Mainz added three points to his scoreboard after winning 1-0 against Union Berlin this saturday in the Opel Arena. Mainz 05 faced the match with the intention of recovering his league score after suffering a 2-0 defeat in the previous match against Stuttgart. On the visitors’ side, Union Berlin had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Borussia Monchengladbach. After the result obtained, the Maguntine team is seventeenth at the end of the game, while Union Berlin is ninth.
The meeting started in a favorable way for Mainz 05, who opened the scoring thanks to a goal from the penalty spot of Moussa Niakhate in minute 22. With this score the first part of the match ended.
Neither team was lucky to score in the second half and therefore regulation time ended with the score 1-0.
In the changes chapter, the players of Mainz who entered the game were Robert Glatzel, Niklas Tauer Y Jonathan Michael Burkardt replacing Adam Szalai, Danny Latza Y Karim Onisiwo, while the changes of Union Berlin were Julian Ryerson, Sebastian Griesbeck, Petar Musa |, Joel Pohjanpalo Y Keita Endo, who entered to replace Niko Giesselmann, Christian Gentner, Cedric Teuchert, Taiwo Awoniyi Y Marcus Ingvartsen.
The referee showed a total of seven cards: two yellow cards to Mainz, specifically to Dominik Kohr Y Leandro Martins and four to Union Berlin (Nico Schlotterbeck, Cedric Teuchert, Robin Knoche Y Christopher Trimmel). Also, there was a red card to Nico Schlotterbeck (2 yellows) by the visiting team.
After overcoming the duel, Mainz 05 was located with 13 points, in a relegation position to Second Division, in seventeenth place in the qualifying table at the end of the match, in relegation place to Second Division, while Union Berlin it was placed in ninth place with 29 points.
The next day the maguntino team will play at home against Bayer Leverkusen, while Union Berlin will seek victory at home against Schalke 04.