Soccer betting preview: Mainz 05 welcomes Hertha BSC in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sat 14.September
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: OPEL ARENA (34034 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Bundesliga so far, with Mainz 05 placed 18th and Hertha BSC sitting in the 17th position.

Mainz 05 and Hertha BSC 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.

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Mainz 05 form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Bundesliga game of the season here at OPEL ARENA. Last season these fans witnessed 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from Mainz 05's 1 home games. It's trouble wherever Mainz 05 are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

In their previous game, the manager S. Schwarz led his Mainz 05 to a defeat in the Bundesliga match away at Bayern München. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at OPEL ARENA. Before that game, the home loss against Borussia M'gladbach with the scoreline 1-3.

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 05 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 3.

At OPEL ARENA, Mainz 05 has the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

The Bundesliga season is young and Hertha BSC have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Two away games in a row for Hertha BSC, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Wolfsburg.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Hertha BSC in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Hertha BSC, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Hertha BSC have the goal stats of 2-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Mainz 05-Hertha BSC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Mainz 05 4 wins, Hertha BSC 4 wins, 2 draws. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

J. Boëtius
1 goals
R. Quaison
1 goals
M. Grujić
1 goals

Mainz 05 missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

Mainz 05 Hertha BSC
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played 0 2 3
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
3 1 0 Lost 0 1 2
2 1 0 Scored 0 2 2
12 3 0 Conceded 0 5 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 50% 67%
 
3 3 0 Corners For (avg) 0 1.5 1.7
6.7 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 8.5 7.3
2.7 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Mainz 05 Last season Hertha BSC
Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
3 1 0 Played 0 2 3
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
3 1 0 Lost 0 1 2
2 1 0 Scored 0 2 2
12 3 0 Conceded 0 5 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 50% 67%
 
3 3 0 Corners For (avg) 0 1.5 1.7
6.7 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 8.5 7.3
2.7 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0

Mainz 05
All DFB Pokal Bundesliga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-05-19 BU Mainz 05 4 - 2 Hoffenheim
10-08-19 DFB Kaiserslautern 2 - 0 Mainz 05
17-08-19 BU Freiburg 3 - 0 Mainz 05
24-08-19 BU Mainz 05 1 - 3 Borussia M'gladbach
31-08-19 BU Bayern München 6 - 1 Mainz 05
14-09-19 BU Mainz 05 13:30 Hertha BSC
20-09-19 BU Schalke 04 18:30 Mainz 05
28-09-19 BU Mainz 05 13:30 Wolfsburg
05-10-19 BU Paderborn 13:30 Mainz 05
19-10-19 BU Fortuna Dusseldorf 13:30 Mainz 05
Hertha BSC
All DFB Pokal Bundesliga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-08-19 CF Crystal Palace 0 - 4 Hertha BSC
11-08-19 DFB Eichstätt 1 - 5 Hertha BSC
16-08-19 BU Bayern München 2 - 2 Hertha BSC
25-08-19 BU Hertha BSC 0 - 3 Wolfsburg
31-08-19 BU Schalke 04 3 - 0 Hertha BSC
14-09-19 BU Mainz 05 13:30 Hertha BSC
21-09-19 BU Hertha BSC 13:30 Paderborn
29-09-19 BU Köln 16:00 Hertha BSC
04-10-19 BU Hertha BSC 18:30 Fortuna Dusseldorf
19-10-19 BU Werder Bremen 13:30 Hertha BSC

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 RB Leipzig 3 3 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 7 9
2 Bayern München 3 2 1 0 11 3 2 1 1 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 8 7
3 Wolfsburg 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 7
4 Bayer Leverkusen 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 7
5 Borussia Dortmund 3 2 0 1 9 5 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 4 6
6 Freiburg 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
8 Borussia M'gladbach 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 4
9 Hoffenheim 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
10 Schalke 04 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
11 Union Berlin 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 4
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 -1 3
13 Werder Bremen 3 1 0 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 3
14 Köln 3 1 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 3
15 Paderborn 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -3 1
16 Augsburg 3 0 1 2 4 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 8 -5 1
17 Hertha BSC 3 0 1 2 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 5 -6 1
18 Mainz 05 3 0 0 3 2 12 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 9 -10 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bayern München 34 24 6 4 88 32 17 13 3 1 49 14 17 11 3 3 39 18 56 78
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 23 7 4 81 44 17 14 2 1 52 25 17 9 5 3 29 19 37 76
3 RB Leipzig 34 19 9 6 63 29 17 10 6 1 34 9 17 9 3 5 29 20 34 66
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 4 12 69 52 17 9 2 6 32 25 17 9 2 6 37 27 17 58
5 Borussia M'gladbach 34 16 7 11 55 42 17 9 3 5 31 22 17 7 4 6 24 20 13 55
6 Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 17 8 5 4 36 23 17 8 2 7 26 27 12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 17 8 4 5 32 21 17 7 5 5 28 27 12 54
8 Werder Bremen 34 14 11 9 58 49 17 8 6 3 35 26 17 6 5 6 23 23 9 53
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 12 9 70 52 17 7 5 5 28 20 17 6 7 4 42 32 18 51
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 5 16 49 65 17 9 0 8 27 28 17 4 5 8 22 37 -16 44
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 10 13 49 57 17 6 6 5 26 27 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 43
12 Mainz 05 34 12 7 15 46 57 17 8 5 4 31 22 17 4 2 11 15 35 -11 43
13 Freiburg 34 8 12 14 46 61 17 6 7 4 32 27 17 2 5 10 14 34 -15 36
14 Schalke 04 34 8 9 17 37 55 17 4 3 10 16 28 17 4 6 7 21 27 -18 33
15 Augsburg 34 8 8 18 51 71 17 5 4 8 34 33 17 3 4 10 17 38 -20 32
16 Stuttgart 34 7 7 20 32 70 17 6 4 7 22 27 17 1 3 13 10 43 -38 28
17 Hannover 96 34 5 6 23 31 71 17 5 1 11 15 26 17 0 5 12 16 45 -40 21
18 Nürnberg 34 3 10 21 26 68 17 3 7 7 16 22 17 0 3 14 10 46 -42 19

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