Hoffenheim vs Mainz 05 Preview & Prediction 21 Mar 2021

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Hoffenheim are in the 11th position while the guesting Mainz 05 worry at 17th.

Insights:

Hoffenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Mainz 05 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Hoffenheim and Mainz 05 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

It's quite the trip for Mainz 05 when visiting Hoffenheim as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.

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Hoffenheim form and stats

Hoffenheim have collected 17 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 5-2-5. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Hoffenheim after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Hoffenheim are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Stuttgart. Ahead of that match, Hoffenheim won a home game hosting Wolfsburg (2-1).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Hoffenheim matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and two defeats (from six games).

A decent goal production from Hoffenheim in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 12 league matches. Hoffenheim have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Mainz 05 form and stats

Mainz 05 have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 2-4-6 (12 played).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Mainz 05 goalkeeper Robin Zentner is eager to challenge this, with his 245 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Mainz won their last game, 1-0 versus Freiburg played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Schalke 04 that ended 0-0.

Robin Quaison came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Freiburg last time out, making the manager B. Svensson feel like a tactical genius.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Mainz when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning three games.

The visiting Mainz have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 12 games. Mainz have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Mainz 05 - Hoffenheim 1-1 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Hoffenheim, two draws and two wins for Mainz 05. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

A. Kramarić

14 goals

I. Bebou

6 goals

C. Baumgartner

5 goals

Hoffenheim missing players

Mainz 05 missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Hoffenheim				Mainz 05
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
25	12	3	Played	P	4	12	25
8	5	2	Won	W	2	2	5
6	2	1	Drew	D	0	4	6
11	5	0	Lost	L	2	6	14
39	22	6	Scored	S	5	13	24
43	17	1	Conceded	C	8	24	44
96%	92%	67%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	83%	92%
88%	75%	67%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	83%	68%
72%	75%	67%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	75%	67%	48%
48%	58%	33%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	50%	50%	40%
20%	17%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	8%	16%
68%	58%	33%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	67%	52%
16%	25%	67%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	17%	16%
20%	25%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	33%	40%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
2.2	1.6	1	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	2.5	1.8	1.9
4	1	0	Red cards	R C	0	0	1

11.5	9.8	11	Shots (avg)	S (	10.2	11.1	10.7
4.6	4.6	5.3	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	3.8	3.2	3.3
34%	40%	38%	Goal Efficiency	G E	33%	34%	29%

Hoffenheim			First Half	Mainz 05
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
25	12	3	Played	P	4	12	25
7	4	1	Won	W	1	2	6
8	5	2	Drew	D	2	5	11
10	3	0	Lost	L	1	5	8
18	10	3	Scored	S	4	6	15
23	9	1	Conceded	C	2	8	16
84%	67%	67%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	75%	67%	68%
56%	58%	67%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	42%	36%
24%	33%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	25%	8%	16%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	4%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
36%	33%	33%	BTTS	BTTS	25%	8%	20%
32%	50%	67%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	50%	48%
48%	50%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	75%	64%

Hoffenheim			Second Half	Mainz 05
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
25	12	3	Played	P	4	12	25
10	6	2	Won	W	1	3	5
6	2	1	Drew	D	0	4	7
9	4	0	Lost	L	3	5	13
21	12	3	Scored	S	1	7	9
20	8	0	Conceded	C	6	16	28
84%	83%	67%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	83%	80%
56%	50%	33%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	58%	40%
20%	25%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	25%	33%	20%
4%	8%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	8%	4%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	8%	4%
24%	25%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	33%	16%
52%	58%	100%	Clean Sheets	C S	25%	33%	36%
40%	33%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	75%	50%	68%

Key stats in Bundesliga this season:

Hoffenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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	25	18	4	3	74	35	12	9	3	0	46	18	13	9	1	3	28	17	39	58
2	RB Leipzig	25	16	6	3	47	21	13	10	2	1	25	10	12	6	4	2	22	11	26	54
3	Wolfsburg	25	13	9	3	43	21	12	8	4	0	24	8	13	5	5	3	19	13	22	48
4	Eintracht Frankfurt	25	11	11	3	48	34	12	6	6	0	22	13	13	5	5	3	26	21	14	44
5	Borussia Dortmund	25	13	3	9	52	35	12	7	2	3	27	14	13	6	1	6	25	21	17	42
6	Bayer Leverkusen	25	11	7	7	43	28	13	5	4	4	25	19	12	6	3	3	18	9	15	40
7	Union Berlin	25	9	11	5	38	27	13	5	7	1	24	14	12	4	4	4	14	13	11	38
8	Stuttgart	25	9	9	7	47	37	12	3	6	3	21	17	13	6	3	4	26	20	10	36
9	Freiburg	25	9	7	9	37	39	13	5	4	4	24	20	12	4	3	5	13	19	-2	34
10	Borussia M'gladbach	25	8	9	8	41	40	13	5	4	4	20	16	12	3	5	4	21	24	1	33
11	Hoffenheim	25	8	6	11	39	43	12	5	2	5	22	17	13	3	4	6	17	26	-4	30
12	Werder Bremen	25	7	9	9	30	36	12	3	4	5	12	17	13	4	5	4	18	19	-6	30
13	Augsburg	25	8	5	12	27	38	13	4	3	6	15	21	12	4	2	6	12	17	-11	29
14	Köln	25	5	7	13	23	44	12	1	4	7	12	21	13	4	3	6	11	23	-21	22
15	Arminia Bielefeld	25	6	4	15	20	44	13	4	1	8	10	21	12	2	3	7	10	23	-24	22
16	Hertha BSC	25	5	6	14	28	45	12	3	2	7	13	24	13	2	4	7	15	21	-17	21
17	Mainz 05	25	5	6	14	24	44	13	3	2	8	11	20	12	2	4	6	13	24	-20	21
18	Schalke 04	25	1	7	17	16	66	13	1	3	9	8	26	12	0	4	8	8	40	-50	10

Hoffenheim:

TSG Hoffenheim

Mainz 05:

Mainz 05

Bundesliga:

Bundesliga official site

Germany:

German Football Association - (also in English)

Table

		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	25	18	4	3	74	35	12	9	3	0	46	18	13	9	1	3	28	17	39	58
2	RB Leipzig	25	16	6	3	47	21	13	10	2	1	25	10	12	6	4	2	22	11	26	54
3	Wolfsburg	25	13	9	3	43	21	12	8	4	0	24	8	13	5	5	3	19	13	22	48
4	Eintracht Frankfurt	25	11	11	3	48	34	12	6	6	0	22	13	13	5	5	3	26	21	14	44
5	Borussia Dortmund	25	13	3	9	52	35	12	7	2	3	27	14	13	6	1	6	25	21	17	42
6	Bayer Leverkusen	25	11	7	7	43	28	13	5	4	4	25	19	12	6	3	3	18	9	15	40
7	Union Berlin	25	9	11	5	38	27	13	5	7	1	24	14	12	4	4	4	14	13	11	38
8	Stuttgart	25	9	9	7	47	37	12	3	6	3	21	17	13	6	3	4	26	20	10	36
9	Freiburg	25	9	7	9	37	39	13	5	4	4	24	20	12	4	3	5	13	19	-2	34
10	Borussia M'gladbach	25	8	9	8	41	40	13	5	4	4	20	16	12	3	5	4	21	24	1	33
11	Hoffenheim	25	8	6	11	39	43	12	5	2	5	22	17	13	3	4	6	17	26	-4	30
12	Werder Bremen	25	7	9	9	30	36	12	3	4	5	12	17	13	4	5	4	18	19	-6	30
13	Augsburg	25	8	5	12	27	38	13	4	3	6	15	21	12	4	2	6	12	17	-11	29
14	Köln	25	5	7	13	23	44	12	1	4	7	12	21	13	4	3	6	11	23	-21	22
15	Arminia Bielefeld	25	6	4	15	20	44	13	4	1	8	10	21	12	2	3	7	10	23	-24	22
16	Hertha BSC	25	5	6	14	28	45	12	3	2	7	13	24	13	2	4	7	15	21	-17	21
17	Mainz 05	25	5	6	14	24	44	13	3	2	8	11	20	12	2	4	6	13	24	-20	21
18	Schalke 04	25	1	7	17	16	66	13	1	3	9	8	26	12	0	4	8	8	40	-50	10