📏 Form Guide

Mainz

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Mainz will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-4 Bundesliga victory versus VfL Bochum.

In that match, Mainz had 55% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Mainz, the goalscorers were Nadiem Amiri (45'), Philipp Mwene (53'), Jonathan Burkardt (73') and Paul Nebel (93'). For their opponents, Bochum had 11 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Gerrit Holtmann (84') was the scorer for VfL Bochum.

It has not been often in recent times that Mainz haven’t conceded. The reality is that Mainz have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 10 goals along the way.

Analysis of their past results shows that Mainz:

• are winless against Bayer Leverkusen in their last 3 league games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 12 home league matches. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.
• are without a home win in the past 4 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Bayer Leverkusen

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in Bundesliga competition, Bayer Leverkusen and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Bayer Leverkusen had 62% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 10 on target. For Bayer Leverkusen, the goals were scored by Jeremie Frimpong (30') and Jonas Hofmann (92'). At the other end, Borussia Dortmund got 9 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Julian Brandt (33'), Julian Ryerson (43'), Karim Adeyemi (73') and Serhou Guirassy (77') scored for Borussia Dortmund.

Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen have found the back of the net 8 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those same matches adds up to 7.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Bayer Leverkusen:

• are undefeated by Mainz in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 33 league matches away from home. An incredible run.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head to head clashes dating back to 18/02/2022 shows us that Mainz have won 2 of them & Bayer Leverkusen 4, with the tally of drawn games standing at 0.

20 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for Mainz and 13 coming from Leverkusen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The last league game featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 17 on 14/01/2025 which ended up with the score at Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Mainz.

On that day, Bayer Leverkusen managed 67% possession and 20 shots at goal with 9 on target. The scorer was Álex Grimaldo (48').

At the other end, Mainz got 6 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Tobias Welz.

📰 Team News: Mainz

In our view, Mainz could use a 3-4-2-1 formation for this one, utilising Robin Zentner, Danny da Costa, Stefan Bell, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Anthony Caci, Kaishu Sano, Nadiem Amiri, Philipp Mwene, Paul Nebel, Jae-Sung Lee and Jonathan Burkardt.

🗞️ Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

From our viewpoint, Leverkusen could decide to elect for a 3-4-2-1 formation, starting Lukas Hradecky, Edmond Tapsoba, Jonathan Tah, Piero Hincapie, Nathan Tella, Exequiel Palacios, Aleix Garcia, Alejandro Grimaldo, Jonas Hofmann, Florian Wirtz and Patrik Schick.

💭 Prediction

It certainly seems that Bayer Leverkusen will be up against it to be scoring even one goal against a Mainz side who look set to get the goals that they need to set up a big win here.

Our tip is for a commanding 3-0 winning scoreline for Mainz when the referee blows the final whistle.

Peter Guest, 13:06 17/05/2025