Eintracht Frankfurt vs Mainz 05 Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th January 2024

The Bundesliga clash at Deutsche Bank Park on Friday sees Eintracht Frankfurt hosting opponents Mainz 05.

Ranked as number six in the Bundesliga standings, Eintracht Frankfurt, have so far collected 28 points this season, while Mainz 05 collected 11 points. This puts them up as number 16 after 17 rounds.

Mainz 05 will want to get a win after a couple of draws, however, one point from the game against Eintracht Frankfurt could still be acceptable.

Eintracht Frankfurt scored two goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 20 times. They conceded 16 goals, an average of 1.6 and pulled off two clean sheets.

Mainz 05 scored eight goals, conceded ten and kept their opponents from scoring three times in ten matches.

It finished all square when Eintracht Frankfurt last faced Mainz 05. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 3/1.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Mainz 05 Prediction

Eintracht Frankfurt Form

In their last three matches, Eintracht Frankfurt won 2-1 and 0-1 against first Borussia Moenchengladbach then RB Leipzig, before drawing 2-2 against Darmstadt. Eintracht Frankfurt won three of their previous six matches at Deutsche Bank Park in the Bundesliga. They drew two and suffered one defeats, scoring 13 goals to seven against.

Mainz 05 Form

Mainz 05 came through the last three games without a win, but still booked two points to their account. They lost 0-1 against FC Heidenheim, followed by a 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund. They also shared the points in a 1-1 draw with Wolfsburg. Mainz 05 are winless in their last six away games in the Bundesliga, in which they drew six and lost zero. They conceded six goals while scoring six themselves.

For whatever reason, Mainz 05 and Eintracht Frankfurt usually find goals tough to come by, when facing each other, and history makes under 2.5 goals our call here.

Eintracht Frankfurt took 14 points from their last ten encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. This amounts to three wins after scoring 14 times and conceding 12. Mainz 05 fought their way to one win and five points from their last six games against teams inside the top six. They were on target six times in these matches, but also let in 11 goals. Eintracht Frankfurt so far pulled off a record of seven wins, seven draws and four defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Mainz 05 have a record of one win, eight draws and eight defeats in the Bundesliga.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Mainz 05 Squads

Eintracht Frankfurt Squad

The 43-year-old coach of the home team, Dino Toppmoeller, will select the lineup against Mainz 05 from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Jens Grahl (0/1), Kaua (0/0), Kevin Trapp (0/17), Simon Simoni (0/0), Aurelio Buta (1/18), Dario Gebuhr (0/0), Davis Bautista (0/0), Hrvoje Smolcic (1/8), Makoto Hasebe (0/3), Nnamdi Collins (0/0), Philipp Max (0/13), Robin Koch (1/16), Tuta (0/17), Donny van de Beek (0/2), Ellyes Skhiri (2/14), Eric Ebimbe (3/17), Fares Chaibi (1/13), Harpreet Ghotra (0/0), Hugo Larsson (2/16), Mario Goetze (0/16), Mehdi Loune (0/0), Niels Nkounkou (2/14), Paxten Aaronson (0/7), Sebastian Rode (0/3), Sidney Raebiger (0/0), Timothy Chandler (0/0), William Pacho (0/18), Ansgar Knauff (5/15), Jens Petter Hauge (0/10), Jessic Ngankam (0/15), Nacho Ferri (1/4), Noel Futkeu (0/0), Omar Marmoush (7/15), Sasa Kalajdzic (0/2).

Mainz 05 Squad

Below is the full team squad of Mainz 05. The manager Siewert will pick his starting XI against Eintracht Frankfurt from these players:

Daniel Batz (0/4), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/13), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/2), Anthony Caci (2/15), Danny da Costa (0/13), Maxim Leitsch (0/6), Philipp Mwene (0/10), Sepp van den Berg (1/16), Silvan Widmer (1/5), Stefan Bell (0/10), David Mamutovic (0/1), Dominik Kohr (0/16), Edimilson Fernandes (0/12), Eniss Shabani (0/0), Jae-Sung Lee (2/16), Josuha Guilavogui (0/2), Leandro Barreiro (2/15), Merveille Papela (0/8), Philipp Schulz (0/0), Tom Krauss (1/16), Brajan Gruda (1/15), Jonathan Burkardt (0/6), Karim Onisiwo (0/13), Ludovic Ajorque (1/13), Marco Richter (1/13), Nelson Weiper (0/3).

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Mainz 05 Team News

Eintracht Frankfurt are looking at up to five players on the injured and absent list ahead of their home match against Mainz 05 on Friday. Ellyes Skhiri, Omar Marmoush and Fares Chaibi can't be called up by the Eintracht Frankfurt-manager, with both serving a ban.

Eintracht Frankfurt-players Mario Goetze and Mehdi Loune won't be playing in the upcoming match against Mainz 05 at Deutsche Bank Park due to nursing various injuries.

Mainz 05 face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Friday against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Mainz 05 need to do without Stefan Bell, Danny da Costa and Nelson Weiper, who are not fit enough to travel to Deutsche Bank Park.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Mainz 05 Lineups

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Mainz 05 H2H

It finished all square when Eintracht Frankfurt last faced Mainz 05. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 3/1. The last ten matches between Eintracht Frankfurt and Mainz 05 saw four draws and four wins for each team. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 3/1.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Mainz 05 Results

In the last ten matches between Eintracht Frankfurt and Mainz 05, both teams to score came up five times.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Mainz 05 Betting Tips

Ansgar Knauff found the target three times in his previous six matches, whereas Silvan Widmer just scored once in a similar number of matches.

In their last 10 matches at Deutsche Bank Park across all tournaments Eintracht Frankfurt won five times, drew two and lost three times. Mainz 05 claimed zero wins, six draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Mainz 05 scored the opener a mere two times in 10 away games, while Eintracht Frankfurt did the same in six of their last 10 outings at Deutsche Bank Park.

Less than 2.5 goals came out three times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet five times. Eintracht Frankfurt managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Mainz 05 averaging 1.1 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Eintracht Frankfurt’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in two of Mainz 05's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.7 goals in these matches.