Hoffenheim vs Mainz 05 live Germany Bundesliga Preview 16 March 2013

Match Preview: Saturday,16 March 2013, One of the important match Hoffenheim vs Mainz 05 of  Germany Bundesliga  HD Quality Live Hoffenheim vs Mainz 05 streaming is available here.Hoffenheim vs Mainz 05  Live Stream online Germany Bundesliga Video Free The match will take plcae at  Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena (Sinsheim) on 3/16/13 Preview Pictures and Wallpapers its mean all things are available in my blog please see and check here for latest things.Hoffenheim are 17^th in the table with 19 points from 25 matches and are major threats for relegation this year.  The only way they’ll be saved is catching 16^th placed Augsburg who are 2 points ahead and making it into the relegation playoff where they’ll have a chance of survival.  Full survival is 9 points away and looks out of the question.  They got their first league win in 5 matches last week as they beat bottom of the table Greuther Furth comfortably 3-0.  This should give them some confidence but Mainz are a much more difficult prospect.
Mainz are in 7^th position but have struggled recently, dropping from 4^th position a few weeks ago.  They had drawn 4 straight matches before winning at home to Bayer Leverkusen at the weekend so they’ll be confident of keeping up the winning run here.

Match facts

• The corresponding fixture in October at the Coface Arena saw Mainz run out 4-2 winners.
• Hoffenheim will be missing Chris, Mathieu Delpierre, Grifo, Salihovic and will also be missing long term absentee Boris Vukevic.
• Mainz will be missing Jan Kirchoff, Junior Diaz, NikoBungert and Elkin Soto through injury.
• Goal scoring has been a bit of a problem for Hoffenheim. Its top scorers Joselu, Firmino and Volland contributing 13 goals between them.
• Mainz’s top scorer, Adam Szalai, has a 1 in 2 ratio with 12 goals in 24 games.
• The last 5 meetings of the teams have seen Mainz win 3, Hoffenheim win 1 and 1 draw.
• Mainz won on its last visit to Sinsheim, 1-2 win back in February 2011.
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  Match facts
• The corresponding fixture in October at the Coface Arena saw Mainz run out 4-2 winners.
• Hoffenheim will be missing Chris, Mathieu Delpierre, Grifo, Salihovic and will also be missing long term absentee Boris Vukevic.
• Mainz will be missing Jan Kirchoff, Junior Diaz, NikoBungert and Elkin Soto through injury.
• Goal scoring has been a bit of a problem for Hoffenheim. Its top scorers Joselu, Firmino and Volland contributing 13 goals between them.
• Mainz’s top scorer, Adam Szalai, has a 1 in 2 ratio with 12 goals in 24 games.
• The last 5 meetings of the teams have seen Mainz win 3, Hoffenheim win 1 and 1 draw.
• Mainz won on its last visit to Sinsheim, 1-2 win back in February 2011.

Possible starting XI’s

Hoffenheim tend to play a 4-2-3-1 with Heurelho Gomes having replaced the awful Tim Weise in goal. Good old Tim, when he arrived at Hoffenheim he proclaimed that the reason he left Bremen was that he wanted to play Champions League football. Oh how the mighty fall and he now finds himself warming the bench for a club that sits 17^th in the league. I digress. With Delpierre missing I’d expect Martin Compper to come into the side to replace him.

Mainz has favoured a 4-2-3-1 this season with Szalai playing the lone striker role being supported by Müller and Ivanschitz. However last week Tuchel slightly altered the formation and played a 4-3-3 with Ivanschitz and Müller being deployed in advanced roles in line with Szalai. It worked well as 1-0 win suggests. I’d be tempted to say that Tuchel may go with a more offensive formation similar to the Leverkusen game given Hoffenheim’s poor home record and defensive frailties. With Soto injured I think Caligiuri may come into replace him in the defensive central midfield role.

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