Season ticket holders at Opel Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Mainz 05 languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Union Berlin will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It's no vacation for neither Mainz 05 nor Union Berlin as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Mainz 05 form and stats
When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Mainz 05, who have the most conceded goals (30) in Bundesliga, have managed 2 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
The Mainz 05 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Union Berlin here at Opel Arena in a Bundesliga match. Prior to that, an away loss at RB Leipzig.
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 six matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 1 Lost 3.
A decent goal production from Mainz 05 in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Union Berlin form and stats
As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Union Berlin have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.
Two travels in a row for Union Berlin, whose manager U. Fischer could celebrate last time after the Bundesliga win against Mainz 05. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Hertha BSC.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Union Berlin in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Union Berlin, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Union Berlin are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Union Berlin have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Mainz 05 - Union Berlin 2-3 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  S. Andersson 5 goals |   R. Quaison 4 goals |  M. Bülter 3 goals |
Mainz 05 missing players
Union Berlin missing players
| Mainz 05 | Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 30 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 82% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 64% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 36% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Union Berlin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Union Berlin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Union Berlin have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Borussia M'gladbach | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 21 | -18 | 9 |
| 17 | Köln | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 7 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 4 |