Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 13th January 2024
Wolfsburg travel to face Mainz 05 in a Bundesliga encounter at MEWA Arena on Saturday.
Mainz 05 rank 16th with ten points to their name from 16 matches, while visitors Wolfsburg rank tenth in the table on 19 points.
Mainz 05 have collected too many draws recently which have slowed down their progress. Their upcoming duel with Wolfsburg could be a good chance to get a win instead.
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 11 goals, or 1.1 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.
Wolfsburg are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 11 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.1 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 21 goals, and while Wolfsburg claimed one clean sheet, they conceded an average of 2.1 goals per match.
The last time the pair played each other, Wolfsburg came out the other side as 3-0 winners and surely won't mind a repeat of that result.
Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Prediction
Mainz 05 Form
Mainz 05 have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against FC Koln, they gained a point in a 0-0 draw, before coming up short against FC Heidenheim, who ran out 0-1 winners. Lately, they managed to steal a point in a 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund. In their last six Bundesliga matches at home, Mainz 05 have one win, while they've drawn zero and lost five.
Wolfsburg Form
In their previous three outings, Wolfsburg lost 0-1 against Freiburg, beat Darmstadt 0-1 and lost 1-2 against Bayern Munich. Wolfsburg only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. In these six matches they drew zero and lost five as well as being outscored by 14 goals to five.
We are opting for a draw, as Mainz 05 have settled for a point after 90 minutes in several recent matches. Wolfsburg could be satisfied with taking a point back home.
Wolfsburg won three of their previous five outings against teams from the bottom six and claimed ten points. They scored eight and conceded seven goals. Mainz 05 have so far been able to win just once after 16 Bundesliga games played, in stead showing off seven draws and eight defeats. Wolfsburg show off six wins, one draw and nine defeats in the Bundesliga.
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Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Stats
- Mainz 05 have not won 16 of the last 18 matches
- In the last 7 Mainz 05 matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 8 Mainz 05 matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Mainz 05 have lost 5 of the last 6 home matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Mainz 05 have lost 5 of the last 6 home matches
- Wolfsburg have lost 7 of the last 8 away matches
- Wolfsburg have lost 6 of the last 8 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Wolfsburg have conceded in 12 of the last 14 away matches
- Wolfsburg have lost 4 of the last 5 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Wolfsburg have not won 7 of the last 8 away matches
Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Squads
Mainz 05 Squad
Siewert will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Wolfsburg from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):
Daniel Batz (0/4), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/12), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/2), Anthony Caci (2/14), Danny da Costa (0/13), Maxim Leitsch (0/5), Philipp Mwene (0/9), Sepp van den Berg (1/15), Silvan Widmer (0/4), Stefan Bell (0/10), Aymen Barkok (1/13), David Mamutovic (0/1), Dominik Kohr (0/15), Edimilson Fernandes (0/11), Eniss Shabani (0/0), Jae-Sung Lee (2/16), Josuha Guilavogui (0/2), Leandro Barreiro (2/14), Merveille Papela (0/7), Philipp Schulz (0/0), Tom Krauss (1/15), Brajan Gruda (1/14), Jonathan Burkardt (0/5), Karim Onisiwo (0/12), Ludovic Ajorque (1/13), Marco Richter (1/12), Nelson Weiper (0/3).
Wolfsburg Squad
Below is the full team squad of Wolfsburg. The manager Kovac will pick his starting XI against Mainz 05 from these players:
Koen Casteels (0/13), Niklas Klinger (0/0), Pavao Pervan (0/3), Philipp Schulze (0/0), Cedric Zesiger (0/13), Felix Lange (0/0), Joakim Maehle (1/15), Kilian Fischer (0/0), Maxence Lacroix (1/14), Moritz Jenz (0/9), Nicolas Cozza (0/5), Rogerio (1/7), Sebastiaan Bornauw (0/9), Aster Vranckx (0/12), Jakub Kaminski (0/11), Kevin Paredes (1/13), Kofi Amoako (0/0), Lovro Majer (2/16), Mattias Svanberg (1/15), Maximilian Arnold (1/13), Patrick Wimmer (0/6), Ridle Baku (0/16), Ulysses Llanez (0/0), Yannick Gerhardt (1/12), Amin Sarr (0/5), Dzenan Pejcinovic (0/0), Jonas Wind (9/16), Lukas Nmecha (0/0), Tiago Tomas (1/14), Vaclav Cerny (1/12).
Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Team News
The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Mainz 05, as they prepare to meet Wolfsburg, since nine could be missing.
Anthony Caci, Leandro Barreiro, Edimilson Fernandes, Robin Zentner, Maxim Leitsch, Josuha Guilavogui, Danny da Costa, Nelson Weiper and Andreas Hanche-Olsen are missing from the squad, Mainz 05 will field against Wolfsburgon Saturday.
Wolfsburg have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match this coming Saturday against Mainz 05. For instance, Wolfsburg won't be able to field Maxence Lacroix as he serves out a ban following too many cards.
Rogerio, Amin Sarr, Patrick Wimmer, Kevin Paredes and Lukas Nmecha all face a spell on the sidelines for Wolfsburg due to various injuries.
Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Lineups
Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg H2H
Wolfsburg celebrated two wins against Mainz 05 in their most recent meetings, outclassing their next opponent by 3-0 and 3-0. Wolfsburg beat Mainz 05 3-0 in their latest meeting, and the bookies have an away win in this match at best price odds of 21/10.
Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Results
Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Mainz 05 welcome Wolfsburg as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/5 with the bookies this coming Saturday.
Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Betting Tips
Despite scoring just once in six Bundesliga games, Mainz 05 hope Marco Richter adds to his collection of goals sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, Wolfsburg put their faith in Maximilian Arnold to handle the home side defence and double up on his recent strike rate of one goal in six Bundesliga games.
In their last 10 matches at MEWA Arena across all tournaments Mainz 05 won three times, drew one and lost six times. Wolfsburg claimed three wins, zero draw and seven defeats in their last 10 games away. In their previous 10 away matches, Wolfsburg claimed two wins to nil.
In the last ten encounters between Mainz 05 and Wolfsburg over 2.5 goals came out seven times, as Mainz 05 averaged 0.6 goals a game. Wolfsburg scored an average of 2.3 goals in these, while both teams scored one time. In the past ten matches for Mainz 05 across all competitions, over 2.5 goals happened in three times of them with an average of 0.7 goals goals scored by themselves. Over 2.5 goals came out as a winning bet in six of the previous ten outings for Wolfsburg, who were on target an average of one time times per game.