📊 Form Guide

Bayer Leverkusen

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Bayer Leverkusen fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 2-3 Bundesliga victory versus Borussia Dortmund.

In that match, Bayer Leverkusen managed 30% possession and 7 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Bayer Leverkusen, the scorers were Nathan Tella (1') and Patrik Schick (8', 19'). On the other side, Borussia Dortmund had 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Jamie Gittens (12') and Serhou Guirassy (79') scored for Borussia Dortmund.

Bayer Leverkusen haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They’ve hit an aggregate of 14 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 4.

Their past results show that Bayer Leverkusen:

• have not been beaten in the league by Mainz in their last 2 matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 7 league matches at home.

Mainz

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Mainz will go into this game following on from a 2-0 Bundesliga win with the defeat of VfL Bochum in their previous fixture.

In that game, Mainz managed 58% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Mainz was Jonathan Burkardt (23', 69'). For their opponents, Bochum got 12 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games involving Mainz, at least three goals have been struck. The overall average goals scored per game during that time is 3.83, with the number of goals averaged by Mainz coming out as 2.67. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, of course.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 25/09/2021 tells us that Bayer Leverkusen have won 4 of them & Mainz 2, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

An aggregate of 20 goals were scored between them in these games, with 13 of them from Leverkusen and 7 for Mainz. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The previous league contest between the two was Bundesliga match day 23 on 23/02/2024 and the score finished Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Mainz.

That time, Bayer Leverkusen managed 67% possession and 17 shots at goal with 7 on target. The scorers were Granit Xhaka (3') and Robert Andrich (68').

On the other side, Mainz had 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Dominik Kohr (7') was the scorer.

The referee was Timo Gerach.

🗞️ Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

In all likelihood, Leverkusen could line up in a 3-4-2-1 system for this game featuring Lukas Hradecky, Edmond Tapsoba, Jonathan Tah, Piero Hincapie, Jeremie Frimpong, Alejandro Grimaldo, Granit Xhaka, Exequiel Palacios, Florian Wirtz, Martin Terrier and Patrik Schick.

ℹ️ Team News: Mainz

From a largely available group, there is just the one fitness problem for the Mainz gaffer Bo Henriksen to be concerned about. Gabriel Vidovic (Ankle injury) won’t be playing here.

From our viewpoint, Mainz appear most likely to play in a 3-4-2-1 system, choosing Robin Zentner, Danny da Costa, Stefan Bell, Moritz Jenz, Anthony Caci, Philipp Mwene, Dominik Kohr, Kaishu Sano, Hyun-Seok Hong, Jae-Sung Lee and Jonathan Burkardt.

🔮 Prediction

In our view, Mainz will likely be able to find the back of the net against this Bayer Leverkusen team, however that probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Bayer Leverkusen after the 90. There looks to be little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 19:09 14/01/2025