Greuther Fürth 2 – Mainz 1: Visitors unable to get win at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer

On Saturday, Mainz suffer an away defeat to Greuther Fürth at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer. Greuther Fürth wanted to continue adding points after a 2-2 draw against Arminia Bielefeld whilst Mainz were looking to extend their winning run after a 1-0 victory against Bochum. Following today’s result, Greuther Fürth and Mainz sit 18th, (10 points) and 10th, (27 points), spots respectively, after 20 matches.

Greuther Fürth started well, thanks to Jeremy Dudziak giving Greuther Fürth the lead, at 12 minutes, seeing out the first half 1-0.

Greuther Fürth continued to apply pressure in the second and were rewarded, with Stefan Bell finding the net in the 66th minute. In the end though, The 05ers just before the final whistle hit back though via a Karim Onisiwo goal, leaving the final score at 2-1.

For Greuther Fürth, Gian-Luca Itter, Havard Nielsen, Maximilian Bauer and Dickson Abiama, came on for Jetro Willems, Jeremy Dudziak, Jamie Leweling and Timothy Tillmann. Mainz brought on Jean-Paul Boetius, Alexander Hack, Paul Nebel, Kevin Stoger and Daniel Brosinski, to replace Aaron Martin, Stefan Bell, Lee Jae Sung, Anton Stach and Silvan Widmer.

There were bookings for Paul Seguin from Greuther Fürth. For Mainz, Paul Nebel saw yellow.

Greuther Fürth will next play Wolfsburg away, with Mainz facing Hoffenheim at home.