Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th September 2023

The Bundesliga game at MEWA Arena this coming Saturday sees visitors Bayer Leverkusen facing home side Mainz 05.

Looking at the Bundesliga standings, the current difference between the sides is 12 points and 16 places.

Their upcoming match is a difficult challenge for Mainz 05, who next face Bayer Leverkusen in their continuous fight to avoid relegation. They should be highly motivated to spring a surprise, even against a tough opponent like Bayer Leverkusen.

Mainz 05 have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly nine goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.9 goals per game, in which they conceded 29 goals, or 2.9 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to zero clean sheets in this run.

Bayer Leverkusen enter their next Bundesliga match, averaging a highly satisfactory 2.1 goals per game in their last ten matches, in which they scored a presentable total of 21 goals, while also conceding 14 times. That is a total average of 1.4 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring twice.

It finished with a 2-3 win for Mainz 05 in the most recent meeting between the two sides. Will they be able to put the brakes on their opponent again on Saturday at MEWA Arena, or will Bayer Leverkusen manage to assert some revenge?

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

Mainz 05 Form

In their last three matches, Mainz 05 lost 4-0 against Werder Bremen, 1-3 against VfB Stuttgart and 2-1 against Augsburg. In their last six Bundesliga matches at home, Mainz 05 have one win, while they've drawn two and lost three.

Bayer Leverkusen Form

Bayer Leverkusen look well suited to take on any opponent with seven points to show off from three matches. They started off drawing 2-2 with Bayern Munich, before downing first Hacken by 4-0, then FC Heidenheim in a 4-1 win. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, Bayer Leverkusen failed to win more than once. In stead, they've drawn four and lost one, scoring six while also conceding six times.

A title race would require all stars to align, but sneaking inside the top four and hopefully also collect a medal certainly isn't beyond Bayer Leverkusen, should they manage to catch a strong momentum.

Mainz 05 and Bayer Leverkusen are firing on all cylinders, when it comes to goals currently, and we could be in for a very entertaining match this coming Saturday.

Mainz 05 claimed zero wins, one draw as well as four defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayer Leverkusen show off four wins, one draw and zero defeats in the Bundesliga.

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Squads

Mainz 05 Squad

Bo Svensson will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Bayer Leverkusen from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Daniel Batz (0/0), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/5), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/2), Anthony Caci (1/5), Danny da Costa (0/3), Maxim Leitsch (0/1), Philipp Mwene (0/3), Sepp van den Berg (0/5), Silvan Widmer (0/0), Stefan Bell (0/5), Anwar El-Ghazi (0/1), Aymen Barkok (0/3), David Mamutovic (0/0), Dominik Kohr (0/5), Edimilson Fernandes (0/5), Eniss Shabani (0/0), Jae-Sung Lee (1/5), Leandro Barreiro (1/5), Merveille Papela (0/2), Philipp Schulz (0/0), Tom Krauss (0/4), Brajan Gruda (0/4), Jonathan Burkardt (0/0), Karim Onisiwo (0/4), Ludovic Ajorque (1/3), Marco Richter (0/4), Nelson Weiper (0/3).

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Bayer Leverkusen head coach Alonso will select from for his starting XI:

Lukas Hradecky (0/5), Matej Kovar (0/0), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Alex Grimaldo (1/5), Arthur (0/2), Edmond Tapsoba (0/5), Jeremie Frimpong (1/5), Jonathan Tah (2/5), Josip Stanisic (0/2), Noah Mbamba (0/1), Odilon Kossounou (0/5), Piero Hincapie (0/2), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (0/0), Ayman Aourir (0/0), Exequiel Palacios (2/5), Florian Wirtz (1/5), Granit Xhaka (0/5), Gustavo Puerta (0/1), Jonas Hofmann (2/5), Nadiem Amiri (0/2), Nathan Tella (0/2), Robert Andrich (0/5), Adam Hlozek (1/5), Amine Adli (1/2), Patrik Schick (0/0), Victor Okoh Boniface (6/5).

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Team News

Mainz 05 are sweating on the fitness of no less than seven players before their match on Saturday.

Danny da Costa, Philipp Mwene, Nelson Weiper, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Maxim Leitsch, Silvan Widmer and Jonathan Burkardt are all absent from the Mainz 05 squad that faces Bayer Leverkusen at MEWA Arena.

Bayer Leverkusen will have to make do without a group of four missing from their roster prior to their upcoming match on Saturday against Mainz 05.

Bayer Leverkusen need to do without Noah Mbamba, Arthur, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Patrik Schick, who are not fit enough to travel to MEWA Arena.

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Lineups

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen H2H

The late encounter in the Bundesliga between these two teams was a belter of a 2-3 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Saturday? 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 3/5.

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Results

Of the last ten encounters between Mainz 05 Bayer Leverkusen over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 4/7 with bookies.

Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Bundesliga, Karim Onisiwo will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Bayer Leverkusen hope Victor Okoh Boniface can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of six Bundesliga goals in his last six Bundesliga games.

Mainz 05 claimed four wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing three and losing three. Bayer Leverkusen won four of their last 10 away games, as they also drew three and lost three of these matches. In seven of the previous 10 games at MEWA Arena, more than 2.5 goals paid out with the bookmakers. Over 3.5 goals paid dividends seven times in these. Over 2.5 goals came out in six of the last 10 league matches away for Bayer Leverkusen, while over 3.5 goals paid out three times.

Mainz 05 managed an average of 0.9 goals in the past ten encounters against Bayer Leverkusen, who scored 1.9 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened five times, while both teams scored four times. In their last ten matches across all tournaments, Mainz 05 saw seven of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of two goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in ten of the last ten games for Bayer Leverkusen, who managed to hit the net 3.9 times on average in these games.