📏 Form Guide

Strasbourg

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Strasbourg will be wanting a better result here following a 2-0 Conference League defeat last time out to Mainz.

In that match, Strasbourg had 66% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Mainz 05 got 17 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Kaishu Sano (11') and Stefan Posch (19') scored for Mainz.

It has not been often in recent times that Strasbourg have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Strasbourg have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 7 goals on the way. That aside, we’ll just have to find out whether that trend will be sustained in this match.

Mainz

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Freiburg in Bundesliga action, Mainz will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Mainz managed 51% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Freiburg got 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Lucas Höler (47') was the scorer for Freiburg.

A succession of resolute showings from the Mainz defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 2 from their past 6 outings in total. In that time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 10.

📋 Team News: Mainz

Mainz manager Urs Fischer has to choose a team with limited availability. Maxim Leitsch (Hamstring injury), Silas (Tibia and fibula fracture), Benedict Hollerbach (Achilles tendon rupture), Jae-sung Lee (Toe injury), Robin Zentner (Fitness), Stefan Bell (Fitness) and Kasey Bos (Shoulder injury) will not be playing here. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Anthony Caci, Niklas Tauer, Sheraldo Becker and Kasey Bos.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Mainz will do well to score against this Strasbourg outfit who we think will likely emerge victorious.

We’re going for a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning margin for Strasbourg at the end of the 90.

There should be little in it.

Peter Guest, 05:01 14/04/2026