Tuesday night’s instalment of the German Bundesliga throws up an interesting relegation clash between 15th placed Werder Bremen and 14th placed Mainz as both teams seek the precious three points at stake here in order to pull away from the relegation zone.
Werder Bremen head into this crucial encounter having lost 4 of their last 5 matches overall in the German top flight with defeats to Borussia Moenchengladbach, Schalke, Paderborn and Bayern Munich which has left Tuesday night’s hosts in 15th place and just 2 points above the relegation play-off spot.
With form at their wohninvest WESERSTADION being particularly bad this season as the hosts have managed just 1 home win all season, it was a 3-2 win on the road at Wolfsburg which has kept Werder Bremen’s heads above water in recent times.
⏱ 90. Min⏹️ Abpfiff. Das war deutlich.⚽️ 6:1 #fcbsvw pic.twitter.com/KeiYRM3uDO— SV Werder Bremen (@werderbremen) December 14, 2019
⏱ 90. Min⏹️ Abpfiff. Das war deutlich.⚽️ 6:1 #fcbsvw pic.twitter.com/KeiYRM3uDO
Having won just 1 of their 7 home matches to date, the hosts look a risky prospect in the straight win markets but goals have featured on a regular basis with 5 of Werder Bremen’s 7 home matches resulting in over 2.5 goals.
Onto Mainz, and the visitors haven’t fared much better so far in this season’s Bundesliga campaign as they’ve suffered recent back-to-back defeats to Augsburg and Borussia Dortmund, while overall results in recent times have seen Mainz lose 4 of their last 6 matches in the German top flight.
Mainz sit just one league position and 1 point above Werder Bremen ahead of this important clash, but having lost 3 of their last 4 matches on their travels, the visitors also look a shaky unit right now and look a risky proposition on the road.
The visitors have claimed just 2 wins from their 8 away matches to date this term (losing the other 6), and this further underlines the belief that they should be avoided in the straight win markets for this fixture.
However, they too have chipped in with goals but conceded at the other end on a regular basis too this season and this is reflected by the fact that 7 of Mainz’s 8 away matches have resulted in over 2.5 goals.
Heavy losses at Freiburg 3-0, Bayern Munich 6-1 and RB Leipzig 8-0 have contributed to the free-scoring games that Mainz have been involved in, and with 5 of the last 6 meetings between these two sides having resulted in over 2.5 goals, we should see more goals in this clash.