The league table in Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Bayer Leverkusen leading Mainz 05 by 22 points. Match preview to follow:
- Bayer Leverkusen has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Bundesliga
- Mainz 05 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Bundesliga
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!
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Bayer Leverkusen have played 10 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Leverkusen's previous game was a Bundesliga match also played at home, ending 5-2 versus Stuttgart (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Bayer Leverkusen lost 1-2 at Rot-Weiss Essen (after extra-time)'s place.
A goal frenzy last time out for Leverkusen, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Stuttgart. Fun stuff to watch!
Bayer Leverkusen are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew two and lost one.
The Bayer Leverkusen manager P. Bosz has got the team scoring with 21 from 10 home games in the league. Leverkusen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mainz 05 form and stats
There's been little loot from Mainz 05's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Bundesliga. Mainz 05 only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
The supporters enjoyed Mainz 05's previous game versus Union Berlin (placed 9th), a Bundesliga 1-0 win played at home. A 0-2 defeat away at Stuttgart before that.
You'll want to know how Mainz managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and three home wins.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Mainz have scored 9 goals in 9 league games away. The Mainz manager B. Svensson has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Mainz 05 - Leverkusen 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Bayer Leverkusen victories, zero draws and three Mainz 05 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Alario 8 goals |  L. Bailey Butler 5 goals |  P. Schick 5 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Mainz 05 missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Mainz 05 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 37 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 21 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | 40 |
| 90% | 90% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 70% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 75% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 50% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 45% |
| 20% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 20% |
| 60% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 25% | 10% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 25% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 14.6 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.1 |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 36% | 38% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 31% |
- Bayer Leverkusen has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bayer Leverkusen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mainz 05 have scored away.
- Mainz 05 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Bundesliga
- Mainz 05 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Mainz 05 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 32 | 48 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 41 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 32 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 32 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | Union Berlin | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 29 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Köln | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 21 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -17 | 17 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -21 | 13 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -37 | 8 |