Freiburg vs Mainz prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-04-20 17:30.
[p]After a 4-1 loss to RB Leipzig, Freiburg got their push for Europe back on track by beating rock-bottom Darmstadt 1-0 to move within three points of the Bundesliga’s top six ahead of this weekend. Christian Streich’s men remain in the hunt for UEFA football next season despite failing to win their last home five league games (D2, L3). Their last winless run at home longer than that was between May and December 2013, when they went eight matches without victory at their former stadium, the Dreisamstadion.[/p]
[p]In Freiburg’s defence, those last five frustrating games on their own patch were all against top-six sides. Streich will nonetheless be expecting his Breisgau Brazilians to return to winning ways on Sunday evening when they face relegation-threatened Mainz, especially given that the upcoming hosts are unbeaten in their last five H2Hs at any venue (W2, D3). [/p]
[p]Mainz have experienced a resurgence in recent weeks, having previously looked near-certainties to go down. Collecting ten points from their last four matches following an 8-1 thrashing at the hands of Bayern Munich shows that the team seems to be turning a corner under Bo Henriksen, their third permanent head coach of the season, with Die Nullfünfer scoring ten goals and earning three clean sheets since that humbling at the Allianz Arena to move within one point of 15th-placed Bochum going into this round of fixtures. [/p]
[p]Much to their horror, Mainz are yet to win away from home during this league campaign (D7, L7), remaining as the only Bundesliga outfit yet to get off the mark in this respect. If they are to end that sequence here, expect things to be tight, as they haven’t scored more than once on any of the last ten outings on their travels. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Ritsu Doan could score his sixth Bundesliga goal of the season here – his most in a single German top-flight campaign. Looking to find the net at the other end will be 19-year-old Brajan Gruda, who comes into this encounter having scored in successive games at senior level for the first time in his career. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Freiburg conceded a total of four goals inside the first ten minutes across their last five home matches. [/p]