On Sunday afternoon at 14:30 clock on the fourth matchday of the Bundesliga season 2018/19 in the BayArena the team of Bayer Leverkusen receives the 1. FSV Mainz 05. In the Bundesliga Bayer is after three matchdays with zero points to 18th place in the table. With the 3: 2 at Ludogorez Razgrad the Werkself after the 1: 0 in the Premier League CfR Pforzheim in the first round of the DFB Cup but on Thursday at least enter the second competitive game of the season. Now wants the Elf of Heiko Herrlich against Mainz urgently get rid of the Red Lantern in the Bundesliga. The Rheinhessen started well into the new season with seven points from the first three games. Now it’s against a favorite opponent. The zero-five celebrated in their Bundesliga history against any club more victories than against Bayer (ten wins). The FSV has even won four times in Leverkusen. They also succeeded in no other Erstliga team often. The betting base looks ahead to the match between Leverkusen and Mainz. In the analysis we present our tip as well as the best odds for the game.
Leverkusen:
After 31 minutes, it looked in the Europa League match at Ludogorez Razgrad as if the bankruptcy series from the Bundesliga would continue internationally. The Werkself were already with 0: 2 back. However, Bayer did not let that scare him off and stuck to his style of play. The Werkself reared up even more. Even before the break, Kai Havertz shortened with the first of his two goals. In the end, the team of coach Heiko Herrlich earned a deserved 3-2 victory at the Bulgarian champions. At the last Bundesliga match day, the Leverkusen had shown a bloodless appearance at 1: 3 in Munich. The Werkself played discouraged, defenseless and uninspired. For the first time in his Bundesliga history Leverkusen has started with three bankruptcies in a league season. Last year, Bayer was also without victory after the first three games, but at least had a point on the account.
The first win of the season was then on 4 Matchday with a 4-0 at home against Freiburg. Home under coach B04 is having a hard time. So far, only eight out of 18 home games have been won under his leadership. In this calendar year there were even five bankruptcies in ten home games. The Werkself have the worst defense with eight goals this season. Of the recent seven league games Bayer could win only one. Coach Herrlich must do without Mainz on players like Aranguiz, Baumgartlinger, Bellarabi, Pohjanpalo and Retsos. In the Bundesliga, the coach should also return to the back four. In addition, there should be few rotation-related changes compared to the Europa League game.
Mainz:
With seven points after three match days, the Rheinhessen have made the best start to the season in five years. The record comes from the season 2010/11, when you could win under Thomas Tuchel the first four games all. On the final day, coach Sandro Schwarz let his team play for the first time in the 4-4-2 system. Normally the coach always let his team play 4-3-3. At first, however, the Zero Fifth did not find any means against the five-leg chain of the FCA. Only through the Jokers Ujah and Maxim FSV turned from the 87th minute the game.
Thus, three of the four Mainz goals this season to the account of Einwechselspielern. Anthony Ujah is even the top joker of the Bundesliga with two goals. In addition, Mainz conceded only two goals, which are just as many as Bayern. In the last eleven competitive games Mainz suffered only two defeats. Coach Schwarz has to do without professionals such as Adler, Berggreen, Hack, Holtmann and Latza in the BayArena. The use of Bungert is still uncertain. He could be replaced by Bell. Gbamin is fit again after his hamstring. Black should switch to a 4-3-3 in Leverkusen again.
PREDICTION: Bayer Leverkusen to win @ 1.55
