Mainz 05 vs Freiburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd December 2023

Mainz 05 enjoy home advantage, when visitors Freiburg swing by on Sunday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Mainz 05 rank 16th with eight points to their name from 12 matches, while visitors Freiburg rank ninth in the table on 15 points.

Freiburg have been quite good at hitting the back of the net in recent matches, while also prone to conceding the odd goal against. In their last 5 matches on the trot, both teams scored at least once.

Mainz 05 go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of one per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane ten times, while conceding 20. That amounts to an average of two per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring twice.

Freiburg are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 12 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.2 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 22 goals, and while Freiburg claimed two clean sheets, they conceded an average of 2.2 goals per match.

Mainz 05 and Freiburg settled for a point in a 1-1 draw, when last faced with each other. The best betting odds on a another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 12/5.

Mainz 05 vs Freiburg Prediction

Mainz 05 Form

Aming to remain unbeaten, Mainz 05 managed to beat RB Leipzig 2-0, before drawing 0-0 with Darmstadt. Most recently, they had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim. Mainz 05 only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at MEWA Arena in the Bundesliga. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded 14 goals.

Freiburg Form

Freiburg collected four points in their past three outings, in which they were defeated 3-1 against RB Leipzig. They followed up, drawing 1-1 with Darmstadt, before winning 5-0 against Olympiacos. Freiburg only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 14 goals to four.

Mainz 05 and Freiburg are firing on all cylinders, when it comes to goals currently, and we could be in for a very entertaining match on Sunday.

Mainz 05 have so far been able to win just once after 12 Bundesliga games played, in stead showing off five draws and six defeats. Freiburg enjoy a record of four wins, three draws and five defeats in the Bundesliga.

Mainz 05 vs Freiburg Squads

Mainz 05 Squad

The 41-year-old coach of the home team, Jan Siewert, will select the lineup against Freiburg from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Daniel Batz (0/0), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/12), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/2), Anthony Caci (2/12), Danny da Costa (0/10), Maxim Leitsch (0/5), Philipp Mwene (0/5), Sepp van den Berg (0/11), Silvan Widmer (0/1), Stefan Bell (0/9), Aymen Barkok (1/10), David Mamutovic (0/0), Dominik Kohr (0/11), Edimilson Fernandes (0/11), Eniss Shabani (0/0), Jae-Sung Lee (2/12), Josuha Guilavogui (0/2), Leandro Barreiro (2/12), Merveille Papela (0/4), Philipp Schulz (0/0), Tom Krauss (1/11), Brajan Gruda (1/10), Jonathan Burkardt (0/1), Karim Onisiwo (0/9), Ludovic Ajorque (1/10), Marco Richter (1/8), Nelson Weiper (0/3).

Freiburg Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Freiburg head coach Streich will select from for his starting XI:

Benjamin Uphoff (0/0), Florian Mueller (0/0), Noah Atubolu (0/12), Christian Guenter (0/1), Jordy Makengo (0/2), Kenneth Schmidt (0/5), Kilian Sildillia (0/11), Lukas Kuebler (0/10), Manuel Gulde (1/8), Matthias Ginter (0/11), Max Rosenfelder (0/0), Philipp Lienhart (1/12), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (0/0), Fabian Ruedlin (0/1), Maximilian Eggestein (0/12), Merlin Roehl (1/8), Mika Baur (0/0), Nicolas Hoefler (1/8), Noah Weisshaupt (1/10), Ritsu Doan (1/12), Roland Sallai (1/8), Vincenzo Grifo (3/12), Yannik Keitel (0/3), Chukwubuike Adamu (0/8), Lucas Hoeler (3/12), Maximilian Philipp (1/6), Michael Gregoritsch (0/10), Ryan Johansson (0/0).

Mainz 05 vs Freiburg Team News

Mainz 05 are sweating on the fitness of no less than seven players before their match this coming Sunday.

Robin Zentner, Maxim Leitsch, Karim Onisiwo, Josuha Guilavogui, Danny da Costa, Nelson Weiper and Andreas Hanche-Olsen take up space in the treatment room and won't be eligible to be called up for home side Mainz 05, when they face Freiburg this coming Sunday.

Freiburg could have a whole host of players on the injured and absent players for their next match, as eight players are nursing various problems.

Freiburg need to do without Kenneth Schmidt, Yannik Keitel, Lukas Kuebler, Maximilian Philipp, Michael Gregoritsch, Max Rosenfelder, Christian Guenter and Daniel-Kofi Kyereh, who are not fit enough to travel to MEWA Arena.

Mainz 05 vs Freiburg Lineups

Mainz 05 vs Freiburg H2H

It finished all square on when Mainz 05 last faced Freiburg. 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 12/5. Mainz 05 go into their upcoming match against Freiburg with a 40% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 4-3-3 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Mainz 05 vs Freiburg Results

In the last ten matches between Mainz 05 and Freiburg, both teams to score came up six times.

Mainz 05 vs Freiburg Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Bundesliga, Jae-Sung Lee will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Freiburg hope Vincenzo Grifo can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Bundesliga goals in his last six Bundesliga games.

Mainz 05 won four of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing five as well. Freiburg won five from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew one and lost four in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at MEWA Arena since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Mainz 05. The same occurred in five of the last 10 league games away from home for Freiburg.

In the past ten encounters between Mainz 05 and Freiburg over 2.5 goals came out six times, with Mainz 05 scoring an average of 1.6 goals per game. Freiburg averaged 1.1 goals, while both teams scored six times. Mainz 05 saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals came out in nine of the last 10 matches Freiburg played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.4 goals themselves during this run.