Mainz 05 vs FC Koln Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 24th August 2025

Bundesliga title favourites Mainz 05 begin their title challenge this coming Sunday in an opening day encounter with FC Koln at MEWA Arena.

Both sides are looking to start their campaign on a positive note, and we should witness very dedicated performances from both Mainz 05 and FC Koln this coming Sunday.

Mainz 05 step into their next home match on Sunday having scored a nice average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 16 goals, while also allowing 18 goals against. That is an average of 1.8 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet zero times in those matches.

FC Koln show off whopping stats from their previous ten matches. They average 1.2 goals per game, scoring 12 times, while conceding 21. That makes an average of 2.1 per game, as they pulled off a clean sheet in one of the matches.

Mainz 05 and FC Koln had to settle for a draw each in their most recent match, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 27/10.

Mainz 05 vs FC Koln Prediction

Mainz 05 Form

Mainz 05 went through their last three matches with a 2-2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen, a 0-1 win against Dynamo Dresden and a 2-1 defeat against Rosenborg. Mainz 05 only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at MEWA Arena in the Bundesliga. They also drew five and lost zero of these six encounters, in which they scored ten and conceded eight goals.

FC Koln Form

FC Koln are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Nuernberg got left behind in a 1-2 win, before Kaiserslautern got hammered in a 4-0 victory. Jahn Regensburg was the most recent victim in a 1-2 win for FC Koln. FC Koln are winless in their last six away games in the Bundesliga, in which they drew four and lost two. They conceded 12 goals while scoring seven themselves.

Curiously enough, Mainz 05 and FC Koln played out a draw in their three latest matches against each other. Clearly, the draw is the value bet, when they face each other again.

Mainz 05 vs FC Koln Squads

Mainz 05 Squad

Bo Henriksen will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against FC Koln 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 (0/0), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/0), Anthony Caci (0/0), Danny da Costa (0/0), Konstantin Schopp (0/0), Lennard Maloney (0/0), Maxim Dal (0/0), Maxim Leitsch (0/0), Philipp Mwene (0/0), Silvan Widmer (0/0), Stefan Bell (0/0), Daniel Gleiber (0/0), Dominik Kohr (0/0), Jae-Sung Lee (0/0), Kaishu Sano (0/0), Nadiem Amiri (0/0), Niklas Tauer (0/0), Nikolas Veratschnig (0/0), Sota Kawasaki (0/0), Armindo Sieb (0/0), Arnaud Nordin (0/0), Ben Bobzien (0/0), Benedict Hollerbach (0/0), Kasey Bos (0/0), Nelson Weiper (0/0), Paul Nebel (0/0).

FC Koln Squad

Here is the full team squad of FC Koln. The 44 year-old Lukas Kwasniok will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Marvin Schwaebe (0/0), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Ron-Robert Zieler (0/0), Benno Schmitz (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/0), Dominique Heintz (0/0), Emin Kujovic (0/0), Jan Thielmann (0/0), Joel Schmied (0/0), Julian Pauli (0/0), Jusuf Gazibegovic (0/0), Kristoffer Lund Hansen (0/0), Leart Paqarada (0/0), Luca Kilian (0/0), Neo Telle (0/0), Rav van den Berg (0/0), Sebastian Sebulonsen (0/0), Timo Huebers (0/0), Denis Huseinbasic (0/0), Eric Martel (0/0), Fayssal Harchaoui (0/0), Florian Kainz (0/0), Imad Rondic (0/0), Isak Bergmann Johannesson (0/0), Jacob Steen Christensen (0/0), Said El Mala (0/0), Tom Krauss (0/0), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (0/0), Jakub Kaminski (0/0), Linton Maina (0/0), Malek El Mala (0/0), Marius Buelter (0/0), Ragnar Ache (0/0).

Mainz 05 vs FC Koln Team News

Mainz 05 seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment on Sunday. Mainz 05 have to alter their line-up, as both Dominik Kohr and Philipp Mwene get a day in the shade.

Mainz 05 vs FC Koln Lineups

Mainz 05 vs FC Koln H2H

Mainz 05 and FC Koln had to settle for a draw each in their most recent match, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 27/10. Mainz 05 enter the match against FC Koln with a 3-5-2 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 30%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Mainz 05 vs FC Koln Results

In the last ten matches between Mainz 05 and FC Koln over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 4/5 with bookies.

Mainz 05 vs FC Koln Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Paul Nebel, who is performing well for Mainz 05. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Bundesliga outings. He'll be out to add more goals against FC Koln.The visitors will be looking to Florian Kainz to find the net once again, after managing two Bundesliga goals for FC Koln in recent matches.

Going undefeated through their last 10 matches at MEWA Arena, Mainz 05 won three and drew seven. FC Koln won five of their previous 10 away games across all tournaments, in which they drew two and lost three. Mainz 05 should feel good about scoring this coming Sunday, since FC Koln managed a clean sheet only once in their previous 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to five clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Over 3.5 goals came out five times in the past ten encounters between Mainz 05 and FC Koln, with the former on an average of 1.8 goals a game. FC Koln scored 1.2 goals per game and both teams scored seven times in this run. Mainz 05 saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 3.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for FC Koln, who managed to hit the net 3.2 times on average in these games.