Moving closer to the top clubs is the target when these two mid-table clubs meet. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league table position, FC Köln in 12th and FSV Mainz 05 in 8th place.
- FSV Mainz 05 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
FC Köln form and stats
FC Köln have played 13 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Köln, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating FC Augsburg away with the result 3-1. Martel, Maina and Skhiri found the net in that victory. A big relief, as that was the first league victory after failing to win six matches in a row. Skhiri (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.02/10. Skhiri scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).
In the match before that, FC Köln hosted Borussia M'gladbach and drew the game 0-0.It should be added that a glance at the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
A decent goal production from Köln in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. FC Köln have conceded 14 in these home matches.
FSV Mainz 05 form and stats
The visitors are W6-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
There were no winners in Mainz's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Werder Bremen (placed 11th).
Prior to that result FSV Mainz 05 won their away game at RB Leipzig. The scoreline was 3-0.Take note! Both teams have scored in 10 of this club's latest 13 league matches.
FSV Mainz 05 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. Mainz struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: FSV Mainz 05 - FC Köln 5-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Köln three wins, three draws and FSV Mainz 05 four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Onisiwo 9 goals |  M. Ingvartsen 9 goals |  J. Lee 7 goals |
FC Köln missing players
FSV Mainz 05 missing players
| FC Köln | FSV Mainz 05 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 36 | 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 20 | 45 |
| 45 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 21 | 38 |
| 81% | 77% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 78% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 85% | 85% |
| 48% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 59% |
| 37% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 30% |
| 26% | 23% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 52% | 46% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 69% | 63% |
| 22% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 23% | 26% |
| 44% | 46% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 13.8 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.3 | 13.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 33% | 33% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 35% |
| 11.9 | 9.7 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.6 | 12.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4 |
- FSV Mainz 05 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 77 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 48 | 58 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 27 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 59 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 56 |
| 3 | Union Berlin | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 51 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 48 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 47 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 51 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 43 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 41 |
| 8 | FSV Mainz 05 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 41 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 39 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 32 |
| 12 | FC Köln | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 31 | -9 | 31 |
| 13 | FC Augsburg | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -15 | 29 |
| 14 | Bochum | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 57 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 36 | -29 | 26 |
| 15 | Hoffenheim | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 25 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -19 | 22 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -27 | 21 |
| 18 | Stuttgart | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 20 |
