Mainz vs Werder Bremen prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-02-02 14:30.
Heading into the second half of the Bundesliga season, Mainz find themselves in real danger of their 15-season stint in the top-flight coming to an end. A limp performance en route to a 1-0 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt last time out saw Jan Siewert’s men fail to register a single shot on target, leaving them six points adrift of safety ahead of the visit of Werder Bremen.
The 05ers have won fewer games than any other side in the Bundesliga (one), but that did come on home soil at the MEWA Arena against RB Leipzig. Curiously, Mainz have only managed to beat Leipzig and Bayern Munich on their own turf in the league since early March (D2, L7), and as they’ve lost twice as many home H2Hs (ten) than they’ve won (five), the omens aren’t good for this to be the start of their recovery.
Home fears will only be enhanced by the stellar form of Werder Bremen, who’ve surged clear of trouble to take up a comfortable position in mid-table. The River Islanders are unbeaten in six consecutive matches (W3, D3), and having beaten Bayern Munich and Freiburg in their last two outings, they stand on the verge of a first hat-trick of successive top-flight wins since March 2019.
Victory over Bayern in their last away fixture ended a miserable run of 11 consecutive Bundesliga road trips without a win for Ole Werner’s men (D3, L8), and he’ll hope that brings an end to their travel sickness as they visit Mainz, because another success here would mark their first season double since 2009/10 after winning the reverse fixture 4-0.
Players to watch: Mainz have scored just twice since late November, but both goals were assisted by Phillipp Mwene, with each helping his side come from behind to rescue a point. Bremen frontman Marvin Ducksch returned from suspension to score from the spot against Freiburg at the weekend – he also scored a penalty in this season’s reverse fixture.
Hot stat: Mainz are the only team in the division yet to score a home goal inside the first 15 minutes.