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Germany 1.Bundesliga 12.Round

24.11 17:00

Stadium: Wirsol Rhein Neckar Area

Capacity: 30164

Turf: Grass

Distance: 129 km (80.15 mi.)

Hoffenheim

Ihlas Bebou will miss and it can be big blow for team

Ihlas Bebou - Attack (LW) - Regular player

32

20

13

5

12

2097

6

1

0

Dennis Geiger will miss and it can be big blow for team

Dennis Geiger - Midfielder (DM) - Regular player

20

13

10

7

1134

0

3

0

Sargis Adamyan is a major doubt and likely to be replaced

Sargis Adamyan - Attack (LW) - Rotation player

15

6

12

5

9

750

5

1

0

Sebastian Rudy if booked will miss next game

Sebastian Rudy - Midfielder (DM) - Regular player

32

31

2

6

1

2739

1

3

9

0

Good atmosphere inside the club

General H2H stats vs Mainz (in all competitions): 7W 7D 8L

Home H2H stats vs Mainz (in all competitions): 5W 3D 3L

Alfred Schreuder: "I've taken a look at their recent matches. The results haven't been good, but they've always had some good spells in their games – even in the 8-0 loss in Leipzig. Mainz have good players and Achim Beierlorzer will try to make some changes. Obviously, them having a new coach makes our preparations more complicated. We've won six matches now; our opponents are setting themselves up slightly different against us or, as was recently the case in Cologne, are playing in different formations. We can expect more of the same. We need to see the match as a huge challenge, be highly flexible and react to everything accordingly during the game. Perhaps they'll be very aggressive, perhaps they'll go all out. But we musn't make too much of that; we need to focus on our own game: we know what we want to do when we have the ball and when we don't have it. We need to project a sense of calm."

"Sargis Adamyan is a major doubt. As far as Ihlas Bebou and Andrej Kramarić are concerned, we need to see what kind of impression they make in training. Dennis Geiger is not yet fully fit, but Håvard Nordtveit is back again. Steven Zuber and Ishak Belfodil are still injured." - said head coach about the condition of players

Hoffenheim are currently the Bundesliga’s form team with five consecutive wins that began with a 2-1 victory away at Bayern Munich at the start of October. In all competitions they have won their last six for the first time ever in professional football.

Hoffenheim have won their last five Bundesliga games. They have never won six consecutive top-flight matches.

Locadia has scored three goals in his last four appearances with Die Kraichgauer.

With two goals and two assists, no Hoffenheim player has had a hand in more goals than right-back Pavel Kaderabek, though.

Mainz

Previous manager has been fired, first game of new permanent coach

First game of new signed coach

Achim Beierlorzer: "I don’t think they will play differently at home than they do away. Their team is stacked with quality. That means that we have to put them under a lot of pressure if we want to rattle them. It’ll be a really interesting match. I want to us to cause them problems by playing with aggression and speed. Alfred Schreuder’s team is on fire right now. Five wins in a row in the league, and an additional victory in the DFB-Pokal. “From the outside, it seems that they are unbeatable at the moment. We aren’t in such a comfortable position. Mathematically speaking, the longer a run of form like this continues, the less likely it becomes to continue. In terms of statistics, we have a good chance to win. But at this point in time, this is just the upper estimation”, said the man, who is a trained teacher of maths and sports. It is totally clear that we have to go into this game with confidence and courage. It’s our next game, our next chance to put three points on the board. And we will give it everything in order to win.”

With no new injury concerns and long-term absentee Jean-Philippe Mateta the only major name missing, Beierlorzer has an essentially full-strength team to pick from for his debut.

Mainz striker Ádám Szalai scored 23 goals in 100 Bundesliga games for Hoffenheim. He is yet to open his account since returning to Mainz in the summer.