of the DFB Pokal, thanks to a good performance of the Romanian midfielder Alexandru Maxim who was present with a double.

This game allowed Schawarz to test newly arrived players as the case of Moussa Niakhate, although unfortunately he could not enjoy opportunities, since 3 minutes into the game he was sent off, but according to the journalistic media covering the training, the technical command He has decided to trust him again and will also be waiting for the start of French striker Jean-Philippe Mateta who has arrived at the team from Lyon.

Stuttgart :

Meanwhile, those led by Tayfun Korkut did not start well in the beginning of the season and so last weekend was defeated 2-0 in his visit to Hansa Rostock and was eliminated from the DFB Pokal, in a game where the team could not take advantage none of the 26 goal attempts.

But as expressed by Korkut this result does not scare him and is willing to go to Mainz in pursuit of a good result and improve their numbers in direct confrontations against a Stuttgart who has won only two games in the last eleven direct confrontation , and for this he will use his recent additions such as Pablo Maffeo, Gonzalo Castro and Daniel Didavi, as well as World Champion Benjamin Pavard.