Mainz plot Bayern upset
Mainz 05 are hoping to find runaway leaders Bayern Munich distracted by the winter break on Friday with Pep Guardiola's side hunting more Bundesliga records in their final match of 2014.
"An hour after the game, they'll be on holiday," joked Mainz manager Christian Heidel, "so maybe they'll be in the appropriate mood."
Not if Bayern coach Pep Guardiola has anything to do with it.
"No excuses, we're flying to Mainz to win," insisted the Spaniard.
Visitors Bayern are poised to snap up another league record at Mainz, having conceded only three goals all season and with the current record for fewest goals against at the halfway stage standing at seven.
The Bavarians show no sign of easing their iron grip on a third straight Bundesliga title and have not conceded a goal in their last six league games.
They restricted Tuesday's opponents Freiburg to just 19 percent possession in Munich and mid-table Mainz can expect something similar on Friday.
"We aren't dreamers, Bayern know no mercy," said Mainz president Harald Strutz glumly.
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