Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd February 2024

Current Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen square up against Mainz 05 from the bottom half of the table on Friday at BayArena. With their current positioning in the table, anything but a win for Bayer Leverkusen will be a surprise, but Mainz 05 look to cause an upset.

Placed first in the table, Bayer Leverkusen have amassed 58 points after 22 matches. On 15 points, Mainz 05 rank 17th with 22 matches played this season.

The last time Bayer Leverkusen played Mainz 05, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win this coming Friday.

Bayer Leverkusen show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored two goals on average per match. That makes a total of 20 goals, whilst they allowed five goals against, for an average of 0.5 per outing. They pulled off six clean sheets.

Mainz 05 scored five goals, conceded ten and kept their opponents from scoring two times in ten matches.

Mainz 05 were knocked out cold when Bayer Leverkusen took a 3-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 3-2 defeat, Mainz 05 handed out in the game before.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Prediction

Bayer Leverkusen Form

In their last three outings, Bayer Leverkusen won 3-2 against VfB Stuttgart, beat Bayern Munich by 3-0 and hammered FC Heidenheim 1-2. Bayer Leverkusen managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga, where they also drew twice and lost none. They scored 15 goals and conceded one times.

Mainz 05 Form

Mainz 05 claimed four points in their last three matches, starting by a 1-1 draw with Union Berlin. A 3-1 defeat against VfB Stuttgart was next up, before beating Augsburg by 1-0. Mainz 05 came through their last six away games in the Bundesliga without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew four and lost two in which, they were outscored by six goals to three.

While we don't believe Mainz 05 are strong enough to prevent Bayer Leverkusen from a home win, we believe they are capable of limiting the defeat to only a few goals.

Bayer Leverkusen took 34 points from their last 12 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. This amounts to 11 wins after scoring 33 times and conceding four. Mainz 05 fought their way to one win and five points from their last eight games against teams inside the top six. They were on target seven times in these matches, but also let in 15 goals. Bayer Leverkusen are yet to experience the foul smell of failure this season in the Bundesliga. They haven't lost a single game, in stead recording 18 wins and four draws. Mainz 05 are looking at two wins, nine draws and 11 defeats in the Bundesliga.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Squads

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

The 42-year-old coach of the home team, Xabi Alonso, 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:

Lukas Hradecky (0/21), Matej Kovar (0/1), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Alejandro Grimaldo (8/22), Arthur (0/2), Edmond Tapsoba (0/17), Jeremie Frimpong (7/21), Jonathan Tah (4/19), Josip Stanisic (1/12), Noah Mbamba (0/3), Odilon Kossounou (1/15), Piero Hincapie (1/15), Reno Muenz (0/0), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (0/0), Ayman Aourir (0/0), Exequiel Palacios (3/17), Florian Wirtz (5/22), Granit Xhaka (0/22), Gustavo Puerta (0/5), Jonas Hofmann (5/22), Nathan Tella (4/13), Robert Andrich (0/16), Adam Hlozek (1/18), Amine Adli (2/13), Borja Iglesias (0/2), Francis Onyeka (0/0), Ken Izekor (0/0), Patrik Schick (3/9), Victor Okoh Boniface (10/16).

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 (0/4), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/18), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/5), Anthony Caci (2/20), Danny da Costa (0/15), Maxim Leitsch (0/7), Philipp Mwene (0/13), Sepp van den Berg (2/21), Silvan Widmer (1/8), Stefan Bell (0/10), David Mamutovic (0/0), Dominik Kohr (0/21), Edimilson Fernandes (0/14), Eniss Shabani (0/0), Jae-Sung Lee (2/18), Josuha Guilavogui (0/4), Leandro Barreiro (2/20), Merveille Papela (0/11), Nadiem Amiri (0/12), Philipp Schulz (0/0), Tom Krauss (1/20), Brajan Gruda (1/18), Jessic Ngankam (0/19), Jonathan Burkardt (1/10), Karim Onisiwo (0/17), Ludovic Ajorque (2/18), Marco Richter (1/16), Nelson Weiper (0/3).

Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Team News

At the time of writing, Bayer Leverkusen have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Mainz 05 on Friday.

Granit Xhaka, Exequiel Palacios, Victor Okoh Boniface and Arthur are all absent from the Bayer Leverkusen squad that faces Mainz 05 at BayArena.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Mainz 05, who are looking at eight players nursing various problems.

Mainz 05 need to do without Maxim Leitsch, Robin Zentner, Jonathan Burkardt, Philipp Mwene, Karim Onisiwo, Silvan Widmer, Stefan Bell and Nelson Weiper, who are not fit enough to travel to BayArena.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Lineups

Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 H2H

Mainz 05 lost 3-0 against Bayer Leverkusen in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 3-2 defeat, Mainz 05 handed out in the match before. Bayer Leverkusen generally have the upper hand against Mainz 05, offering a fine 7-1-2 winning record before their next encounter. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 2/9.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Results

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten matches between Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz 05. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 11/8 with bookies.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz 05 Betting Tips

Nathan Tella found the target three times in his previous six matches, whereas Silvan Widmer just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Going undefeated through their last 10 matches at BayArena, Bayer Leverkusen won eight and drew two. Mainz 05 won zero of their previous 10 away games across all tournaments, in which they drew six and lost four. Bayer Leverkusen kept a clean sheet five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil, while, Mainz 05 have been able to keep a clean sheet in two 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 2.1 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. Bayer Leverkusen saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in two of Mainz 05's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.7 goals in these matches.