Struggling Mainz 05 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying RB Leipzig in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Mainz 05 is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Bundesliga
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Mainz 05 form and stats
Mainz 05's struggle is real here at OPEL ARENA with only 2 points collected from 9 Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-7. Mainz are slowly digging their own grave here at OPEL ARENA with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Stuttgart match.
Mainz's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Wolfsburg (placed 5th). 1-1 away at Borussia Dortmund before that.
Mainz aren't scoring a lot here at OPEL ARENA in the league, with only 6 goals from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mainz defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
RB Leipzig form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Bundesliga, are W3-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
Leipzig are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Bundesliga against Union Berlin (placed 6th). Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Wolfsburg.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager J. Nagelsmann when Emil Forsberg scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute.
Leipzig have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 8 goals have been conceded by Leipzig in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the RB Leipzig - Mainz 3-1 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Mainz won one game, two matches ended with a draw and RB Leipzig has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / zeroTop Goalscorers
  J. Mateta 7 goals |   E. Forsberg 4 goals |  Y. Yurary Poulsen 4 goals |
Mainz 05 missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| Mainz 05 | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 29 |
| 36 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 71% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 18% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 59% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 41% | 56% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 10.6 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.4 | 14.9 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 29% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 32% |
- Mainz 05 has the fewest points (2) at home in Bundesliga
- Mainz 05 has the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Bundesliga
- Mainz 05 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Bundesliga
- Mainz 05 has the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Bundesliga
- Mainz 05 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Mainz 05 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Mainz 05 have yet to win a game at home.
- Mainz 05 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Mainz 05 is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig has the most clean sheets (8) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- RB Leipzig haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Köln | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -13 | 15 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -21 | 7 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 29 | -30 | 7 |