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1. FSV Mainz 05 v Borussia Monchengladbach : Bundesliga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 5th Dec, 19:30 BST, Mewa Arena, Mainz

Bo Henriksen and Eugen Polanski pit their wits in the Bundesliga on Friday evening, as 1. FSV Mainz 05 face Borussia Monchengladbach at the Mewa Arena. You'll see stats supporting our top of below, but don't forget to explore 16 other markets we're covering too. Each has been designed to deliver as full a picture as possible, with Bundesliga performances and head-to-heads included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest there's no obvious winner for this clash, but good reason to think Mainz and B. M'gladbach will score 2 or more goals between them. That has been the case when they've gone head-to-head in years gone by, and neither Bo Henriksen or Eugen Polanski has subjected their supporters to too many 0-0s recently either. The bookies are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with top odds of 1.20 equating to roughly a 77% probability.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 48% chance of B. M'gladbach coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Mainz
28%
6/56/5
Draw
25%
5/227/10
B. M'gladbach
48%
21/1021/10
Draw 1-1
12%
6/111/2
B. M'gladbach 1-0
10%
11/19/1
B. M'gladbach 2-1
9%
10/117/2
B. M'gladbach 2-0
8%
16/114/1
Mainz 1-0
7%
9/115/2
Mainz 2-1
7%
8/17/1
Draw 0-0
6%
12/110/1
Draw 2-2
6%
11/110/1
B. M'gladbach 3-1
5%
22/116/1
B. M'gladbach 3-0
4%
33/122/1
Mainz 2-0
4%
11/110/1
B. M'gladbach 3-2
3%
25/118/1
Mainz 3-1
3%
16/112/1
Mainz 3-2
2%
20/116/1
B. M'gladbach 4-1
2%
50/133/1
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
4/613/20
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
6/523/20
Home 1st Goal
44%
4/54/5
Away 1st Goal
52%
11/1023/20
No 1st Goal
4%
12/110/1
BTTS - Yes
55%
4/74/7
BTTS - No
45%
5/45/4
BTTS - Home Win
14%
3/127/10
BTTS - Draw
18%
10/310/3
BTTS - Away Win
23%
9/219/5
Home/draw
52%
4/114/11
Away/draw
72%
4/64/6
Home/away
75%
2/72/7
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
2/91/5
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
10/33/1
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
7/48/5
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
4/910/21
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
4/17/2
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/62/11
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
9/115/2
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/161/16
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/251/33
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
12/110/1
Home DNB
45%
4/73/5
Away DNB
65%
5/46/5
Mainz win to nil
14%
10/3-
B. M'gladbach win to nil
25%
11/2-
Mainz / Mainz
23%
5/223/10
Mainz / B. M'gladbach
3%
25/120/1
Mainz / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Mainz
15%
9/217/4
Draw / B. M'gladbach
11%
6/16/1
Draw / Draw
14%
5/19/2
B. M'gladbach / Mainz
4%
22/118/1
B. M'gladbach / B. M'gladbach
17%
4/118/5
B. M'gladbach / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga table

Mainz have played 11 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league. Mainz are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 3 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Mainz have conceded 19 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 5 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Mainz have played 6 games at home, winning 0, drawing 2 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 5 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

B. M'gladbach lay in 12th place on 12 points in the Bundesliga league table having played 11 matches. B. M'gladbach are unbeaten in 3 games against teams below them in the league and kept 3 clean sheets out of 3 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below them in the table, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 7 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. B. M'gladbach have conceded 0 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

B. M'gladbach have played 5 away games, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Mainz
B. M'gladbach
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bayern1110103331 
Apr 25
Dec 14
l
 
0-3A
Mar 7
2
RB Leipzig11812925 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
Nov 28
Apr 11
3
Leverkusen117221223 
l
 
3-4A
Feb 28
Feb 7
d
 
1-1A
4
Dortmund11641922 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 14
May 2
Dec 19
5
Stuttgart11713522 
Mar 7
l
 
2-1F
Jan 25
l
 
1-0A
6
E.Frankfurt11623520 
Mar 21
l
 
1-0A
l
 
4-6A
Feb 14
7
Hoffenheim11623520 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 4
May 16
Jan 14
8
Union Berlin11434-315 
May 9
Jan 10
Feb 28
l
 
