📏 Form Guide

RB Leipzig

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RB Leipzig, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 1-5 Bundesliga 1 success vs Cologne.

In that match, RB Leipzig had 67% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. For RB Leipzig, the goalscorers were Xavi Simons (15'), Loïs Openda (63', 67'), Amadou Haidara (70') and Yussuf Poulsen (82'). Cologne had 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Sargis Adamyan (18') was the scorer for Cologne.

Matches featuring RB Leipzig have proved to be engaging affairs lately with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past 6 games, the sum of 20 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 15 of those accredited to RB Leipzig.

Their prior results show that RB Leipzig:

• have not beaten Mainz in their last 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

Mainz

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Mainz come into this game following a 2-0 Bundesliga 1 win in the defeat of VfL Bochum in their last match.

In that match, Mainz managed 51% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Mainz was Jonathan Burkardt (45', 71'). For their opponents, Bochum had 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Showing their partiality to productive encounters, goals have been celebrated 21 times in the last 6 matches in which Mainz have played, making it an average of 3.5 goals for each fixture. Opposition teams have hit 14 of those goals. Despite that, time will tell if that trend will persist here in this match.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 23/01/2021 shows that RB Leipzig have won 1 of these games & Mainz 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

An aggregate of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 of them for Leipzig and 11 coming from Mainz. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league match between the two was Bundesliga 1 match day 10 on 04/11/2023 when it finished Mainz 2-0 RB Leipzig.

In that match, Mainz had 33% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Goals were scored by Jae-sung Lee (76') and Leandro Barreiro (80').

For their opponents, RB Leipzig got 10 shots at goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Bastian Dankert.

🗞️ Team News: RB Leipzig

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just one fitness concern for the RB Leipzig boss Marco Rose to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Lukas Klostermann (Hamstring injury) will miss out. Amadou Haidara is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

It’s our opinion that Leipzig may well go for a 4-4-2 formation for this game, handing starts to Peter Gulacsi, Benjamin Henrichs, Willi Orban, Castello Lukeba, David Raum, Dani Olmo, Kevin Kampl, Xaver Schlager, Xavi Simons, Benjamin Sesko and Ikoma Lois Openda.

📰 Team News: Mainz

Mainz boss Bo Henriksen has multiple availability issues to deal with. Stefan Bell (infection) and Nelson Weiper (Meniscus injury) won’t be making appearances. Dominik Kohr is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We reckon that Mainz appear most likely to make use of a 3-4-2-1 formation with a starting lineup of Robin Zentner, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Sepp van den Berg, Anthony Caci, Silvan Widmer, Philipp Mwene, Leandro Barreiro, Nadiem Amiri, Jonathan Burkardt, Jae-Sung Lee and Ludovic Ajorque.

💡 Prediction

In this game, Mainz will surely find it tough to get a goal against a RB Leipzig side who appear set to win pretty easily here.

We’re therefore predicting a comprehensive 3-0 victory for RB Leipzig after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 14:06 30/03/2024