Berlin’s coach Fischer changes
Coach Urs Fischer made five changes to his starting XI compared to the recent defeat at Arminia Bielefeld. Among other things, top striker Awoniyi had to be content with a bench seat for more than an hour, instead Andreas Voglsammer started as a striker.
Mainz instead played with the eleven that had defeated Bayer Leverkusen the previous week – but Mainz also quickly found themselves behind. When Haraguchi scored, which referee Bastian Dankert only gave after a video study because of a possible offside position, the FSV defense was not particularly clever.