Bayern Munich vs Mainz 05 Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th April 2025

Bayern Munich enjoy home advantage, when visitors Mainz 05 swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Bayern Munich enjoy the view from the top of the table with 72 points after 30 matches. Mainz 05 find themselves positioned as number 6 in the Bundesliga with 47 points following 30 rounds.

Mainz 05 will not be short on motivation for their clash with the match favourites Bayern Munich. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win on Saturday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.

Mainz 05 managed a bearable 15 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.5 goals per game. They conceded 12 goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded 1.2 goals an average per game.

Bayern Munich took a hit when Mainz 05 handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 8-1 win.

Bayern Munich vs Mainz 05 Prediction

Bayern Munich Form

Bayern Munich went through their last three matches undefeated, but started by drawing 2-2 with Borussia Dortmund. Another draw followed, this time 2-2 against Inter, before they beat FC Heidenheim by 0-4. Bayern Munich claimed four wins in their last six Bundesliga matches at the Allianz Arena. They came through these games with a record of one draw and one defeat, in which they conceded ten and scored 18 goals.

Mainz 05 Form

Mainz 05 have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Holstein Kiel, they got a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Hoffenheim, who ran out 2-0 winners. Lately, they managed to draw once again in a 2-2 game with Wolfsburg. Mainz 05 won half their previous six away matches in the Bundesliga, as well as seeing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored eight goals whilst conceding eight.

We'd be flabbergasted to see Bayern Munich waste away a win against Mainz 05, who could be in for a battering, the way goals have been flowing lately.

Bayern Munich have taken 26 points from their last 13 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They won seven of these matches with a scoreline of 30 goals to 11. In the last seven games against teams in the top six, Mainz 05 claimed three wins and 11 points. They scored nine and conceded eight goals. Bayern Munich have a record of 22 wins, six draws and two defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Mainz 05 enjoy a record of 13 wins, eight draws and nine defeats in the Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich vs Mainz 05 Squads

Bayern Munich Squad

The 39-year-old coach of the home team, Vincent Kompany, will select the lineup against Mainz 05 from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Daniel Peretz (0/3), Jonas Urbig (0/6), Manuel Neuer (0/20), Sven Ulreich (0/1), Alphonso Davies (1/19), Dayot Upamecano (2/20), Eric Dier (0/17), Hiroki Ito (1/6), Joshua Kimmich (2/29), Josip Stanisic (0/10), Min-Jae Kim (2/26), Raphael Guerreiro (4/21), Sacha Boey (0/10), Tarek Buchmann (0/0), Aleksandar Pavlovic (1/17), Jamal Musiala (12/25), Joao Palhinha (0/15), Konrad Laimer (2/25), Leon Goretzka (4/22), Leroy Sane (9/26), Gabriel Vidovic (0/0), Harry Kane (24/28), Kingsley Coman (5/24), Michael Olise (8/30), Serge Gnabry (6/23), Thomas Muller (1/26).

Mainz 05 Squad

Here is the full team squad of Mainz 05. The 50 year-old Bo Henriksen will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Daniel Batz (0/0), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/30), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (1/18), Anthony Caci (1/29), Danny da Costa (0/21), Lennard Maloney (0/14), Maxim Leitsch (1/14), Moritz Jenz (0/19), Philipp Mwene (0/28), Silvan Widmer (0/23), Stefan Bell (0/15), David Mamutovic (0/0), Dominik Kohr (2/26), Hyun-Seok Hong (0/20), Jae-Sung Lee (7/29), Kaishu Sano (0/30), Nadiem Amiri (6/26), Nikolas Veratschnig (0/11), Armindo Sieb (2/26), Arnaud Nordin (0/5), Ben Bobzien (0/0), Jonathan Burkardt (15/25), Nelson Weiper (3/19), Paul Nebel (8/27).

Bayern Munich vs Mainz 05 Team News

At the time of writing, Mainz 05 just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Saturday. Dominik Kohr and Philipp Mwene racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Mainz 05 travelling party for their next match.

Bayern Munich vs Mainz 05 Lineups

Bayern Munich vs Mainz 05 H2H

Bayern Munich were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Mainz 05, but did win the reverse match 8-1, though. Bayern Munich won six times, while Mainz 05 won four times of their last ten encounters, meaning not a single one of these ended in a stalemate. The home win gets you odds at 2/9 with the bookmakers, while the best betting odds on the visitors at full-time are at 10/1.

Bayern Munich vs Mainz 05 Results

Keep an eye out for goals as Mainz 05 visit Bayern Munich, since their ten matches saw over 2.5 goals scored ten times. Best priced odds on over 2.5 goals are 2/5 at the bookmakers.

Bayern Munich vs Mainz 05 Betting Tips

It has been a great season for Harry Kane so far as he currently has 24 goals on his account during this season. He also hit the net three times in his last six games, leaving Bayern Munich hoping he delivers against Mainz 05 on Saturday as well. Siding with him to score in the upcoming game seems like a reasonable choice.

Bayern Munich claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Mainz 05 won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing zero and losing six in this series of matches. Goals are usually flowing for Bayern Munich on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for Mainz 05 in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 3.5 goals happened seven times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Bayern Munich managed an average of 3.1 goals, with Mainz 05 averaging 1.8 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet ten times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Bayern Munich, who scored an average of 2.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Mainz 05's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.5 goals in these matches.