Mainz vs VfL Wolfsburg Preview

Mainz vs VfL Wolfsburg

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – OPEL Arena

Date: 23rd February 2018

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT

Mainz earned a surprise 2-0 win at Hertha Berlin last time and that was a much needed boost after they succumbed to a 4-2 loss to Hoffenheim in the game prior.

They were also on a run of three consecutive Bundesliga losses before that win and their manager Sandro Schwarz still holds the worst top flight record of any other top flight manager.

Abdou Diallo is back for this game after missing the last one through suspension.

The France Under 21 international will hope to help them keep their first two consecutive clean sheets this season in this game.

Mainz have conceded 11 goals in their last 4 matches.

Wolfsburg have become more hardworking under former Mainz boss, Martin Schmidt.

This was shown by how they led Bayern Munich for 63 minutes in their last league game, however, they threw away that lead no thanks to a goal a piece from Sandro Wagner and Robert Lewandoski.

That 2-1 loss saw them fall back to within distance of the relegation zone.

Wolfsburg have failed to win over their host since 2014 and that means they could be into further relegation trouble at the end of this game.

They have kept three clean sheets from their last five away games, although they have won only two of their last eleven league games.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Mainz

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L TSG Hoffenheim 4-2 Mainz 10 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
L Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 Mainz 7 Feb, 2018 German DFB Pokal
L Mainz 0-2 Bayern Munich 3 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
L Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Mainz 28 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga
W Mainz 3-2 VfB Stuttgart 20 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga

VfL Wolfsburg

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Werder Bremen 3-1 VfL Wolfsburg 11 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
L Schalke 04 1-0 VfL Wolfsburg 7 Feb, 2018 German DFB Pokal
D VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 VfB Stuttgart 3 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
W Hannover 96 0-1 VfL Wolfsburg 28 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga
L VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Eintracht Frankfurt 20 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Mainz 30 Sep, 2017 German Bundesliga
Mainz 1-1 VfL Wolfsburg 4 Mar, 2017 German Bundesliga
VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 Mainz 2 Oct, 2016 German Bundesliga
VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Mainz 9 Apr, 2016 German Bundesliga
Mainz 2-0 VfL Wolfsburg 7 Nov, 2015 German Bundesliga


Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

March 30, 2024
RB Leipzig 15:30 Mainz
Eintracht Frankfurt 15:30 Union Berlin
Borussia Mönchengladbach 15:30 SC Freiburg
Werder Bremen 15:30 Wolfsburg
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Bayern Munich 18:30 Borussia Dortmund
March 31, 2024
Augsburg 1907 13:30 FC Cologne
Stuttgart 15:30 Heidenheim
VFL Bochum 17:30 Darmstadt
April 5, 2024
Eintracht Frankfurt 18:30 Werder Bremen
April 6, 2024
FC Cologne 13:30 VFL Bochum
Heidenheim 13:30 Bayern Munich
Union Berlin 13:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Mainz 13:30 Darmstadt
SC Freiburg 13:30 RB Leipzig
Borussia Dortmund 16:30 Stuttgart
April 7, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 13:30 Augsburg 1907
Wolfsburg 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
April 12, 2024
Augsburg 1907 18:30 Union Berlin

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 26 22 4 0 66 18 +48 70
2 Bayern Munich 26 19 3 4 78 31 +47 60
3 Stuttgart 26 18 2 6 60 31 +29 56
4 Borussia Dortmund 26 14 8 4 53 32 +21 50
5 RB Leipzig 26 15 4 7 60 32 +28 49
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 26 10 10 6 42 35 +7 40
7 Augsburg 1907 26 9 8 9 43 42 +1 35
8 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 26 9 6 11 44 50 -6 33
9 SC Freiburg 26 9 6 11 36 48 -12 33
10 Werder Bremen 26 8 6 12 35 41 -6 30
11 Heidenheim 26 7 8 11 35 44 -9 29
12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 26 6 10 10 46 50 -4 28
13 Union Berlin 26 8 4 14 25 42 -17 28
14 Wolfsburg 26 6 7 13 31 44 -13 25
15 VFL Bochum 26 5 10 11 30 54 -24 25
16 Mainz 26 3 10 13 22 46 -24 19
17 FC Cologne 26 3 9 14 20 47 -27 18
18 Darmstadt 26 2 7 17 26 65 -39 13

German Bundesliga Results

March 17, 2024
Borussia Dortmund 3 - 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
SC Freiburg 2 - 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
March 16, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0 - 3 Stuttgart
Darmstadt 2 - 5 Bayern Munich
Heidenheim 1 - 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Mainz 2 - 0 VFL Bochum
Wolfsburg 1 - 3 Augsburg 1907
Union Berlin 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
March 15, 2024
FC Cologne 1 - 5 RB Leipzig
March 10, 2024
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 - 0 Wolfsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 - 1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
VFL Bochum 1 - 2 SC Freiburg
March 9, 2024
Werder Bremen 1 - 2 Borussia Dortmund
Augsburg 1907 1 - 0 Heidenheim
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 - 3 FC Cologne
RB Leipzig 2 - 0 Darmstadt
Bayern Munich 8 - 1 Mainz
March 8, 2024
Stuttgart 2 - 0 Union Berlin
March 3, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
FC Cologne 0 - 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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