Grammozis was named Schalke's fifth head coach this season on Tuesday and his contract until June 2022.

However, the second season of that deal looks likely to be in the second division unless he can turn results around.

This is his first coaching job in the Bundesliga.

The 42-year-old Greek-German now has ten games left to bridge the eight-point gap needed to get Schalke off the bottom and out of the relegation places.

Schalke have won just one league game all season and are on course to be relegated after 30 consecutive years in Germany's top flight.

The away point moved Mainz up one place to 16th and level on 18 points with Arminia Bielefeld and Hertha Berlin who are all fighting relegation.