Two clubs in the top four of the Bundesliga table will do battle today in a league match between Mainz 05 and Hoffenheim. The first-division clash scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET will be held at the Coface Arena in Mainz and can be live streamed here. Additional TV coverage can be found on GolTV.
What They're Saying (via Bundesliga's official website):
Christian Heidel (Mainz sporting director): "I am getting the impression that the team are getting better and better."
Tarik Elyounoussi (Hoffenheim midfielder): "The morale in the group is really high. Maybe a year ago, we would have lost our game [against Freiburg], but not now."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Mainz 05's Junior Diaz has been instrumental in the club's early season success. In addition to his one assist, the 31-year-old enters the weekend averaging 3.5 tackles and 4.8 clearances per match.
Eintracht Frankfurt's Projected Lineup (4-3-1-2): Karius - Brosinski, Bungert, Bell, Junior Diaz - Geis, Baumgartlinger - Allagui, Djuricic, Hofmann - Okazaki
Hannover 96's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Baumann - Rudy, Süle, Strobl, Beck - Polanski, Vestergaard - Volland, Roberto Firmino, Elyounoussi - Modeste
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (lineups and statistics via WhoScored).
Standings
|
Rnk |
Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
+/- |
Pts |
|||
|
1 |
FC Bayern München |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
|||
|
2 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
9 |
2 |
10 |
|||
|
3 |
Hannover 96 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
|||
|
4 |
FSV Mainz 05 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
|||
|
4 |
Hoffenheim |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
|||
|
6 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
|||
|
7 |
SC Paderborn |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
|||
|
8 |
Borussia Dortmund |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
-1 |
7 |
|||
|
9 |
1. FC Köln |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|||
|
10 |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
|||
|
11 |
FC Augsburg |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
-1 |
6 |
|||
|
12 |
VfL Wolfsburg |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
|||
|
13 |
Schalke 04 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
-1 |
5 |
|||
|
14 |
Hertha BSC |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
11 |
-3 |
5 |
|||
|
15 |
SC Freiburg |
5 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
3 |
|||
|
16 |
Werder Bremen |
5 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
13 |
-5 |
3 |
|||
|
17 |
VfB Stuttgart |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
-6 |
2 |
|||
|
18 |
Hamburger SV |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
2 |
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