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Top match on Friday evening where Schalke 04 hosts Mainz 05. Both are very good 2014
Schalke won all their 4 matches 2014, 5 wins in a row managed they only 2001/02 under Stevens
Mainz won this Round already 10 times in 21 games, this is the same number from last year already.
Schalke is unbeaten in recent 6 and won the last 4, this is record under Coach Keller.
Mainz won 4 of their last 5 BL games and they are in a good position for an international spot.
Schalke is unbeaten in recent 5 matches against Mainz
Also they like to play against Mainz as the stats shows, they lost only 1 of the past 11.
With defender Duo Matip and Santana did Schalke very well, 7 times unbeaten, 5 times clean sheet.
9 goals from Mainz this season came already from Jokers, this is the best number beside Bayern.
Top Joker from them is Choupo Mouting who scored 5 of these 9 goals.
Jens Keller started as head coach from Schalke 2012 and he lost the first match to Mainz 1-2 in Cup.
Schalke has not new missing, they can count on the same lineup as in Leverkusen, good news is that Höwedes is back again.
Mainz on the other side has some doubtful players beside their long term injured guys. With Koch, Saller and Parker Tuchel has to wait for their ok.
Both teams are in form at the moment and we can expect a very good game here. Hopefully both can continue their good way. After the break Schalke made a very good comeback and they are very close now to the other teams ahead. Due to other teams are in downtrend their position is getting better and better. Also the trouble which is always there at Schalke is not the same as success gives Coach Keller a very easy living there now. Nevertheless he should continue this way and Schalke is of course a candidate for the CL spot again this season. As I wrote it several weeks, if Farfan who is in very good shape can bring his normal level it is very good for Schalke’s play anyway. This is the man who must be stopped. Also youngster Meyer or Goretzka seems on a good way too.
High flying Mainz does a little bit of understatement and they want not to talk about an international spot, they only look from match to match but they are very close now. Of course this is only a short moment but if the results are going their way in the future it is very likely that they can reach one of these places. Coach Tuchel is known for his tactical play and also to give their opponent not much space and maybe stop some players from Schalke too. It would be very interesting what kind of idea he has today.
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