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It‘s 12th against 13th on Saturday afternoon (15:30 CET) as Mainz are set to welcome Augsburg to the MEWA ARENA. Here are some interesting facts and stats ahead of what Bo Svensson expects to be a “tough” game.
Carnival home game
The Zerofivers will wear their special festive jerseys for the game. The fans will also wear costumes to get into the Carnival spirit!
If Mainz win at home, they win big
FSV have only won two home games this season, but they have been big wins. They smashed FC Köln 5-0 back in October and romped to a 5-2 victory over VfL Bochum a fortnight ago.
Lots of fighting spirit
Mainz and Augsburg are sides that place a lot of emphasis on intensity and passionate performance. Both sides are in the top half of the Bundesliga rankings in terms of distance covered, number of sprints and duels.
Penalties galore
No Bundesliga side has been awarded more penalties than Mainz this season (5). They were awarded one last week against FC Union and Marcus Ingvartsen converted to put his side level.
Set-pieces could play an important role
Augsburg have conceded the most goals from free-kicks in the Bundesliga this season (5). Mainz look to take advantage of dead ball situations and have scored nine goals from set-pieces this term.
Surely someone will take control!
Augsburg are bottom of the pile in terms of average possession this season. FCA enjoy just 44.7% of the ball per game and place a lot of emphasis on hitting teams on the counter. Mainz, however, aren’t much higher on the list with an average of 45.4%.
Efficient Fuggerstädter
Measured against their combined xG of just 19.8, Augsburg have found the net on more occasions than expected this season with 24 goals to their name.
An established Bundesliga side
Despite many years scrapping it out at the foot of the table, Augsburg have become an established Bundesliga side since their promotion in 2011. They are currently contesting their twelfth season in the German topflight.
Plenty of action in the transfer market
Augsburg made seven signings during the January transfer window (David Colina, Arne Engels, Renato Veiga, Dion Beljo, Irvin Cardona, Nathanaël Mbuku and Kelvin Yeboah). They didn’t manage to keep hold of everyone and lost some key names including Florian Niederlechner and Carlos Gruezo.
A tough run on the road
Despite picking up nine points from their first four away games, Maaßen’s side have struggled on the road in recent weeks. They are winless in their last five away from home (D1, L4).
Mainz’s strong home record against FCA
Mainz have picked up more home wins (7) against Augsburg than they have against another side since the Fuggerstädter were promoted to the Bundesliga in 2011.
Battle of the strikers
Karim Onisiwo has never scored more than seven goals in a Bundesliga season but he has every chance of doing so this term as he has 15 games to find his eighth. Onisiwo likes playing Augsburg and the Austrian has only scored more goals against Bochum (5) than he has against the FCA (3). He also scored in the reverse fixture on matchday 3. Mergim Berisha is in red-hot form for the Bavarian Swabians and has scored in each of his last three Bundesliga appearances. Only Tobias Werner and Raul Bobadilla have managed to score in four straight BL games for Augsburg.
Ingvartsen bang in form
Ingvartsen’s penalty against Union made it six in the league for the Dane this season. This is already his joint-most prolific season in Germany’s topflight despite the fact that only 19 matchdays have elapsed.
Reunions on both sides
Dominik Kohr made 91 appearances for FCA from January 2014 to the summer of 2017. Augsburg’s Julian Baumgartlinger, on the other hand, appeared 124 times for FSV between 2011 and 2016.
Officials
Sven Jablonski will be in charge of the contest. Markus Lasse Koslowski and Eduard Beitinger will run the line and Wolfgang Haslberger will be the fourth official. Felix Zwayer and Mitja Stegemann will be the video assistants.
It‘s 12th against 13th on Saturday afternoon (15:30 CET) as Mainz are set to welcome Augsburg to the MEWA ARENA. Here are some interesting facts and stats ahead of what Bo Svensson expects to be a “tough” game.
Carnival home game
The Zerofivers will wear their special festive jerseys for the game. The fans will also wear costumes to get into the Carnival spirit!
If Mainz win at home, they win big
FSV have only won two home games this season, but they have been big wins. They smashed FC Köln 5-0 back in October and romped to a 5-2 victory over VfL Bochum a fortnight ago.
Lots of fighting spirit
Mainz and Augsburg are sides that place a lot of emphasis on intensity and passionate performance. Both sides are in the top half of the Bundesliga rankings in terms of distance covered, number of sprints and duels.
Penalties galore
No Bundesliga side has been awarded more penalties than Mainz this season (5). They were awarded one last week against FC Union and Marcus Ingvartsen converted to put his side level.
Set-pieces could play an important role
Augsburg have conceded the most goals from free-kicks in the Bundesliga this season (5). Mainz look to take advantage of dead ball situations and have scored nine goals from set-pieces this term.
Surely someone will take control!
Augsburg are bottom of the pile in terms of average possession this season. FCA enjoy just 44.7% of the ball per game and place a lot of emphasis on hitting teams on the counter. Mainz, however, aren’t much higher on the list with an average of 45.4%.
Efficient Fuggerstädter
Measured against their combined xG of just 19.8, Augsburg have found the net on more occasions than expected this season with 24 goals to their name.
An established Bundesliga side
Despite many years scrapping it out at the foot of the table, Augsburg have become an established Bundesliga side since their promotion in 2011. They are currently contesting their twelfth season in the German topflight.
Plenty of action in the transfer market
Augsburg made seven signings during the January transfer window (David Colina, Arne Engels, Renato Veiga, Dion Beljo, Irvin Cardona, Nathanaël Mbuku and Kelvin Yeboah). They didn’t manage to keep hold of everyone and lost some key names including Florian Niederlechner and Carlos Gruezo.
A tough run on the road
Despite picking up nine points from their first four away games, Maaßen’s side have struggled on the road in recent weeks. They are winless in their last five away from home (D1, L4).
Mainz’s strong home record against FCA
Mainz have picked up more home wins (7) against Augsburg than they have against another side since the Fuggerstädter were promoted to the Bundesliga in 2011.
Battle of the strikers
Karim Onisiwo has never scored more than seven goals in a Bundesliga season but he has every chance of doing so this term as he has 15 games to find his eighth. Onisiwo likes playing Augsburg and the Austrian has only scored more goals against Bochum (5) than he has against the FCA (3). He also scored in the reverse fixture on matchday 3. Mergim Berisha is in red-hot form for the Bavarian Swabians and has scored in each of his last three Bundesliga appearances. Only Tobias Werner and Raul Bobadilla have managed to score in four straight BL games for Augsburg.
Ingvartsen bang in form
Ingvartsen’s penalty against Union made it six in the league for the Dane this season. This is already his joint-most prolific season in Germany’s topflight despite the fact that only 19 matchdays have elapsed.
Reunions on both sides
Dominik Kohr made 91 appearances for FCA from January 2014 to the summer of 2017. Augsburg’s Julian Baumgartlinger, on the other hand, appeared 124 times for FSV between 2011 and 2016.
Officials
Sven Jablonski will be in charge of the contest. Markus Lasse Koslowski and Eduard Beitinger will run the line and Wolfgang Haslberger will be the fourth official. Felix Zwayer and Mitja Stegemann will be the video assistants.
