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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Fri 03.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: OPEL ARENA (34034 seats)

Mainz 05 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 28 points behind RB Leipzig.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Mainz 05 form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Mainz 05 are 7-4-4 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Mainz 05 bring valid hopes of a third.

The fans are hoping that Mainz 05 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Bundesliga game against Hannover 96. Before that, Mainz 05 had a home game versus Fortuna Dusseldorf which ended with a victory 3-1.

Mainz 05 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at OPEL ARENA with 24 goals in 15 matches. Mainz 05's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Bundesliga, are W9-D2-L4 on the road this term. Things are running smoothly for RB Leipzig who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Borussia Dortmund. RB Leipzig are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

RB Leipzig are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Bundesliga against Freiburg. Preceding that game was the away DFB Pokal victory against Hamburger SV with the score of 3-1.

The travelling fans enjoy RB Leipzig's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 15 away matches. As opposed to that, RB Leipzig have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Mainz 05 and RB Leipzig have met before this season: RB Leipzig - Mainz 05 4-1. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Mainz 05, 1 draw and 3 wins for RB Leipzig.

Top Goalscorers

T. Werner
15 goals / 7 assists
Y. Poulsen
15 goals / 3 assists
J. Mateta
12 goals / 1 assists

Mainz 05 missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

Mainz 05 RB Leipzig
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
31 15 5 Played 4 15 31
10 7 0 Won 3 9 19
6 4 1 Drew 0 2 7
15 4 4 Lost 1 4 5
37 24 5 Scored 9 25 59
52 17 12 Conceded 2 15 24
94% 87% 100% Over 0.5 100% 93% 87%
74% 73% 80% Over 1.5 75% 67% 71%
65% 67% 80% Over 2.5 75% 60% 52%
32% 27% 40% Over 3.5 25% 27% 29%
16% 13% 20% Over 4.5 0% 13% 23%
55% 60% 80% BTTS 25% 40% 39%
19% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 40% 48%
32% 20% 20% Failed To Score 25% 27% 26%
 
4.2 4.1 3.4 Corners For (avg) 6.5 5.8 5.7
5.9 5.1 4.8 Corners Against (avg) 4.2 3.7 3.9
1.7 2 2.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.9 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • RB Leipzig is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Mainz 05 is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Mainz 05
All DFB Pokal Bundesliga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
09-03-19 BU Mainz 05 0 - 1 Borussia M'gladbach
17-03-19 BU Bayern München 6 - 0 Mainz 05
30-03-19 BU Werder Bremen 3 - 1 Mainz 05
05-04-19 BU Mainz 05 5 - 0 Freiburg
13-04-19 BU Borussia Dortmund 2 - 1 Mainz 05
20-04-19 BU Mainz 05 3 - 1 Fortuna Dusseldorf
27-04-19 BU Hannover 96 1 - 0 Mainz 05
03-05-19 BU Mainz 05 18:30 RB Leipzig
12-05-19 BU Eintracht Frankfurt 16:00 Mainz 05
18-05-19 BU Mainz 05 13:30 Hoffenheim
RB Leipzig
All Champions League DFB Pokal Bundesliga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
02-04-19 DFB Augsburg 1 - 1 RB Leipzig
06-04-19 BU Bayer Leverkusen 2 - 4 RB Leipzig
13-04-19 BU RB Leipzig 2 - 0 Wolfsburg
20-04-19 BU Borussia M'gladbach 1 - 2 RB Leipzig
23-04-19 DFB Hamburger SV 1 - 3 RB Leipzig
27-04-19 BU RB Leipzig 2 - 1 Freiburg
03-05-19 BU Mainz 05 18:30 RB Leipzig
11-05-19 BU RB Leipzig 13:30 Bayern München
18-05-19 BU Werder Bremen 13:30 RB Leipzig
25-05-19 DFB RB Leipzig 18:00 Bayern München

  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 30 22 4 4 79 29 15 11 3 1 41 12 15 11 1 3 38 17 50 70
2 Borussia Dortmund 31 21 6 4 74 40 16 13 2 1 49 23 15 8 4 3 25 17 34 69
3 RB Leipzig 31 19 7 5 59 24 16 10 5 1 34 9 15 9 2 4 25 15 35 64
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 31 15 9 7 58 35 16 8 4 4 32 19 15 7 5 3 26 16 23 54
5 Borussia M'gladbach 31 15 6 10 49 38 15 9 2 4 29 18 16 6 4 6 20 20 11 51
6 Bayer Leverkusen 31 16 3 12 57 49 15 8 1 6 25 23 16 8 2 6 32 26 8 51
7 Hoffenheim 30 13 11 6 65 41 15 7 5 3 27 15 15 6 6 3 38 26 24 50
8 Werder Bremen 31 12 10 9 53 46 15 7 5 3 31 23 16 5 5 6 22 23 7 46
9 Wolfsburg 30 13 7 10 48 45 15 6 5 4 26 22 15 7 2 6 22 23 3 46
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 31 12 4 15 44 60 16 8 0 8 25 27 15 4 4 7 19 33 -16 40
11 Hertha BSC 31 9 10 12 41 48 15 5 6 4 22 21 16 4 4 8 19 27 -7 37
12 Mainz 05 31 10 6 15 37 52 15 7 4 4 24 17 16 3 2 11 13 35 -15 36
13 Freiburg 31 7 11 13 40 56 15 5 6 4 26 25 16 2 5 9 14 31 -16 32
14 Augsburg 31 8 7 16 47 59 16 5 4 7 31 29 15 3 3 9 16 30 -12 31
15 Schalke 04 31 8 6 17 36 54 15 4 1 10 16 28 16 4 5 7 20 26 -18 30
16 Stuttgart 31 6 6 19 28 67 16 5 4 7 19 27 15 1 2 12 9 40 -39 24
17 Nürnberg 30 3 9 18 24 56 15 3 6 6 15 17 15 0 3 12 9 39 -32 18
18 Hannover 96 31 4 6 21 26 66 16 4 1 11 12 26 15 0 5 10 14 40 -40 18

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