Coming to the game here Mainz is sitting in 14th in the Bundesliga table after losing the opening game of the year. Mainz has been able to post a single goal in their losing effort to Leipzig. The Mainz club ended up losing the game because they did allow a total of 3 goals in the game.
In the losing effort Mainz was able to control the ball only 28% of the time which was a dismal amount of time. That lack of possession would definitely make it easy to see why Mainz only had 9 shots in the game and out of those only 1 landed in goal. Discipline for Mainz ended up being decent with 11 fouls, but did have some questionable fouls with 2 yellow cards. Mainz did end up going offsides 3 times, but did end up winning a total of 5 corner kicks. Defensively Mainz did have a total of 6 saves out of a total of 23 shots, which 10 of them landed on goal.
Stuttgart is coming to the game here after losing their opening match as well to Freiburg. The loss did show that Stuttgart had some questionable defense with 3 goals allowed, but the offense for Stuttgart did show up decent by scoring a total of 2 goals in the game.
The shocking part for the loss for Stuttgart is the fact that they were able to control the ball 64% of the time. With that much control Stuttgart ended up getting a total of 26 shots in the game and out of those 7 of them landed on goal. Discipline was a little bit of an issue for Stuttgart with 12 fouls and 2 yellow cards. The Stuttgart team did end up getting a total of 7 corner kicks won and were not offsides at all. When it came to the goalie he had a total of 2 saves out of total of 7 shots with 6 of them being close to the goal.
Mainz vs Stuttgart Odds: Mainz +136, Stuttgart +180, Draw +245
Over/Under: Over 3 -120, Under 3 +100
Mainz vs Stuttgart Pick: Stuttgart +180, Under 3
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In the last game the Mainz club did play decent, but also did not really show a lot of offensive production in the game. With Stuttgart they dominated their first week opponent, but the difference is the Stuttgart team will definitely have some issues in the game here as Mainz has a better defense, but compared to Stuttgart the defenses are even. In this game neither team really looked good at all and that will carry over here, but the difference is I see Stuttgart doing just enough offensively to pull off a win, but the total will either go on the under or be a push at 3 goals.
