Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th January 2025
Bookmakers favour Bayer Leverkusen to win against Mainz 05 in their next Bundesliga match. This takes place this coming Tuesday with the hosts in decent form, and a win seems quite likely. Naturally, Mainz 05 will put up a fight at the BayArena, though.
Placed twoth in the table Bayer Leverkusen have amassed 35 points after 16 matches. On 28 points, Mainz 05 rank fourth with 16 matches played this season.
Bayer Leverkusen took down Mainz 05 in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Tuesday.
Bayer Leverkusen show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.4 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 24 goals, whilst they allowed 11 goals against, for an average of 1.1 per outing. They pulled off two clean sheets.
Mainz 05 scored 19 goals, conceded ten and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Bayer Leverkusen had a good reading on Mainz 05 in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-0 and 2-1, respectively.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Prediction
Bayer Leverkusen Form
Bayer Leverkusen swept all aside in their last three matches and started off by winning 0-2 against Augsburg. They went on to defeat Freiburg 5-1 and made it three on the spin against Borussia Dortmund in a 2-3 victory. Bayer Leverkusen won four of their past six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga, where they also drew twice and went undefeated. They scored 18 goals and conceded seven times.
Mainz 05 Form
Mainz 05 are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Bayern Munich got left behind in a 2-1 win, before Eintracht Frankfurt got hammered in a 1-3 victory. Bochum was the most recent victim in a 2-0 win for Mainz 05. Mainz 05 came through their last six away games in the Bundesliga with four wins. Of those six matches, they drew once and lost once in which, they scored 15 and conceded seven.
Bayer Leverkusen should be too strong at BayArena to drop any points against Mainz 05, and combining the home win with over 2.5 goals looks the value bet.
Bayer Leverkusen won four matches, scored 19 goals and conceded 13 in their last seven games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. This earned them 14 points. From their last four games against teams in the top six, Mainz 05 secured seven points and two wins. They conceded four goals while scoring five themselves. Bayer Leverkusen lost just once so far this season in the Bundesliga and after 16 games played they recorded ten wins and five draws Mainz 05 have a record of eight wins, four draws and four defeats in the Bundesliga.
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Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Stats
- In 13 of the last 15 Bayer Leverkusen home matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Bayer Leverkusen have won the last 6 matches in a row in the Bundesliga while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Bayer Leverkusen have won 8 of the last 10 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Bayer Leverkusen have won 7 of the last 9 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Bayer Leverkusen have won 6 of the last 8 matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In 9 of the last 11 Mainz 05 away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Mainz 05 have won 6 of the last 7 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 7 of the last 8 Mainz 05 away matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Mainz 05 matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Mainz 05 have won 5 of the last 6 matches in the Bundesliga while scoring more than 1.5 goals
Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Squads
Bayer Leverkusen Squad
Alonso will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Mainz 05 from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):
Lukas Hradecky (0/15), Matej Kovar (0/1), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Alejandro Grimaldo (1/16), Arthur (0/7), Edmond Tapsoba (0/16), Jeanuel Belocian (0/5), Jeremie Frimpong (2/16), Jonathan Tah (2/16), Nordi Mukiele (0/6), Piero Hincapie (1/16), Aleix Garcia (0/13), Exequiel Palacios (1/10), Florian Wirtz (7/16), Granit Xhaka (2/16), Jonas Hofmann (1/4), Matija Marsenic (0/0), Nathan Tella (1/12), Robert Andrich (2/13), Alejo Sarco (0/0), Amine Adli (0/7), Ken Izekor (0/0), Martin Terrier (2/13), Patrik Schick (11/13), Victor Okoh Boniface (6/10).
Mainz 05 Squad
Listed below is the full squad of Mainz 05 players that the manager Bo Henriksen will choose from for the upcoming game:
Daniel Batz (0/0), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/16), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/7), Anthony Caci (0/16), Danny da Costa (0/7), Maxim Leitsch (1/9), Moritz Jenz (0/9), Philipp Mwene (0/16), Silvan Widmer (0/13), Stefan Bell (0/11), Aymen Barkok (0/4), David Mamutovic (0/0), Dominik Kohr (0/15), Hyun-Seok Hong (0/14), Jae-Sung Lee (5/15), Kaishu Sano (0/16), Nadiem Amiri (3/14), Nikolas Veratschnig (0/5), Armindo Sieb (2/15), Ben Bobzien (0/0), Gabriel Vidovic (0/1), Jonathan Burkardt (12/15), Nelson Weiper (0/6), Paul Nebel (5/14).
Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Team News
Bayer Leverkusen have an almost full squad available against Mainz 05 at BayArena with only one player possibly missing.
Sidelined with an injury, Bayer Leverkusen can't field Victor Okoh Boniface this coming Tuesday against Mainz 05.
Mainz 05 have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Bayer Leverkusen at BayArena. For instance, Mainz 05 won't be able to field Nadiem Amiri as he serves out a ban following too many cards.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Lineups
Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 H2H
Bayer Leverkusen won the last two meetings against Mainz 05, as they followed up a 3-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-1 score. Bayer Leverkusen enjoy a good 7-1-2 advantage against Mainz 05, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 5/12.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Results
Of the last ten encounters between Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 4/7 with bookies.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Betting Tips
Jonathan Burkardt scored six goals in six Bundesliga games for Mainz 05. This took his total for the season up to 12 goals scored in Bundesliga. Patrik Schick is the man to point out for the home side, scoring ten times in six Bundesliga outings.
Going undefeated through their last 10 matches at BayArena, Bayer Leverkusen won eight and drew two. Mainz 05 won six of their previous 10 away games across all tournaments, in which they drew two and lost two. Bayer Leverkusen kept visitors at BayArena from scoring five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, Mainz 05 have been able to keep a clean sheet in four of their last 10 games away from home.
Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Bayer Leverkusen managed an average of 1.8 goals, with Mainz 05 averaging 0.9 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Bayer Leverkusen’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Mainz 05, who scored 2.1 times on average in these matches.