Mainz vs Hoffenheim Prediction & Betting Tips (1 December)

After a very difficult and nerve-wracking final exercise punctuated by a 13th place finish with only 2 points ahead of the red zone, Mainz intends to avoid further cold sweats. This team has also made its arrangements for the moment and it already has a good cushion of 8 points ahead of the relegation zone after only 11 days played. Better yet, the residents of the MEWA Arena are only a small point behind the European top 6. It must be said that the FSV has not lost for 4 days now. Eye-catching against Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-1 and Freiburg 0-0, the locals then got the better of Borussia Dortmund 3-1 and Holstein Kiel 0-3 last week.

On the other side of the median, we is right to be concerned by the situation of Hoffenheim which is far from its standards of last year, when it finished in 7th place in this championship to obtain a place in the Europa League. Indeed, the players of Christian Elzer, who arrived during the last international break to replace Pellegrino Matarazzo, completely missed the start of the season which pushed the leaders to change staff. Since then, things have been a little better for Hoffe who was able to take a point against Augsburg 0-0 and dominate RB Leipzig 4-3. This week, TSG will try to relaunch in the Europa League at Braga.

For this Mainz team, we still have to deal without replacement striker Onisiwo and without midfielders Weiper and Vidovic who are not operational. In addition to this, the formidable striker Jonathan Burkardt also had to go to the infirmary a few minutes after scoring his 7th goal of the season last week on the Holstein Kiel field. In his absence, midfielders Amiri and Lee Jae-Sung (3 goals each), who also found fault last weekend, will be the two main assets of this team. There is also damage to report in this Hoffenheim team.

We note the presence in the infirmary of the starting midfielder Prömel and the long-term absentees Kabak (defender), Bebou and Ole Becker who have still not set foot on the pitch this season. Defender Lenz, midfielders Moerstedt and Grillitsch and the rather formidable striker Bülter (4 goals) should also remain at the dock this weekend, also injured. On the other hand, the attackers Kramaric (5 goals in the Bundesliga) and Hlozek, scorer of a double against Leipzig last week, should be there.