3-1A
9
W.Bremen11434-515 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 14
l
 
0-4A
Jan 31
10
Köln11425114 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 17
w
 
3-1F
Mar 21
11
Freiburg11344-513 
Apr 11
Nov 30
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 21
12
B. M'gladbach11335-312 
Dec 5
Apr 18
-
-
13
Augsburg11317-910 
Feb 7
w
 
1-4F
Jan 11
May 9
14
Hamburg11236-89 
Feb 21
l
 
4-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 17
15
Wolfsburg11227-88 
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
Dec 13
Apr 25
16
St. Pauli11218-127 
Dec 21
May 2
Mar 14
w
 
0-4F
17
Mainz11137-86 
-
-
Apr 18
Dec 5
18
Heidenheim11128-185 
Jan 13
May 16
Apr 4
w
 
0-3F
Win / draw / win form
11
Mainz have not won in 11 consecutive home league games
Mainz 17TH
20 league games
Home
11
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
9
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mainz1 - 1Hoffenheim
Mainz1 - 1W.Bremen
Mainz3 - 4Leverkusen
Mainz0 - 2Dortmund
Mainz0 - 1RB Leipzig
Mainz0 - 1Köln
Mainz2 - 2Leverkusen
Mainz1 - 1E.Frankfurt
Mainz2 - 2Wolfsburg
Mainz1 - 1Holstein
Mainz2 - 2Freiburg
Mainz2 - 0St. Pauli
Mainz0 - 0Augsburg
Mainz2 - 0Stuttgart
Mainz2 - 0VfL Bochum
Mainz2 - 1Bayern
Mainz2 - 0Hoffenheim
Mainz3 - 1Dortmund
Mainz1 - 1B. M'gladbach
Mainz0 - 2RB Leipzig
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
2
Draw
8
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMainz1 - 1Hoffenheim
AMainz0 - 1E.Frankfurt
HMainz1 - 1W.Bremen
AMainz1 - 2Stuttgart
HMainz3 - 4Leverkusen
AMainz0 - 4Hamburg
HMainz0 - 2Dortmund
AMainz4 - 1Augsburg
HMainz0 - 1RB Leipzig
AMainz1 - 1Wolfsburg
HMainz0 - 1Köln
HMainz2 - 2Leverkusen
AMainz4 - 1VfL Bochum
HMainz1 - 1E.Frankfurt
AMainz0 - 3Bayern
HMainz2 - 2Wolfsburg
AMainz0 - 2Hoffenheim
HMainz1 - 1Holstein
AMainz1 - 3Dortmund
HMainz2 - 2Freiburg
B. M'gladbach 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heidenheim0 - 3B. M'gladbach
St. Pauli0 - 4B. M'gladbach
Union Berlin3 - 1B. M'gladbach
Leverkusen1 - 1B. M'gladbach
Stuttgart1 - 0B. M'gladbach
Bayern2 - 0B. M'gladbach
Holstein4 - 3B. M'gladbach
Dortmund3 - 2B. M'gladbach
St. Pauli1 - 1B. M'gladbach
W.Bremen2 - 4B. M'gladbach
Heidenheim0 - 3B. M'gladbach
Union Berlin1 - 2B. M'gladbach
Stuttgart1 - 2B. M'gladbach
Leverkusen3 - 1B. M'gladbach
Wolfsburg5 - 1B. M'gladbach
Hoffenheim1 - 2B. M'gladbach
Freiburg3 - 1B. M'gladbach
RB Leipzig0 - 0B. M'gladbach
Mainz1 - 1B. M'gladbach
Augsburg2 - 1B. M'gladbach
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AB. M'gladbach3 - 0Heidenheim
HB. M'gladbach3 - 1Köln
AB. M'gladbach4 - 0St. Pauli
HB. M'gladbach0 - 3Bayern
AB. M'gladbach1 - 3Union Berlin
HB. M'gladbach0 - 0Freiburg
HB. M'gladbach4 - 6E.Frankfurt
AB. M'gladbach1 - 1Leverkusen
HB. M'gladbach0 - 4W.Bremen
AB. M'gladbach0 - 1Stuttgart
HB. M'gladbach0 - 0Hamburg
HB. M'gladbach0 - 1Wolfsburg
AB. M'gladbach0 - 2Bayern
HB. M'gladbach4 - 4Hoffenheim
AB. M'gladbach3 - 4Holstein
AB. M'gladbach2 - 3Dortmund
HB. M'gladbach1 - 2Freiburg
AB. M'gladbach1 - 1St. Pauli
HB. M'gladbach1 - 0RB Leipzig
AB. M'gladbach4 - 2W.Bremen
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
9
Mainz have not lost to B. M'gladbach in 9 consecutive league meetings
League games at Mainz since 2013
Mainz
B. M'gladbach
Goals: Scored
14
16
Games: Scored
9 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
3 / 12
M05
2
D
5
BMG
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mainz
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Mainz4 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 3B. M'gladbach
1 - 3B. M'gladbach
0 - 1B. M'gladbach
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2B. M'gladbach
Mainz1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
2 - 4B. M'gladbach
League games at B. M'gladbach since 2012
B. M'gladbach
Mainz
Goals: Scored
20
13
Games: Scored
11 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
1 / 12
M05
3
D
4
BMG
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT B. M'gladbach
1 - 3Mainz
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Mainz
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Mainz
B. M'gladbach3 - 1
B. M'gladbach4 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
B. M'gladbach1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
B. M'gladbach3 - 1
B. M'gladbach2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Borussia Monchengladbach's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday evening, not least because 1. FSV Mainz 05 have conceded in each of their last 21 Bundesliga outings. A PG of 1.6 for E. Polanski's side suggests that run should continue.

