Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th August 2022

Bayer Leverkusen visit MEWA Arena this coming Saturday for a Bundesliga fixture with home side Mainz 05. Mainz 05 won 3-2 against Bayer Leverkusen, whereas Bayer Leverkusen claimed a 1-0 win in their most recent matches.

Mainz 05 find themselves as number three in the league table with seven points from their first three matches this campaign. They are seven points better off than Bayer Leverkusen, who rank as number 18.

Bayer Leverkusen got hammered in their latest outing, and could still be rattled this coming Saturday. If so, Mainz 05 are in with a good chance of lashing out yet another defeat for the visitors.

Mainz 05 go into their next Bundesliga match, averaging a humble 1.4 goals per game in their last ten matches, in which they scored a mundane 14 times, while conceding 16 goals. That amounts to an average of 1.6 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Bayer Leverkusen hit the target 15 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.5 goals a game. They conceded 1.2 goals per match for a total of 12 goals, while claiming two clean sheets as well.

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

In their last three matches, Mainz 05 won 1-2 against Bochum, before settling for a point in a 0-0 draw against Union Berlin. They were back on top last time out, defeating Augsburg 1-2. Mainz 05 claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Bundesliga. They also drew three and lost one, scored nine goals and conceded four.

Bayer Leverkusen lost their previous three matches by 1-0 against B. Dortmund, 1-2 against Augsburg and 0-3 against Hoffenheim. Bayer Leverkusen won half their previous six away matches in the Bundesliga, as well as seeing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored 11 goals whilst conceding five.

Does Bayer Leverkusen have enough about them to take out Mainz 05 this coming Saturday? We are not as sure as odds suggest, but considering aspects like form, strength in squad and match history, we believe they'll come through in the end.

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Stats

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Team News

Mainz 05 are as close to an entire squad as they can with only one player unavailable for the side which faces Bayer Leverkusen.

Danny da Costa sit this one out for Mainz 05 due to an injury.

Bayer Leverkusen could have a whole host of players on the injured and absent players for their next match, as eight players are nursing various problems.

Karim Bellarabi, Andrey Lunev, Amine Adli, Florian Wirtz, Karim Bellarabi, Jonathan Tah, Odilon Kossounou and Sardar Azmoun all face a spell on the sidelines for Bayer Leverkusen due to various injuries.

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen H2H

Bayer Leverkusen lost 3-2 against Mainz 05 in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, Bayer Leverkusen handed out in the match before. Bayer Leverkusen will be excited about a meeting with Mainz 05, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. Bayer Leverkusen go into the match with a 7-1-2 advantage. The bookies have Bayer Leverkusen to win this match at best price odds of 2.25.

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Results

At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in the last ten matches between Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz 05. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 2.50 with the bookies.

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

Karim Onisiwo has three strikes in six Bundesliga matches for Mainz 05, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Bayer Leverkusen. The visitors are looking to Patrik Schick, who has provided his team with three Bundesliga goals.

Mainz 05 claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing four along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Bayer Leverkusen won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing four in this series of matches. Bayer Leverkusen managed just six clean sheets in their last 10 away matches, while Mainz 05 pulled off two clean sheets in their last 10 matches MEWA Arena.

Both teams to not score paid out six times in the past ten encounters between Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz 05, whereas under 2.5 goals happened four times. Mainz 05 scored an average of 0.9 goals a game, with Bayer Leverkusen averaging 1.7 goals in this run. Mainz 05 performed an average of 3.6 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out six times. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 1.8 times in those matches.