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Mainz come into Matchday 13 in good form, when you discount their 6-2 loss at Bayern Munich last weekend. Bo Svensson and his team will be thinking more about their most recent home game as they smashed Cologne 5-0. Marcus Ingvartsen scored in both of those matches and in fact in each of the last four, so he will likely come back into the starting XI in place of Jonathan Burkardt, who is struggling for form and even missed a penalty in Munich. Dominik Kohr had to sit out that game but is set to come straight back into the side as the Zerofivers, who kick off the weekend in ninth, look to make it six wins for the season and potentially make the leap into the European positions.

Marmoush's two goals this season have come over the last five matchdays, which have seen Wolfsburg go unbeaten and put a little bit of breathing space between themselves and the drop zone. The Egypt international's starts in that run have coincided with the absence of Lukas Nmecha, but younger brother Felix has now become one of the first names on the teamsheet for coach Niko Kovac. The 22-year-old repaid that trust by bagging his first two Bundesliga goals in last weekend's 4-0 win over Bochum. American teenager Kevin Paredes missed that game having made his first Bundesliga start in the previous week's 2-2 draw at Bayer Leverkusen. However, a calf injury means he likely won't feature before the World Cup break, so Kovac will likely stick with the team that did the job so convincingly last time out.

Match stats

Anton Stach played for the Wolfsburg reserves, before making his breakthrough at Greuther Fürth and joining Mainz, where he has become a Germany international.

Mainz recorded their biggest Bundesliga win of the Svensson era on Matchday 11 (5-0 vs. Cologne). Their biggest defeat on the Dane's watch was by the same scoreline, at the hands of Wolfsburg in April.

The 05ers have lost just nine of 44 Bundesliga matches (20 percent) with Kohr in the starting line-up, compared to 13 of 20 (65 percent) without him.

Ridle Baku represented the Mainz youths and made 54 senior appearances for the club, winning his first Germany caps, before joining Wolfsburg in October 2020.

Wolfsburg have scored 12 goals across their last five Bundesliga matches, compared to five in their first seven under Kovac.

Kovac has overseen more wins against Mainz than any team he's faced as a coach (W7, D1, L1).

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Probable teams

Mainz: Zentner - Fernandes, Hack, Caci - Widmer (c), Stach, Kohr, Lee, Aaron - Ingvartsen, Onisiwo

Out: Leitsch (exhaustion), Mustapha (thigh)

Doubtful: -

Coach: Bo Svensson

Wolfsburg: Casteels - Baku, Bornauw, Van de Ven, Otavio - F. Nmecha, Arnold (c), Gerhardt - Wimmer, L. Nmecha, Kaminski

Out: Franjic (calf), Kruse (not considered), Paredes (calf), Roussillon (Achilles)

Doubtful: -

Coach: Niko Kovac

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