Wehen Wiesbaden vs Mainz Prediction and Betting Tips | August 16th 2024

Wehen Wiesbaden will host Mainz at the Brita Arena on Friday in the opening round of the 2024-25 DFB Pokal campaign. The home side have enjoyed a positive start to their 3. Liga campaign, most recently beating Hansa Rostock 1-0.

They will look to carry that momentum into the domestic cup this weekend.

They faced RB Leipzig in their cup opener last season and suffered a 3-2 defeat despite an encouraging display on home turf and will be looking to test their mettle against yet another top-flight opposition this Friday.

Mainz, meanwhile, enjoyed a strong finish to their Bundesliga campaign last season and have also performed well during the off-season under manager Bo Henriksen, beating Montpellier 3-1 in their final pre-season outing.

The visitors locked horns with Elvesberg at this stage of the cup competition last season, picking up a 1-0 win via a second-half spot-kick from Ludovic Ajorque. They will be targeting victory here as they look to build momentum for their league opener against Union Berlin next weekend.

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Wehen Wiesbaden vs Mainz Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been five meetings between Wehen and Mainz. The home side have won one of those games while the visitors have won the other five.
• The two sides last faced off in a friendly clash back in 2017 which the home team won 2-0 while their most recent competitive matchup came back in March 2009 with the 05ers picking up a 2-0 win in the league fixture.
• Mainz have managed just one clean sheet in their last six competitive outings.
• Wehen picked up 17 points on home turf in the league last season, the joint-fewest in the tournament.

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Wehen Wiesbaden vs Mainz Prediction

Wehen's latest result ended a 13-game winless streak in competitive action and they will be looking to build on that this weekend. They have, however, lost all but one of their last seven games at Brita Arena and could struggle here.

Mainz, meanwhile, ended the previous campaign on a brilliant nine-game unbeaten streak, picking up five wins in that period. They are the stronger side ahead of the weekend clash and should come out on top here.

Prediction: Wehen Wiesbaden 0-2 Mainz

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Wehen Wiesbaden vs Mainz Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Mainz to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Five of the hosts' last six matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of their five matchups)