Football betting preview: Mainz 05 vs Union Berlin

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 06.February
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: OPEL ARENA (34000 seats)

Season ticket holders at OPEL ARENA haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Mainz 05 languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Union Berlin will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Mainz 05 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Bundesliga
  • Union Berlin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Mainz 05 form and stats

Mainz 05's results here at OPEL ARENA in the Bundesliga have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Mainz 05 are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Stuttgart. Ahead of that match, Mainz won a home game hosting RB Leipzig (3-2).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mainz here at OPEL ARENA in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.

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Union Berlin form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Union Berlin playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Berlin have lost on their last two travels.

Berlin delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Borussia M'gladbach (placed 7th) in their previous match; a Bundesliga game. A 1-2 defeat away at Augsburg before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Berlin have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. 12 goals have been conceded by Berlin in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Union Berlin - Mainz 05 4-0 entered in the official records. Mainz 05-Union Berlin H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Mainz zero wins, Union Berlin two wins, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Union BerlinM. Kruse
M. Kruse
6 goals
Union Berlin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 1 3 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
3 0 0 Scored S 3 6 7
8 0 0 Conceded C 4 9 9
75% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 25%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 50%
25% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Mainz 05 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Union Berlin 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 19 14 3 2 57 26 9 7 2 0 34 12 10 7 1 2 23 14 31 45
2 RB Leipzig 19 11 5 3 32 17 10 8 1 1 19 6 9 3 4 2 13 11 15 38
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 19 8 9 2 38 28 9 4 5 0 17 11 10 4 4 2 21 17 10 33
4 Bayer Leverkusen 19 9 5 5 32 19 9 4 3 2 16 11 10 5 2 3 16 8 13 32
5 Borussia Dortmund 19 10 2 7 38 27 9 5 1 3 20 12 10 5 1 4 18 15 11 32
6 Wolfsburg 18 8 8 2 27 19 8 5 3 0 14 8 10 3 5 2 13 11 8 32
7 Borussia M'gladbach 19 8 8 3 36 29 10 5 4 1 18 11 9 3 4 2 18 18 7 32
8 Union Berlin 19 7 8 4 34 24 10 4 5 1 21 12 9 3 3 3 13 12 10 29
9 Freiburg 18 7 6 5 33 29 10 4 4 2 22 15 8 3 2 3 11 14 4 27
10 Stuttgart 19 6 7 6 35 29 9 1 5 3 13 15 10 5 2 3 22 14 6 25
11 Werder Bremen 19 5 7 7 24 27 9 2 3 4 9 13 10 3 4 3 15 14 -3 22
12 Hoffenheim 19 6 4 9 29 34 9 3 2 4 15 13 10 3 2 5 14 21 -5 22
13 Augsburg 19 6 4 9 20 30 10 3 2 5 11 17 9 3 2 4 9 13 -10 22
14 Hertha BSC 19 4 5 10 25 35 9 2 2 5 11 19 10 2 3 5 14 16 -10 17
15 Arminia Bielefeld 18 5 2 11 14 29 10 4 0 6 10 16 8 1 2 5 4 13 -15 17
16 Köln 18 3 6 9 15 31 9 0 3 6 8 18 9 3 3 3 7 13 -16 15
17 Mainz 05 19 2 4 13 18 40 10 1 2 7 9 19 9 1 2 6 9 21 -22 10
18 Schalke 04 19 1 5 13 15 49 10 1 2 7 8 19 9 0 3 6 7 30 -34 8

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