Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FSV Mainz 05 & FC Bayern München face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither FSV Mainz 05 nor FC Bayern München 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.
FSV Mainz 05 form and stats
Last season, FSV Mainz 05's DFB Pokal journey ended in the round of 16.The overall Bundesliga stats at home this season for FSV Mainz 05 are 2-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Mainz regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Bochum and win 5-2. A goal frenzy last time out for FSV Mainz 05, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Bochum. Fun stuff to watch! What a game it was for Onisiwo when beating Bochum, applying the finishing touch to three goals! The forward Onisiwo bested all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 9.61 out of 10. Onisiwo scored three goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Preceding that match was the home Bundesliga game against Borussia Dortmund that was lost 1-2.FSV Mainz 05 are traveling soon after this match as the Bundesliga match at Union Berlin awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Mainz in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. FSV Mainz 05 have conceded 13 in these home matches.
FC Bayern München form and stats
FC Bayern München's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the 2nd round.FC Bayern München have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games.
FC Bayern München delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Eintracht Frankfurt in their previous fixture. Kimmich got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Kimmich hit two key passes and had 72 successful passes (of 78 total).
A draw for München before that, at their own venue hosting Köln (1-1).FC Bayern München have another fixture away in just four nights, a Bundesliga match vs Wolfsburg. A back-breaking diary for them!
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 24 goals in 9 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on FC Bayern München as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Mainz, zero draws and eight wins for FC Bayern München. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Musiala 9 goals |   K. Onisiwo 7 goals |  J. Choupo-Moting 7 goals |
FSV Mainz 05 missing players
FC Bayern München missing players
| FSV Mainz 05 | FC Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Scored | S | 37 | 76 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.3 | 19.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.4 | 9 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| 11.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 36 | 37 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 32 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Bayer Leverkusen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 24 |
| 11 | FSV Mainz 05 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Köln | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | TSG Hoffenheim | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Bochum | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -25 | 16 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 10 |
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