Lean food instead of offensive spectacle: FSV Mainz 05 and SC Freiburg split goalless on the 5th day of the Bundesliga.

13,500 spectators saw a game on Saturday at a low level that did not deserve a winner.

Mainz moved temporarily to third place in the table with ten points, while the unbeaten Freiburg team remained fifth with nine points for the time being.

The table constellation promised more than the 90 minutes lasted.

Both teams fought from the first minute and largely neutralized each other.

In the first half, Freiburg acted a little more pleasantly and more powerfully than the home side, who opposed it with a willingness to run and aggressively.

After the move, Mainz was a bit stronger, but not efficient.

The guests set the first offensive accents, but were not precise enough in the end.

Mainz came only sporadically in front of the opposing goal, because the SC was safe in defense and the FSV offered little space.

In addition, the attackers Adam Szalai and Jonathan Burkardt were often left on their own.

Just before the break, Jean-Paul Boetius fired the first shot on goal in the entire game, but the visiting goalkeeper Mark Flekken did not face any problems.

Freiburg embarrassed

Bo Svensson, the coach of Mainz 05, reacted to the weak offensive performance and brought Karim Onisiwo for Szalai with the restart.

However, this did not change anything in terms of the course of the game.

Fights, fouls and bad passes continued to shape the game.

After about an hour it finally got dangerous again.

Burkhardt stormed towards the Freiburg goal alone, but failed because of the brilliantly reacting Flekken.

It was the last action for the U21 international - he had to make way for Marcus Ingvartsen.

The hosts now acted a little more forcefully and now and then embarrassed Freiburg.

Onisiwo (68th) missed another opportunity when he moved from a promising position.

And Jeremiah St. Juste (80th) was also unable to overcome the well-placed spot in the guest goal from close range.

The Breisgauer hardly came to relief attacks in the final phase and were almost exclusively limited to securing one point. He was no longer in danger because the FSV lacked the ideas and the precision. With the last action of the game, Freiburg almost scored the winning goal, but FSV goalkeeper Robin Zentner parried a shot by substitute Vincenzo Grifo.