Mainz 05 vs Paderborn Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 29th August 2026

Mainz 05 start the season as favourites to land the Bundesliga crown. They launch their title bid on Saturday at home in an opening day fixture with Paderborn at MEWA Arena.

Mainz 05 came away with three points from the latest encounter with Paderborn. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other this coming Saturday.

When it comes to goal-scoring Mainz 05 could be more prolific, scoring 17 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.7 goals per game in which, they conceded 14 times. This is an average of 1.4 a game, achieving a clean sheet in two games.

Paderborn scored eight goals, conceded 22 and kept their opponents from scoring two times in ten matches.

Mainz 05 won the last two meetings against Paderborn, as they followed up a 2-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-0 score.

Mainz 05 vs Paderborn Prediction

Mainz 05 Form

Mainz 05 beat St. Pauli by 1-2, lost 1-3 against Union Berlin, before defeating FC Heidenheim 0-2. Mainz 05 just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Bundesliga matches at the MEWA Arena. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored nine and conceded 12 goals.

Paderborn Form

In their past three matches, Paderborn lost 5-1 against Elversberg, drew 2-2 with Karlsruher SC and won 0-2 against Darmstadt. Paderborn are winless in their last six away games in the Bundesliga, in which they drew three and lost three. They conceded seven goals while scoring three themselves.

They usually throw caution to the wind, when clashing with each other, and with both Mainz 05 and Paderborn scoring freely over the past weeks, we expect a highly entertaining match.

Mainz 05 vs Paderborn Squads

Mainz 05 Squad

The 60-year-old coach of the home team, Urs Fischer, will select the lineup against Paderborn from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Alexander Schwolow (0/0), Maximilian Kinzig (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/0), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/0), Anthony Caci (0/0), Daniel Imafidon (0/0), Danny da Costa (0/0), Fabio Gruber (0/0), Kacper Potulski (0/0), Lennard Maloney (0/0), Phillipp Mwene (0/0), Silvan Widmer (0/0), Stefan Bell (0/0), Stefan Posch (0/0), Dominik Kohr (0/0), Eric Martel (0/0), Hyun-Seok Hong (0/0), Jae-Sung Lee (0/0), Jeremiah Debrah (0/0), Kaishu Sano (0/0), Marco Richter (0/0), Nadiem Amiri (0/0), Otto Ruoppi (0/0), Sota Kawasaki (0/0), Alynho Haidara (0/0), Benedict Hollerbach (0/0), Fabio Moreno Fell (0/0), Paul Nebel (0/0), Phillip Tietz (0/0), Ransford-Yeboah Koenigsdoerffer (0/0), Sheraldo Becker (0/0), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (0/0), William Boeving (0/0).

Paderborn Squad

Here is the full team squad of Paderborn. The 40 year-old Ralf Kettemann will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Florian Pruhs (0/0), Markus Schubert (0/0), Nahuel Noll (0/0), Clemens Lippmann (0/0), Felix Goetze (0/0), Jano ter Horst (0/0), Jonah Sticker (0/0), Marcel Hoffmeier (0/0), Niklas Mohr (0/0), Nyamekye Awortwie-Grant (0/0), Tjark Scheller (0/0), Tom Baack (0/0), Tristan Zobel (0/0), Albert Millgramm (0/0), Deniz Zeitler (0/0), Laurin Curda (0/0), Laurin Ulrich (0/0), Luka Djuric (0/0), Marvin Bakalorz (0/0), Mattes Hansen (0/0), Nick Baetzner (0/0), Raphael Obermair (0/0), Ruben Mueller (0/0), Santiago Castaneda (0/0), Sebastian Klaas (0/0), Timur Gayret (0/0), Gabriel Vidovic (0/0), Kennedy Okpala (0/0), Lasse Eickel (0/0), Noah Ringbeck (0/0), Oliver Batista Meier (0/0), Stefano Marino (0/0), Steffen Tigges (0/0), Sven Michel (0/0).

Mainz 05 vs Paderborn Team News

Mainz 05 might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Paderborn. Dominik Kohr, Phillipp Mwene and Sheraldo Becker can't be called up by the Mainz 05-manager, with both serving a ban.

Sheraldo Becker sit this one out for Mainz 05 due to an injury.

Mainz 05 vs Paderborn Lineups

Mainz 05 vs Paderborn H2H

Mainz 05 won the last two meetings against Paderborn, as they followed up a 2-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-0 score. Mainz 05 have a 75% win rate against Paderborn, who won zero of these matches. The total record reads 3-1-0, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Mainz 05 vs Paderborn Results

In the last four matches between Mainz 05 and Paderborn, both teams to score came up two times.

Mainz 05 vs Paderborn Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Sheraldo Becker, 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 Paderborn.The visitors will be looking to Sven Michel to find the net once again, after managing two Bundesliga goals for Paderborn in recent matches.

Mainz 05 claimed seven wins in their previous 10 matches at MEWA Arena across all tournaments. They lost three as well, while visitors Paderborn won four of their last 10 away matches. They drew five and lost one. Both teams scored in seven of the last 10 Bundesliga matches for Mainz 05 at MEWA Arena. Both teams also found their way to the target in four of the previous 10 away games for Paderborn.

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the last four encounters between these two teams. Mainz 05 managed an average of 2.75 goals, with Paderborn averaging 0.75 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet two times in this run of matches. Mainz 05 saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 3.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Paderborn, who scored 1.9 times on average in these matches.