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Philipp Klement made two Bundesliga appearances for Mainz five years ago – his only previous top-flight outings prior to this season. The midfielder also played 72 games for Mainz’s second team during his three-and-a-half years at the club, registering 16 goals and 15 assists in the German third division.
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Mainz have signed two new central defenders for the 2020/21 campaign: Luca Kilian joined the club from SC Paderborn, while Dimitri Lavalée was signed from Standard Liège.
13
Mainz finished last season in 13th place, with 37 points from their 34 league matches.
17
Paul Nebel was a second-half stoppage-time substitute in Mainz’s opening-day defeat at Leipzig. At just 17 years, 11 months and 10 days old, the attacker is the youngest player to appear for the club in Germany’s top flight.
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Mainz covered the least ground of all 18 Bundesliga clubs on the opening weekend, collectively clocking just 109.3 kilometres and only making 182 sprints.
3,400
The Zerofivers are expecting a minimum of 3,400 supporters to attend their first home league match of the campaign on Saturday.