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1. FSV Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg : Bundesliga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 19th Apr, 14:30 BST, Mewa Arena, Mainz

Bo Henriksen's 1. FSV Mainz 05 side enjoy home advantage in the Bundesliga on Saturday afternoon, as Ralph Hasenhuttl's VfL Wolfsburg visit the Mewa Arena. We've analysed both teams' last 20 Bundesliga matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

KickOff's predictive algorithm suggests there is a 77% chance of Mainz and Wolfsburg serving up a minimum of 2 goals in this Bundesliga match. Recent form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records are central to that calculation , and it seems the bookies are predicting the same. This over 1.5 goals tip is available with best odds of 1.22.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Mainz
47%
17/20
1%
-
Draw
25%
11/4-
Wolfsburg
29%
29/10
3%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
13/2-
Mainz 1-0
10%
15/2-
Mainz 2-1
9%
15/2-
Mainz 2-0
8%
17/2-
Wolfsburg 1-0
7%
12/1-
Wolfsburg 2-1
7%
12/1-
Draw 0-0
6%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1-
Mainz 3-1
5%
14/1-
Wolfsburg 2-0
4%
20/1-
Mainz 3-0
4%
14/1-
Mainz 3-2
3%
22/1-
Wolfsburg 3-1
3%
28/1-
Wolfsburg 3-2
2%
33/1-
Mainz 4-1
2%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
8/11-
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
11/10-
Home 1st Goal
51%
8/15-
Away 1st Goal
45%
8/5
4%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
56%
4/6-
BTTS - No
44%
11/10-
BTTS - Home Win
23%
13/5-
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
14%
6/1
8%
-
Home/draw
71%
1/4-
Away/draw
53%
10/11-
Home/away
75%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
10/3-
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
7/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
4/9-
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
4/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/6-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
10/1
10%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/20
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
12/1-
Home DNB
64%
2/5-
Away DNB
46%
7/4-
Mainz win to nil
24%
5/2-
Wolfsburg win to nil
14%
6/1-
Mainz / Mainz
28%
2/1-
Mainz / Wolfsburg
3%
28/1-
Mainz / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Mainz
17%
4/1-
Draw / Wolfsburg
10%
15/2-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Wolfsburg / Mainz
4%
20/1-
Wolfsburg / Wolfsburg
13%
11/2-
Wolfsburg / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga table

Mainz have played 29 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Bundesliga league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 7 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 51 goals to 46 goals.

Home League Performance

Mainz have played 14 games at home winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Wolfsburg are in 12th position in the Bundesliga on 38 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 18 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 26 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Wolfsburg have conceded 37 goals, scored 37, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Mainz
Wolfsburg
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bayern2921625469 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 26
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-2A
2
Leverkusen2918922963 
May 17
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-3F
3
E.Frankfurt2814681348 
May 4
w
 
1-3F
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
4
RB Leipzig2913971048 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
l
 
2-3A
w
 
1-5F
5
Mainz Home2913791246 
-
-
w
 
4-3A
Apr 19
6
Freiburg2913610-545 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
l
 
3-2A
7
B. M'gladbach2913511344 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
5-1F
May 17
8
Dortmund2912611942 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-3A
May 3
9
Augsburg291199-742 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-3F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
10
Stuttgart2811710740 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
3-3A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2A
11
W.Bremen2811611-839 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
2-4F
w
 
1-2F
12
Wolfsburg Away2910811638 
Apr 19
l
 
4-3F
-
-
13
Union Berlin299713-1434 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
14
Hoffenheim297913-1630 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
May 9
w
 
0-1F
15
St. Pauli298516-1029 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-3F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
16
Heidenheim286418-2122 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-3F
17
VfL Bochum295519-3220 
w
 
