On paper it looks like advantage FSV Mainz 05 in this fixture versus VfB Stuttgart, but the away side will resist to the end. Here's the Tipsway match guide!
- FSV Mainz 05 have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Bundesliga
Both teams have had time to rest since their last match. Let's look for an enthusiastic fixture!
FSV Mainz 05 form and stats
FSV Mainz 05 have performed here at OPEL ARENA this season with 9 wins from 14 Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.
FSV Mainz 05 lost their last game at FC Köln (placed 8th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Did Mainz get overconfident in their match against FC Köln? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. Midfielder Widmer was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Widmer dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at FC Augsburg.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 FSV Mainz 05 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won zero times, drawn four and lost three.
From these home matches, FSV Mainz 05 have conceded only 8 goals.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for VfB Stuttgart so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-7 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Stuttgart, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
VfB Stuttgart failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Borussia Dortmund (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-2. Mavropanos, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.33. Mavropanos won 4 of 6 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Arminia Bielefeld.VfB Stuttgart 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, three draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stuttgart as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. VfB Stuttgart struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest past match featuring both these participants is the VfB Stuttgart - Mainz 2-1 played not long ago this season. Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two participants are: five wins for FSV Mainz 05, one draw and four wins for VfB Stuttgart. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Burkardt 10 goals |  K. Onisiwo 5 goals |  J. Lee 4 goals |
FSV Mainz 05 missing players
VfB Stuttgart missing players
| FSV Mainz 05 | VfB Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 11 | 9 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 43 | 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 36 |
| 36 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 23 | 53 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 93% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 79% | 86% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 52% |
| 28% | 29% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 41% |
| 14% | 14% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 28% |
| 55% | 36% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | 66% |
| 31% | 57% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 21% | 10% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 31% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 15 | 17.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10 | 13 |
| 4.5 | 5.6 | 8.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 28% |
| 11.7 | 11 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.4 | 17.2 | 14.9 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
- 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 VfB Stuttgart have scored away.
- FSV Mainz 05 have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Bundesliga
- FSV Mainz 05 have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- VfB Stuttgart have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VfB Stuttgart have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | FC Bayern München | 29 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 86 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 57 | 69 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 42 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 60 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 26 | 51 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 30 | 48 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 44 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | -1 | 44 |
| 8 | FC Köln | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -2 | 43 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | FSV Mainz 05 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -11 | 37 |
| 12 | Bochum | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 35 |
| 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -12 | 32 |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -20 | 26 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 35 | -35 | 26 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 29 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 72 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 46 | -48 | 16 |
