Getting their quest for a first-ever DFB-Pokal triumph under way in the first round, Mainz 05 travel east to meet third-tier Erzgebirge Aue on Sunday.

The visitors kick off their Bundesliga campaign next weekend, while their hosts at Erzgebirgsstadion are already up and running in 3. Liga, following relegation last term.

After another impressive showing last season, Mainz return to competitive action this weekend, following a mixed bag of results during pre-season.

Though they won a controversial friendly against Newcastle United in Austria - a fixture which drew fierce opposition from some fans due to the Premier League club's current ownership - Die Nullfunfer have also been beaten by Besiktas and held at home by Athletic Club.

The 2009 DFB-Pokal semi-finalists had commenced their summer schedule with a comfortable victory over Regionalliga outfit Wormatia, and a cup win would now provide a timely morale boost ahead of the upcoming league campaign.

Eliminated in the last 16 by Bochum in their most recent attempt to reach a first final, Mainz are set to start Bundesliga proceedings against their cup conquerors next week, as they ultimately seek to surpass their eighth-placed finish of last term.

Erzgebirge finished 17th in the 2. Bundesliga last season, which saw them drop into the third division - a far cry from the club's days as a dominant force in East German football during the 1950s and 60s.

The Saxon side won the 1955 East German Cup and followed it up with four DDR-Oberliga titles in the same decade, participating in the European Cup on three occasions.

Following a series of friendlies in which they won three of four games, the Violets' current crop started their 2022-23 season with a 1-1 draw at Freiburg II last weekend.

Here we have a historic mark Mainz has never been defeated in history by Aue.

They are teams of opposite levels.

In most bookies you can find the HA -1.00 Mainz which is an excellent bet.

Probable scores here are 0-3 0-4

Marco Antonio,

GL!

本译文使用有道机器翻译，仅供参考：

在首轮比赛中，美因茨05将前往东部迎战第三级别的奥埃。

客队下周末将开启他们的德甲之旅，而他们的东道主在埃尔兹伯格斯球场已经准备就绪。西甲，继上赛季降级之后。

在上赛季又一次令人印象深刻的表现之后，美因茨在季前赛中取得了好坏参半的成绩，并于本周末重返赛场。

尽管他们在奥地利与纽卡斯尔联队的一场有争议的友谊赛中获胜——由于纽卡斯尔联队目前的所有权，这场比赛引起了一些球迷的激烈反对——但纽芬费尔也被贝西克塔斯击败，并在主场被体育俱乐部举行。

2009年DFB-Pokal半决赛已经开始了他们的夏季赛程，轻松战胜了地区球队Wormatia，在即将到来的联赛之前，一场杯赛的胜利将会及时地鼓舞士气。

美因茨在16强中被波鸿淘汰，他们最近一次尝试进入决赛，他们将在下周的德甲联赛中对阵他们的冠军，他们最终寻求超越上赛季的第八名。

Erzgebirge在2米决赛中获得第17名。在上赛季的德甲联赛中，他们跌至第三级联赛，这与上世纪五六十年代作为东德足球统治力量的俱乐部大不相同。

这支撒克逊人的球队赢得了1955年的东德杯冠军，并在同一十年中获得了四次DDR-Oberliga冠军，三次参加欧洲杯。

在一系列的友谊赛中，他们赢得了四场比赛中的三场，紫罗兰队目前的球队在上周末以1-1战平弗莱堡二世开始了他们的2022-23赛季。

这里有一个历史性的标志美因茨在历史上从未被奥伊打败过。

他们是水平相反的团队。

预测比分0:3或0:4。