St. Pauli vs Mainz prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-10-04 16:30.
[p]Newly-promoted St Pauli thumped Freiburg 3-0 away from home last round, winning a Bundesliga game for the first time since 2011. Alexander Blessin’s side will now look to secure their first home victory of the season (D1, L1), with the possibility of equalling an unwanted club record of eight consecutive Bundesliga matches without a win on home soil should they fail to pick up three points.[/p]
[p]The Kiezkicker feature in the Bundesliga’s primetime Saturday night fixture for just the third time in club history, having lost both such previous appearances, including their most recent against upcoming opponents Mainz back in December 2010 (4-2). All four of St Pauli’s Bundesliga games this season to see a goal scored were won by the team to open the scoring, so landing the first punch could be crucial here.[/p]
[p]St Pauli are the only club against whom Mainz boasts a 100% win rate after they won both H2Hs in the 2010/11 season, though a lot has changed since then. There are further positive omens in the fact that the 05ers are on a six-match unbeaten run away from home in the league (W2, D4), and only between February and May 2021 (eight matches) have Mainz ever enjoyed a longer undefeated sequence away from home in Germany’s top-flight.[/p]
[p]But Saturday’s visitors have lost two of their most recent three Bundesliga games (W1), which is as many losses as they suffered across their first 15 league matches with Bo Henriksen in charge (W6, D7). Winning form needs to be rediscovered quickly if they’re to halt their slide down the table, and any success here is likely to see plenty of goals scored, as both teams on the day found the back of the net in four of the Mainz’s five league games so far this term.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Nikola Vasilj has averaged 3.8 saves per game in the league this term, becoming the first St Pauli goalkeeper to record back-to-back Bundesliga clean sheets since October 1990. Dominik Kohr has been booked in four of Mainz’s first five league outings, and was cautioned in three of his four appearances against newly-promoted sides last season. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Five players have been sent off across Mainz’s last three games, with both teams seeing red in each of the last two.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ben Olawumi[/i][/p]