Mainz captain Nikolce Noveski has returned to training but is still unlikely to play in Saturday’s home game against Hamburg.

Defender Nikolce Noveski has finally been able to return to training following his thigh injury but the manager of Mainz will be cautious with Noveski who is unlikely to play in Saturday’s home encounter against Hamburg.  Mainz will bring Noveski along slowly as they don’t want to rush him which might lead to Nikolce re-aggravating his thigh injury.  Therefore, Mainz will look to improve Noveski’s fitness levels after not playing for several weeks and hopefully get him ready to return to game action by mid December.  Mainz has compiled seven points in the last three league games and will look to continue the good form this Saturday when they host Hamburg.