Let's all look at FSV Mainz 05 - VfL Bochum 1848! Even with their varied results, this game could be awesome!
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Bundesliga
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FSV Mainz 05 and VfL Bochum 1848.
FSV Mainz 05 form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Bundesliga this season. FSV Mainz 05 have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 3 losses from their games here at OPEL ARENA.
The FSV Mainz 05 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Borussia Dortmund here at OPEL ARENA. Heartbreak for Mainz in their last match as Borussia Dortmund's Reyna scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Defender Caci got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Caci won 6 of 6 duels.
Before that, FSV Mainz 05 played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Stuttgart.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Mainz, as the DFB Pokal home game vs FC Bayern München is only four days away.
FSV Mainz 05 has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. On the other hand, FSV Mainz 05 have conceded 11 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats
VfL Bochum 1848 have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 1-0-8 (9 played).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Bochum, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Bayer Leverkusen (placed 8th). That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Midfield player Stöger was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Stöger hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, VfL Bochum 1848 secured a home win against Hertha BSC with the score 3-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of VfL Bochum 1848 when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
The attacking power of Bochum when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on VfL Bochum 1848's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 24 goals in 9 travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams met each other earlier on this match year: VfL Bochum 1848 - FSV Mainz 05 1-2. Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): FSV Mainz 05 won six games, two matches ended in a draw and VfL Bochum 1848 got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ingvartsen 5 goals |   P. Hofmann 5 goals |  K. Onisiwo 4 goals |
FSV Mainz 05 missing players
VfL Bochum 1848 missing players
| FSV Mainz 05 | VfL Bochum 1848 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 27 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | 39 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 88% |
| 53% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 41% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 59% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 41% |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 13.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.6 | 11.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 32% | 26% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 12.3 | 9.2 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 17.2 | 15.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
- VfL Bochum 1848 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the most conceded goals (24) away in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 36 | 36 |
| 2 | FC Union Berlin | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 29 |
| 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Köln | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 21 |
| 12 | FSV Mainz 05 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | TSG Hoffenheim | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 16 |
| 16 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -22 | 16 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 9 |
