This season has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, boom and bust giving mid-table positions so far. Make ready for Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FSV Mainz 05!
- All of Bayer 04 Leverkusen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FSV Mainz 05 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Not much time to rest for the home side, as they featured in a Europa League match only three days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Monaco, was also a home game here at BayArena. The away team is better rested.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played 10 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Bayer 04 Leverkusen's previous match was also a home event, the loss 2-3 against Monaco (in Europa League). Andrich (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Andrich hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 56 successful passes (of 67 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Hoffenheim and winning 3-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Leverkusen handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
There will be little rest for Bayer 04 Leverkusen after this match as they are travelling to Monaco for a Europa League game in only four days.
The Bayer 04 Leverkusen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
FSV Mainz 05 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
FSV Mainz 05 go into this game after a win, the home game against Augsburg that ended 3-1. The attacker Lee got a match rating of 8.93 in that game. Lee scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that match, the Mainz manager Svensson faced defeat when travelling to FC Union Berlin and losing 1-2.FSV Mainz 05 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Will both teams score? This team's most recent statistics suggest that, having completed 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far FSV Mainz 05 have scored 13 goals in 10 league games away. FSV Mainz 05 have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also played each other before this match year: FSV Mainz 05 - Leverkusen 0-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins - draws - FSV Mainz 05 wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Onisiwo 8 goals |   M. Diaby 7 goals |  J. Lee 6 goals |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
FSV Mainz 05 missing players
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | FSV Mainz 05 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 33 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 32 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 18 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 85% |
| 65% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 45% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 70% | 65% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 4 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 15.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.3 | 13.1 |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 32% | 29% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | 37% |
| 12.4 | 9 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.6 | 12.4 |
| 4.7 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4 |
- All of Bayer 04 Leverkusen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FSV Mainz 05 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 59 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 41 | 43 |
| 2 | FC Union Berlin | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 42 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 37 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 36 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 30 |
| 8 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 27 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | Köln | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | FSV Mainz 05 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 26 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -11 | 21 |
| 14 | Hoffenheim | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -10 | 19 |
| 15 | Bochum | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 32 | -25 | 19 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 17 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 16 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 12 |