2-0F
May 10
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-3F
18
Holstein294619-3018 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-3F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-2F
Win / draw / win form
4
Wolfsburg have lost 4 consecutive league games
10
Mainz have not lost in 10 consecutive home league games
5
Wolfsburg have not won in 5 consecutive league games
Mainz 5TH
20 league games
Home
10
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
7
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mainz1 - 1Holstein
Mainz2 - 2Freiburg
Mainz2 - 0St. Pauli
Mainz0 - 0Augsburg
Mainz2 - 0Stuttgart
Mainz2 - 0VfL Bochum
Mainz2 - 1Bayern
Mainz2 - 0Hoffenheim
Mainz3 - 1Dortmund
Mainz1 - 1B. M'gladbach
Mainz0 - 2RB Leipzig
Mainz0 - 2Heidenheim
Mainz1 - 2W.Bremen
Mainz1 - 1Union Berlin
Mainz3 - 0Dortmund
Mainz1 - 1Köln
Mainz4 - 1Hoffenheim
Mainz4 - 0Darmstadt
Mainz2 - 0VfL Bochum
Mainz1 - 1B. M'gladbach
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMainz0 - 2Hoffenheim
HMainz1 - 1Holstein
AMainz1 - 3Dortmund
HMainz2 - 2Freiburg
AMainz3 - 1B. M'gladbach
AMainz2 - 1RB Leipzig
HMainz2 - 0St. Pauli
AMainz2 - 0Heidenheim
HMainz0 - 0Augsburg
AMainz0 - 1W.Bremen
HMainz2 - 0Stuttgart
AMainz1 - 2Union Berlin
AMainz0 - 1Leverkusen
HMainz2 - 0VfL Bochum
AMainz3 - 1E.Frankfurt
HMainz2 - 1Bayern
AMainz3 - 4Wolfsburg
HMainz2 - 0Hoffenheim
AMainz3 - 0Holstein
HMainz3 - 1Dortmund
Wolfsburg 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Union Berlin1 - 0Wolfsburg
Augsburg1 - 0Wolfsburg
W.Bremen1 - 2Wolfsburg
Stuttgart1 - 2Wolfsburg
E.Frankfurt1 - 1Wolfsburg
Bayern3 - 2Wolfsburg
Hoffenheim0 - 1Wolfsburg
Freiburg3 - 2Wolfsburg
RB Leipzig1 - 5Wolfsburg
Heidenheim1 - 3Wolfsburg
St. Pauli0 - 0Wolfsburg
VfL Bochum1 - 3Wolfsburg
Leverkusen4 - 3Wolfsburg
Holstein0 - 2Wolfsburg
Bayern2 - 0Wolfsburg
Freiburg1 - 2Wolfsburg
RB Leipzig3 - 0Wolfsburg
W.Bremen0 - 2Wolfsburg
Leverkusen2 - 0Wolfsburg
E.Frankfurt2 - 2Wolfsburg
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWolfsburg2 - 3RB Leipzig
AWolfsburg0 - 1Union Berlin
HWolfsburg0 - 1Heidenheim
AWolfsburg0 - 1Augsburg
HWolfsburg1 - 1St. Pauli
AWolfsburg2 - 1W.Bremen
HWolfsburg1 - 1VfL Bochum
AWolfsburg2 - 1Stuttgart
HWolfsburg0 - 0Leverkusen
AWolfsburg1 - 1E.Frankfurt
HWolfsburg2 - 2Holstein
AWolfsburg2 - 3Bayern
HWolfsburg5 - 1B. M'gladbach
AWolfsburg1 - 0Hoffenheim
HWolfsburg1 - 3Dortmund
AWolfsburg2 - 3Freiburg
HWolfsburg4 - 3Mainz
AWolfsburg5 - 1RB Leipzig
HWolfsburg1 - 0Union Berlin
AWolfsburg3 - 1Heidenheim
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Mainz since 2013
Mainz
Wolfsburg
Goals: Scored
12
11
Games: Scored
8 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
4 / 12
M05
3
D
6
WOB
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mainz
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Wolfsburg
Mainz3 - 0
0 - 2Wolfsburg
0 - 1Wolfsburg
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Mainz2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Mainz2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Wolfsburg since 2012
Wolfsburg
Mainz
Goals: Scored
30
13
Games: Scored
11 / 13
6 / 13
Clean sheets
7 / 13
2 / 13
M05
3
D
3
WOB
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg4 - 3
1 - 3Mainz
Wolfsburg3 - 0
Wolfsburg5 - 0
2 - 3Mainz
Wolfsburg4 - 0
Wolfsburg3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Wolfsburg3 - 0
Wolfsburg3 - 0
0 - 2Mainz
Goal Statistics

1. FSV Mainz 05 have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 7 consecutive Bundesliga games. Their PG of 1.6 against VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Mainz 5th Wolfsburg 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Mainz will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Wolfsburg will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Mainz’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+15
Wolfsburg have scored 15% more goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga - 2024/2025 season
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Mainz
PG (predicted goals)
Wolfsburg
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
M05
WOB
3%
better
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Games scored22
24
Failed to score6
5
Scored first16
12
Goals scored46
51
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.8
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal5
5
Conversion rate for19
19
Avg. XG for1.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+3%
Defence rating
27%
better
M05
WOB
view stats
Games conceded19
24
Clean sheets9
5
Conceded first10
15
Goals conceded32
45
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
6
Conversion rate against11%
16%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.6
KickOff rating
+27%

Mainz v Wolfsburg Bundesliga lLine ups will show here when available.

Mainz Bundesliga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2815711
R ZentnerJ Burkardt A CaciD Kohr
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Zentner GLK28
3
-
K Sano MID28
3
-
P Mwene DEF275
6
-
A Caci MID2717
6
-
J Lee MID2765
4
-
P Nebel MID2684
3
-
N Amiri MID2564
6
2
A Sieb FWD2523
3
-
D Kohr MID241
10
1
J Burkardt  FWD24152
-
S Widmer  DEF221
3
-
D Costa DEF191
-
H Hyun-seok MID181
-
M Jenz DEF17
4
-
A Hanche-Olsen  DEF1711
2
1
N Weiper FWD173
2
-
D Hoof DEF151
3
-
M Leitsch  DEF141
2
-
N Veratschnig DEF9
-
L Maloney MID3
1
-
A Nordin FWD3
-
Wolfsburg Bundesliga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
241087
K FischerM AmouraM AmouraM Arnold
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Fischer DEF27
5
-
T Tomás FWD2762
6
-
J Wind FWD2683
2
-
K Koulierakis DEF252
3
-
Y Gerhardt MID2511
4
1
M Amoura FWD25108
5
-
M Arnold MID2424
7
-
K Grabara GLK23
2
-
D Vavro DEF231
3
-
P Wimmer MID2334
5
1
J Maehle DEF2233
5
-
M Svanberg MID1931
4
-
J Kaminski MID171
2
-
K Behrens FWD1711
3
-
B. Dárdai MID1612
-
S Bornauw DEF1421
2
-
L Nmecha  FWD132
1
-
A Vranckx MID121
1
-
A Olsen FWD81
-
M Müller GLK6
-
M Roerslev DEF5
-
L Majer MID42
1
-
D Odogu DEF1
-