The head coach B. Svensson ready encourage 1. FSV Mainz 05 triumph against SpVgg Greuther Fürth

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: OPEL ARENA (34000 seats)

This has all the signs of quite the exciting skirmish at OPEL ARENA in the Bundesliga. 1. FSV Mainz 05 is in 10th position and receive SpVgg Greuther Fürth in 15th spot. Read about the fixture here!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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1. FSV Mainz 05 form and stats

1. FSV Mainz 05 have only played one Bundesliga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 17 matches.

No payout for 1. FSV Mainz 05 in their previous match, an away game at Bochum that ended in defeat 0-2. Silvan Widmer (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.13/10. Widmer hit one key pass.

Before that, 1. FSV Mainz 05 had a home game versus RB Leipzig which ended with a victory 1-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from 1. FSV Mainz 05's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.

At OPEL ARENA, 1. FSV Mainz 05 has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

SpVgg Greuther Fürth have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Bundesliga were 9 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats from 17 fixtures.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth's last game was the home draw against Arminia Bielefeld (1-1). The attacker Branimir Hrgota got a match rating of 7.81 in that game. Hrgota scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 1-5 defeat away at VfB Stuttgart before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Greuther playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, one draw and one home win.

It's early days yet, but SpVgg Greuther Fürth has scored 1 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's {two Mainz victories}, one draw and five SpVgg Greuther Fürth wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MainzM. Niakhate
M. Niakhate
1 goals
SpVgg Greuther FürthJ. Leweling
J. Leweling
1 goals
SpVgg Greuther FürthB. Hrgota
B. Hrgota
1 goals

1. FSV Mainz 05 missing players

SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
1. FSV Mainz 05 SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
1 1 0 Scored S 1 1 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 5 5 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 3.5
6.5 11 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 9 4.5
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 14.5
1.5 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.5
33% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 22%
1. FSV Mainz 05 Last season SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 4   Won W   9 18
9 4   Drew D   6 10
15 9   Lost L   2 6
39 16   Scored S   35 69
56 26   Conceded C   21 44
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
74% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 85%
50% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 74%
38% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 47%
18% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 24%
62% 53%   BTTS BTTS   65% 68%
15% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 24%
29% 35%   Failed to Score F T   6% 12%
 
3.8 3.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.5
4.8 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.6
1.9 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.9
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.9 10.6   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 14.5
3.7 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 5.3
31% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wolfsburg 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Bayer Leverkusen 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
3 SC Freiburg 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Hoffenheim 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
5 RB Leipzig 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3
6 Borussia Dortmund 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Köln 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
8 Bochum 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
9 VfB Stuttgart 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 3
10 1. FSV Mainz 05 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
11 Arminia Bielefeld 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 Union Berlin 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Bayern München 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 1
15 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 1
16 Borussia M'gladbach 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
17 Augsburg 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4 1
18 Hertha BSC 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 24 6 4 99 44 17 13 4 0 64 21 17 11 2 4 35 23 55 78
2 RB Leipzig 34 19 8 7 60 32 17 11 4 2 29 13 17 8 4 5 31 19 28 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 20 4 10 75 46 17 11 2 4 40 20 17 9 2 6 35 26 29 64
4 Wolfsburg 34 17 10 7 61 37 17 10 4 3 32 16 17 7 6 4 29 21 24 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 12 6 69 53 17 10 7 0 37 20 17 6 5 6 32 33 16 60
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 53 39 17 8 5 4 34 22 17 6 5 6 19 17 14 52
7 Union Berlin 34 12 14 8 50 43 17 8 8 1 32 18 17 4 6 7 18 25 7 50
8 Borussia M'gladbach 34 13 10 11 64 56 17 8 4 5 32 19 17 5 6 6 32 37 8 49
9 VfB Stuttgart 34 12 9 13 56 55 17 5 6 6 27 26 17 7 3 7 29 29 1 45
10 SC Freiburg 34 12 9 13 52 52 17 7 6 4 33 23 17 5 3 9 19 29 0 45
11 Hoffenheim 34 11 10 13 52 54 17 8 3 6 32 24 17 3 7 7 20 30 -2 43
12 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 10 9 15 39 56 17 4 4 9 16 26 17 6 5 6 23 30 -17 39
13 Augsburg 34 10 6 18 36 54 17 6 4 7 21 25 17 4 2 11 15 29 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 34 8 11 15 41 52 17 5 5 7 21 26 17 3 6 8 20 26 -11 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 8 17 26 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 17 3 6 8 13 29 -26 35
16 Köln 34 8 9 17 34 60 17 3 5 9 20 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -26 33
17 Werder Bremen 34 7 10 17 36 57 17 3 5 9 16 28 17 4 5 8 20 29 -21 31
18 Schalke 04 34 3 7 24 25 86 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 0 4 13 11 52 -61 16
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bochum 34 21 4 9 66 39 17 12 2 3 40 16 17 9 2 6 26 23 27 67
2 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 18 10 6 69 44 17 9 4 4 34 23 17 9 6 2 35 21 25 64
3 Holstein Kiel 34 18 8 8 57 35 17 11 2 4 31 19 17 7 6 4 26 16 22 62
4 Hamburger SV 34 16 10 8 71 44 17 10 4 3 40 16 17 6 6 5 31 28 27 58
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 16 8 10 55 46 17 11 4 2 32 20 17 5 4 8 23 26 9 56
6 Karlsruher SC 34 14 10 10 51 44 17 5 6 6 19 18 17 9 4 4 32 26 7 52
7 Darmstadt 98 34 15 6 13 63 55 17 7 3 7 29 23 17 8 3 6 34 32 8 51
8 Heidenheim 34 15 6 13 49 49 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 3 9 21 33 0 51
9 Paderborn 34 12 11 11 53 45 17 8 5 4 32 26 17 4 6 7 21 19 8 47
10 St. Pauli 34 13 8 13 51 56 17 8 3 6 28 25 17 5 5 7 23 31 -5 47
11 Nurnberg 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 5 7 5 22 23 17 6 4 7 24 28 -5 44
12 Erzgebirge Aue 34 12 8 14 44 53 17 8 4 5 29 28 17 4 4 9 15 25 -9 44
13 Hannover 96 34 12 6 16 53 51 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 5 2 10 23 29 2 42
14 Jahn Regensburg 34 9 11 14 37 50 17 6 6 5 23 21 17 3 5 9 14 29 -13 38
15 Sandhausen 34 10 4 20 41 60 17 9 4 4 29 21 17 1 0 16 12 39 -19 34
16 Osnabruck 34 9 6 19 35 58 17 3 1 13 16 34 17 6 5 6 19 24 -23 33
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 7 10 17 30 59 17 6 4 7 17 23 17 1 6 10 13 36 -29 31
18 Wurzburger Kickers 34 6 7 21 37 69 17 3 6 8 22 33 17 3 1 13 15 36 -32 25

Bundesliga:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wolfsburg 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Bayer Leverkusen 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
3 SC Freiburg 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Hoffenheim 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
5 RB Leipzig 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3
6 Borussia Dortmund 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Köln 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
8 Bochum 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
9 VfB Stuttgart 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 3
10 1. FSV Mainz 05 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
11 Arminia Bielefeld 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 Union Berlin 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Bayern München 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 1
15 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 1
16 Borussia M'gladbach 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
17 Augsburg 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4 1
18 Hertha BSC 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0

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