Bundesliga: The average league table placements highlight the path FSV Mainz 05 and FC Köln have undertaken uptil now. Both participants are up for it; let's go!
- FSV Mainz 05 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Köln have the most points from losing position (8) in Bundesliga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
FSV Mainz 05 form and stats
When playing at home in the Bundesliga, FSV Mainz 05 have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
FSV Mainz 05 drew their last game, also a home match. Borussia M'gladbach (placed 9th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. The striker Jonathan Burkardt was named "man of the match" for Mainz with a rating of 7.6/10. Burkardt hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 22 successful passes (of 23 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Arminia Bielefeld and winning 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Mainz have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won one time, drawn three and lost three.
A decent goal production from Mainz in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. From these home matches, Mainz have conceded only 4 goals.
FC Köln form and stats
0-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Köln in their Bundesliga matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Köln are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
There were no winners in FC Köln's previous match, a Bundesliga home game that ended 2-2 vs Union Berlin (placed 8th). Attacker Anthony Modeste got a player rating of 8.61 in the game. "Man of the match" Modeste scored two goals.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Borussia Dortmund wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Köln are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Köln have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Mainz victories, three draws and four FC Köln wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Modeste 8 goals |   J. Burkardt 5 goals |  E. Skhiri 3 goals |
FSV Mainz 05 missing players
FC Köln missing players
| FSV Mainz 05 | FC Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 18% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 82% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 18% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 14.5 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.8 | 16 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.6 | 5.1 |
| 30% | 28% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| 12.2 | 11.5 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.8 | 11.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- All of FC Köln's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Köln have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- FC Köln have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- FC Köln have the most points from losing position (8) in Bundesliga
- FC Köln have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Köln have yet to win a game away.
- FC Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FSV Mainz 05 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FSV Mainz 05 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FSV Mainz 05 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Köln have scored 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 29 | 28 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Wolfsburg | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | FSV Mainz 05 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | FC Köln | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Bochum | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 13 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 9 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -21 | 1 |