Mainz vs Schalke 04 Preview

Mainz vs Schalke 04

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – OPEL Arena

Date: 9th March 2018

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT

Mainz 05 are getting better and they have started getting some good results as they look to survive relegation.

After winning 0-2 at Berlin, they have drawn their last two games against Wolfsburg and Hamburg to take themselves 7 points clear of the automatic relegation spot –however they are still in a relegation playoff spot.

Prior to their last 3 games, they lost 3 consecutive matches and they need to be careful not to fall to a defeat here again.

Schalke got their 4th win of the year against a very stubborn Hertha Berlin side last weekend to boost their chances of making it to next season’s Champions League.

Add that to equally impressive wins against Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen earlier in the year and you would feel they have what it takes to take all three points here with a good performance.

Guido Burgstaller – their top scorer, could miss this game, but they have enough options to fill that void.

Schalke have just one win in their last 3 visits here, losing the other two.

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

Mainz

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Mainz 1-1 VfL Wolfsburg 23 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
W Hertha Berlin 0-2 Mainz 16 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
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

Schalke 04

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 Schalke 04 25 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
W Schalke 04 2-1 TSG Hoffenheim 17 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
L Bayern Munich 2-1 Schalke 04 10 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
W Schalke 04 1-0 VfL Wolfsburg 7 Feb, 2018 German DFB Pokal
L Schalke 04 1-2 Werder Bremen 3 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Schalke 04 2-0 Mainz 20 Oct, 2017 German Bundesliga
Mainz 0-1 Schalke 04 19 Mar, 2017 German Bundesliga
Schalke 04 3-0 Mainz 23 Oct, 2016 German Bundesliga
Mainz 2-1 Schalke 04 12 Feb, 2016 German Bundesliga
Schalke 04 2-1 Mainz 13 Sep, 2015 German Bundesliga


Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

March 30, 2024
RB Leipzig 15:30 Mainz
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Eintracht Frankfurt 15:30 Union Berlin
Borussia Mönchengladbach 15:30 SC Freiburg
Werder Bremen 15:30 Wolfsburg
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
Union Berlin 13:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
SC Freiburg 13:30 RB Leipzig
Mainz 13:30 Darmstadt
FC Cologne 13:30 VFL Bochum
Heidenheim 13:30 Bayern Munich
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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