Mainz 05 vs Eintracht Frankfurt

Mainz 05 and Eintracht Frankfurt are set to trade tackles in an exciting Bundesliga match-up at the Mew Arena.

Only 50 seconds into the 2023/24 Bundesliga season, Union Berlin crushed Mainz’s dream of bettering last campaign’s 9th-place finish, setting the tone for a 4-1 demolition of Bo Svensson’s side. The hosts are desperate to make amends for a woeful start, yet a six-game winless H2H run against Frankfurt suggests otherwise (D3, L3). Adding to a sizeable list of concerns, Mainz managed just one win in their final five home league outings at the tail-end of last season (D2, L2) despite finding the net on each occasion. Against this backdrop, ‘Die Nullfünfer’ boast an outrageous all-time H2H Bundesliga record against Frankfurt on home turf (W6, D8, L1), though their last two encounters at the Mewa Arena have ended level.

Meanwhile, tired legs could undermine Frankfurt’s bid to maintain a 100% Bundesliga start after star striker Randal Kolo Muani inspired them to a 1-0 home win over newly-promoted Darmstadt on the opening weekend. ‘Die Adler’ traveled to Bulgaria to take on Levski Sofia in the first leg of their Europa Conference League play-off only a few days ago, conceding a stoppage-time equalizer in a morale-damaging 1-1 draw. Dino Toppmöller’s next assignment is to arrest Frankfurt’s embarrassing 11-game winless run on their Bundesliga travels (D5, L6), their worst such streak in eight years. But considering they’ve conceded 2+ goals in their last eight away league matches, that could prove easier said than done.