Mainz – Stuttgart Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (20.01.2018)

Mainz 05 and Stuttgart meet at Coface Arena, in a match for the 19th round of the Bundesliga. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, 26-08-2017, Stuttgart won at home against (1-0). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 2 wins and 2 draws in the last 4 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 19-12-2017, in a match for the DFB Pokal that ended with the victory of Mainz 05 by (3-1). The goals of the match were scored by E. Berggreen (62 ‘), A. Diallo (71’) and S. Serdar (90 ‘), for Mainz 05, and C. Gentner (41’), for Stuttgart. Despite being a match between 15th and 12th of the table, it is actually a match between the 13th ranked in home games and the 18th as a visitor.

Mainz 05:

The home team is currently in the 15 th position of the league, with 17 points won, after 4 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Werder Bremen, by (2-2). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Hannover 96, by (3-2). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 13 points in away matches, with 9 goals scored and 18 conceded, against 13 points won at their stadium, with 12 goals scored and 13 conceded. In the last 9 home matches for the championship Mainz 05 has won 4, tied 1 and lost 4, so they have won 13 points out of 27 possible. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 18 matches in this competition, they only won 1 comeback in the 12 matches in which they suffered the first goal.

Mainz have had a disastrous performance in the German league, they do not know what it is to win six games ago, in which they accumulated 4 defeats and 2 draws, and they are looking for a recovery, as they are dangerously close to the relegation zone . The team has a low quality attack, which scored only 21 goals and is the seventh worst in the national championship, but the big problem has been the defensive system, which suffered 31 goals is the third worst, so much that it did not suffer goals in only 1 of the last 12 matches for the Bundesliga. Acting in his stadium, as in the match on Saturday, Mainz comes from 2 consecutive defeats, in which he suffered 5 goals, and is the fourth team that suffered the most goals in the local team condition, with 13 goals suffered in 9 matches, being that he suffered goals in 7 of the games in his stadium. For the game against Stuttgart, coach Sandro Schwarz will not be able to count on Diallo, an important piece in the defensive system of the team.

Stuttgart:

After 6 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses, the away team is currently in the 12 th position of the league, with 20 points won. In the last match, they have won at home against Hertha BSC by (1-0), after in the previous match they have lost at home, in a match against Bayern München, by (0-1). This is a stronger team in his home stadium, where he has won 19 points, against only 1 in his away matches. In their last away game, for the Friendlies, they won by (1-2) against FC Twente. In the last 9 away league matches Stuttgart has a draw and 8 losses, so they have won 1 point out of 27 possible.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 9 away matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (4 out of 9 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so he was not very strong defensively. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 6 of the last 9 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 18 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal.

The Stuttgart closed a series of 4 consecutive defeats in the Bundesliga with a good triumph in the last day and goes in search of another positive result to try to move away of the zone of reduction, of which it is to 4 points. The team is characterized by a defensive system of optimal quality, which suffered only 21 goals and is the third best national, while the attack, on the other hand, scored only 14 goals and is the worst in the competition, showing the huge imbalance between the 2 sectors. Playing as a visitor, as in this game, the Stuttgart shows enormous difficulties, is one of the 3 teams that has not yet won in the status of visitor, having the worst campaign away from home in the entire German championship, besides being the team that less scored goals in this type of situation, with only 4 goals in 9 games. For the game against Mainz, coach Hannes Wolf must maintain the starting eleven that beat Hertha Berlin on the last day.