Union Berlin vs Mainz Prediction: Betting on the home team to win

Sunday's pool of the starting round of the German Bundesliga will begin with a duel between the capital's Union, who will represent Germany in the Champions League this season and Mainz. Bookmakers are on the side of the future hosts of the field in the pairing, and we suggest not forgetting who deprived Dortmund of the national title last season.

Before starting the Champions League, Union strengthened its squad and spent about 30 million euros on the transfer market. They acquired Gosens, Leite, Folland, Tuzar, Kaufmann, and Hollerbach; Shvolov joined the club as a free agent; Kral, Fofana, and Aaronson were taken on loan. Before the start of the season Union, as it should be, played several friendly matches, in which defeats and vice versa replaced victories. The first official match against Walldorf in the German Cup Union very confidently won away with a score of 4:0.

The team played three friendly matches before the season's official start and won very confidently. Mainz also won the cup match against Elfsberg, but minimally, 1:0. If Union in the off-season was buying more, Mainz, on the contrary, sold more, with the trade balance at the time of writing the review +7.55 million euros. Fulgini and Ingvartsen were sold, and Damen, Pierre-Gabriel, and Martin left the club as free agents. They bought central midfielder Kraus for 5 million in Leipzig; van den Berg was taken on loan from Liverpool.

In the last round of the Bundesliga 2022/23, Mainz took points away from Borussia Dortmund and essentially made Bayern the German champion. So you can always expect a surprise from them. However, in this pairing, we are on the side of the favorite and the field owner; we believe that the capital team will start the championship with a home victory. In the off-season, Union logically strengthened its squad because Berliners will soon start in the Champions League. In recent years, Union was considered one of Germany's strongest home teams.