An important duel in the bottom section of the Bundesliga, with both Mainz 05 and Schalke 04 experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 17th place.
Schalke 04 could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a DFB Pokal game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Schweinfurt, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Schalke 04.
Mainz 05 form and stats
Three Bundesliga home games done for Mainz 05, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches. It's trouble wherever Mainz 05 are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Three consecutive losses here at OPEL ARENA is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Mainz faced defeat in their previous match, away at Augsburg (1-3). Preceding that match was the home game against Borussia M'gladbach that was lost 2-3.
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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost four.
The Mainz fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Mainz 05 have allowed the opposition to score 8 goals here at OPEL ARENA.
Schalke 04 form and stats
It's not happening yet for Schalke 04 on their Bundesliga travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three consecutive losses in away matches means Schalke 04 are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Schalke 04 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Schweinfurt. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Schalke 04 in our archives, and the results are: one win for Schalke, three draws and three defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Schalke 04's away league games. Only 0 goals from 3 travels. The Schalke 04 defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Mainz 05 wins - draws - Schalke 04 wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Mateta 3 goals |  R. Quaison 1 goals |  K. Onisiwo 1 goals |
Mainz 05 missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Mainz 05 | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 | 30 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 45 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 23% |
- All of Schalke 04's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Mainz 05 has the fewest points (0) at home in Bundesliga
- Mainz 05 has the the worst goal difference (-5) 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 matches.
- Mainz 05 have lost all their matches so far.
- Mainz 05 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mainz 05 is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Schalke 04 has the fewest scored goals (0) away in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the fewest scored goals (3) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals (15) away in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals (20) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the the worst goal difference (-17) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Schalke 04 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Schalke 04 have failed to score a single goal away.
- Schalke 04 have lost all their away matches so far.
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Borussia M'gladbach | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Augsburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Stuttgart | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Wolfsburg | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Freiburg | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Köln | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | -17 | 2 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 0 |