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FSV Mainz – Bayern Munich
The Saturday conference has a lot to offer you again on matchday 29. The Bundesliga is once again ramping up with four games at the same time. The record champion and league leader from Munich also has to play on Saturday afternoon. After their elimination from the Champions League on Wednesday, the league is their only chance to win a title this season. However, with only a two-point lead over Dortmund, even the championship is not a foregone conclusion. Thomas Tuchel will be facing his former club. The 49-year-old coached at FSV between 2008 and 2014.
Under his direction, the current coach Bo Svensson also had his most successful time with the zero-fivers. The Dane played 100 of his 122 competitive games for Mainz under Tuchel. And the 43-year-old will also have fond memories of his upcoming opponents from Munich. Svensson can look back on an impressive record against FC Bayern Munich. In his playing and coaching career, he has won a total of five matches and drawn two against the Munich team. Only four times did he leave the pitch as a loser. Currently, Mainz is also in the league for nine games without defeat. Find out whether FSV will also be able to hold their own against the record champions in our Mainz vs. Bayern tip.
Mainz – Bayern info:
- Date & Time: 04/22/2023, 15:30 hrs.
- Game venue: MEWA Arena, Mainz
- Competition: Bundesliga, 29. matchday
- TV coverage: Sky
Mainz form & balance check
Mainz 05 started this Bundesliga season in impressive fashion. In their first eleven games, FSV suffered only three defeats and found themselves in sixth place in the table after a 5-0 win over 1. FC Köln. However, this was followed by six consecutive games in the Bundesliga without a win.
In the new year, however, things are going much better again for coach Bo Svensson’s team. The Nullfünfer are in 3rd place in the second-round table, just one point behind their upcoming opponents from Munich. Mainz has also been unbeaten for nine games. In the previous week, however, they only managed a 1-1 draw against 1. FC Köln, so FSV remains in eighth place in the table.
Incredible form
Mainz’s playing philosophy is physical, focusing on winning the ball and getting into an advantageous position quickly. Coach Bo Svensson’s players now seem to have completely absorbed the system of play in the second half of the season. FSV is currently showing an impressive performance week after week.
In the second half of the season, the Nullfünfer have already scored 25 goals in their first eleven games. Only Dortmund and Bayern scored more often in this period. With only twelve goals conceded, however, Mainz has even conceded fewer in the second half than the two teams at the top of the table.
Mainz facts & analysis
- On the 8th place in the Bundesliga table.
- In the second leg already two points more than in the first leg
- Nine games without defeat
Bayern form & balance check
Munich are in a troubled phase at the moment. Many soccer fans continue to wonder about the club’s decision to fire Julian Nagelsmann. In addition, results have not improved much under new coach Thomas Tuchel, with whom FCB wanted to win the triple. Last weekend, Bayern only managed a 1-1 draw at home against Hoffenheim.
However, Tuchel started his tenure as FC Bayern coach promisingly with a convincing 4-2 win against Dortmund, which brought back the league lead. But in the quarterfinals of the DFB Cup, Tuchel suffered a defeat straight away. In the end, there was also no match for Manchester City in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, so that only one title is still possible.
Choupo-Moting vs. ex
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting forms an essential pillar in FC Bayern’s attack. His absence due to injury has been almost irreplaceable for the Munich side recently. With ten league goals, the Cameroonian is one of the record champions’ top scorers. Without Choupo-Moting, the record champions lacked a focal point in the center, which made FCB’s game much more predictable.
But even the Cameroonian failed to catch the Citizens’ defense off guard on Wednesday. On Saturday, Choupo-Moting will face his ex-club. In 81 games, the striker scored 22 goals for FSV. Between 2011 and 2014, the 34-year-old played for the Nullfünfer.
Bayern facts & analysis
- Table leader of the Bundesliga
- Best offense in the Bundesliga
- Best defense in the Bundesliga
Predicted lineup – last update on April 20, 2023
Mainz has a well-rehearsed team by now and will operate with a 3-4-2-1 again. Ajorque will look to build on his performances of recent weeks in attack and score his sixth goal for Mainz. Only Jonathan Burkhardt will continue to be absent due to injury.
Bayern we expect again in a 4-2-3-1. Noussair Mazraoui could come to his comeback in the starting eleven on Saturday, as Benjamin Pavard is missing with a yellow suspension. In addition, Müller could move back into the starting eleven.
Mainz – Bayern direct comparison & statistics
The previous encounters between Bayern and Mainz speak a clear language: 27 wins for Bayern, six for Mainz and three draws. But in the last five Bundesliga duels, the home team always prevailed, which also gave Mainz success twice. In the round of 16 of this year’s DFB Cup, however, FC Bayern won clearly and emphatically with 4:0 at the MEWA Arena.
- The last Bundesliga victory of Bayern in Mainz was on 01.02.2020.
- Did you know that Bayern scores 32% of its goals between the 31-45 minute?
- Mainz has failed to score in 3 of their 14 home games in the Bundesliga this season.
- When Mainz leads 1-0 in home games, they win 53% of the games
