Mainz 05 hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 18 points and a 16th position in the Bundesliga table. Visiting Freiburg holds 8th place with 34 pts.
- Mainz 05 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Bundesliga
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Mainz 05 form and stats
Mainz 05's results here at OPEL ARENA in the Bundesliga have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats.
Mainz haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 184 minutes ago. K. Stoger scored that one.
Mainz drew their last game, 0-0 away at Schalke 04 (placed 18th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Augsburg (0-1).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mainz have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost five.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mainz 05 here at OPEL ARENA in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 12 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mainz defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Freiburg form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Freiburg's previous game was their home loss versus RB Leipzig (0-3). Preceding that game was the away victory against Bayer Leverkusen with the score of 2-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Freiburg playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Freiburg wins, four draws and two defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Freiburg have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. Freiburg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Freiburg - Mainz 1-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Mainz 05 won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Freiburg has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  J. Mateta 7 goals |   V. Grifo 7 goals |  N. Petersen 7 goals |
Mainz 05 missing players
Freiburg missing players
| Mainz 05 | Freiburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 37 |
| 44 | 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 38 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 71% | 58% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| 50% | 33% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 64% | 67% |
| 42% | 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 38% |
| 17% | 25% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 54% | 42% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 62% |
| 12% | 8% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 18% | 17% |
| 42% | 50% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 25% |
| 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 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.2 | 10.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 29% | 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | 38% |
- Mainz 05 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Bundesliga
- Mainz 05 haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Bayern München | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 71 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 37 | 55 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 26 | 53 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 45 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 43 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 39 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 9 | Stuttgart | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 33 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 33 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -2 | 30 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 26 |
| 14 | Köln | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -20 | 22 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -15 | 21 |
| 16 | Mainz 05 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -21 | 18 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -23 | 18 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 35 | -45 | 10 |