Eintracht Frankfurt will look to continue their impressive form when they host Mainz in Bundesliga on Saturday.
Venue: Deutsche Bank Park
Key statistics
- Mainz are unbeaten in their last three away games in Bundesliga against Frankfurt (W2 D1).
- Mainz, who are sixth in the league table, have collected 24 points after 16 games – their best tally at this stage since the 2016/17 campaign.
- Frankfurt are seventh in the table, sharing the same points as Mainz.
- The Eagles have won five out of their last six games in Bundesliga this season.
Head to Head record
Mainz have the edge over Frankfurt in terms of head to head record, winning 10 out of the 31 games played so far. The Eagles have won one less.
Latest performances in all competitions
Frankfurt: W L D W W
Mainz: D L W L W
Eintracht Frankfurt
Frankfurt are on a roll lately in the Bundesliga this season, winning 5 out of their last six games.
After putting Bayer Leverkusen to the sword, the Eagles edged out Borussia Monchengladbach 3-2 in the Bundesliga days ago.
They will look to continue their rich vein of form when they face tough-looking Mainz on Saturday.
The visitors are a place above Frankfurt in the table although they share the same points. A victory could see the home side get close to the top-four.
Daichi Kamada ended his goal drought against Gladbach and the Japanese international would look to build on that performance. Rafael Santos Borre also extended his tally to 4 goals this season during the same game.
Frankfurt have no fresh injury concerns as Jens Petter Hauge and Kristigan Jakic remain the only absentees.
Possible Frankfurt line-up
Kevin Trapp; Martin Hinteregger, Makoto Hasebe, Evan N’Dicka; Danny da Costa, Sebastian Rode, Djibril Sow, Filip Kostic; Jesper Lindstrom, Daichi Kamada; Rafael Santos Borre
Injured: Jens Petter Hauge, Kristijan Jakic
Doubtful: None
Suspended: Tuta
Mainz 05
Mainz have also been excellent this season, and they are aiming to be a top-four contender.
Furthermore, they are coming on the back of a 4-0 victory over Hertha Berlin.
Lee Jae-sung is turning out to be a top addition to the Mainz, with the South Korean racking up 2 goals and 2 assists in 14 league games.
The visitors would be eyeing another three points to get near the top four of the table.
Possible Mainz line-up
Zentner; Bell, Hack, Niakhate; Widmer, Barreiro, Stach, Lee, Martin; Burkardt, Ingvartsen
Injured: Jeremiah St Juste, Anderson Lucoqui and Dominik Kohr, Karim Onisiwo, Adam Szalai
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Frankfurt 2 – 2 Mainz
