Statistically speaking, there is no stranger team than Hamburg this season. Firstly, they went around 600 minutes of football without scoring prior to their 3-2 victory over Augsburg last weekend. They have scored a mere six goals in 15 away matches, and three of those came in a 3-0 victory at Paderborn. They have only scored eight goals since the beginning of December. Yet despite all of that, should they win their game today at Mainz, Hamburg will find themselves out of the relegation places. That is easier said than done for a team who look as likely to score as I look likely to find the Higgs boson. But Hamburg's biggest strength comes in the form of their defence. A team that has scored only 19 goals in 30 games has little right to have as many points as they have. They know how to keep things tight up until they concede the first goal and often the floodgates open when chasing the game. Mainz have drawn more games than any other Bundesliga team this season and one suspects the 0-0 draw, at 14/1 with Coral, is a distinct possibility.
Mainz and Hamburg to draw 0-0 @ 14/1 with Coral.
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