Wolfsburg vs Mainz Prediction & Betting Tips (18 May)

Wolfsburg must be very happy to see this 2023-2024 season come to an end after having gone through it like a ghost. Never really able to establish themselves among the candidates for Europe, the WfL even scared itself very badly during the second part of the season by stringing together defeats and flirting with the red zone. Finally, the locals reacted in time by parting ways with Niko Kovac to appoint Ralph Hasenhüttl who came to redress the situation and ensure the maintenance of this team by winning 3 consecutive victories against Bochum 1-0, Friborg 1-2 and Darmstadt 3- 0. This great series of victories, however, came to an end last weekend, on the home field of Bayern Munich, although it was largely overhauled 2-0. In the standings, the Wolves are in 12th place with 37 points on the clock.

Mainz, for its part, has undoubtedly done the hardest part in its quest to maintain its position. Still well behind the first non-relegation teams a few months ago, this team gradually caught up to finally come out of the red zone on the edge. Undefeated for 8 days, Die Nullfünfer had drawn 3 matches against Friborg 1-1, Cologne 1-1 and Heidenheim 1-1 before achieving a success as striking as it was important against the finalist of the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund, last weekend 3-0. Thanks to this success, the FSV players were able to move to 15th place in the ranking with 2 units ahead of the play-off, Union Berlin.

Weighed down by a still fragile physique, the talented striker Lukas Nmecha will still not be available and he will only have played 3 short matches this season. The important midfielders Svanberg and Vranckx will also have to give up this last match of the season along with the very good Gerhardt and the young striker Pejcinovic. On the other hand, the Wolves will be able to count on the Danish striker Wind (11 goals), who is the top scorer of this team, as well as on the former Rennais Majer (5 goals). For the FSV, the replacements Bell and Leitsch will still have to give up taking part in this meeting. Austrian striker Onisiwo completes the list of absentees this week.

On the other hand, defender Mwene is back after being suspended during his team's last 2 matches. Author of a double against BVB last week, the Korean Lee Jae-Sung (6 goals) came within a short distance of the team's top scorer, striker Burkhardt (7 goals). The former Strasbourg player Ajorque is capped at 2 goals and is now content to come into play.