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