Mainz 17th B. M'gladbach 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Mainz will score no more than 1 goal
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that B. M'gladbach will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-14
Mainz have scored 14% fewer goals at home than predicted
+22
B. M'gladbach have scored 22% more goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga - 2025/2025 season
Mainz
PG (predicted goals)
B. M'gladbach
1.2
1.6
Attack rating
M05
BMG
12%
better
view stats
Games scored6
6
Failed to score5
5
Scored first3
3
Goals scored11
16
Avg. goals scored1
1.5
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal8
6
Conversion rate for13
16
Avg. XG for1.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+12%
Defence rating
M05
BMG
23%
better
view stats
Games conceded11
7
Clean sheets0
4
Conceded first8
6
Goals conceded19
19
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded11
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
17%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+23%

Mainz v B. M'gladbach Bundesliga lLine ups will show here when available.

Mainz Bundesliga squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11326
P MweneN AmiriB HollerbachD Kohr
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
P Mwene DEF11
3
-
D Costa DEF111
2
-
N Amiri MID1131
5
-
K Sano MID1111
-
D Kohr DEF101
4
2
A Hanche-Olsen  DEF101
2
-
N Weiper FWD10
-
A Sieb FWD102
1
-
R Zentner GLK9
2
1
D Hoof DEF9
1
-
P Nebel MID91
2
1
J Lee MID91
1
-
S Widmer  DEF81
2
-
N Veratschnig DEF8
1
-
A Nordin FWD8
-
B Hollerbach FWD72
-
L Maloney MID6
-
A Caci DEF4
1
-
L Rieß GLK3
-
S Kawasaki MID3
-
M Leitsch  DEF2
-
W Bøving FWD2
1
-
B Bobzien FWD1
-
B. M'gladbach Bundesliga squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11734
M NicolasH TabakovicF HonoratJ Scally
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Nicolas GLK11
-
K Diks DEF112
3
-
N Elvedi DEF11
2
-
R Reitz MID111
3
-
J Scally DEF102
4
-
L Ullrich DEF10
1
-
S Machino FWD102
1
-
H Tabakovic FWD1072
-
Y Engelhardt MID911
-
K Stöger MID9
-
P Sander MID91
1
-
F Neuhaus MID91
-
J Castrop  MID81
1
1
F Honorat FWD83
-
L Netz DEF71
-
G Reyna MID7
1
-
F Chiarodia DEF5
-
G Ranos FWD51
1
-
O Fraulo MID41
-
R Hack FWD4
-
J. Urbich FWD3
-
M Friedrich DEF2
-
T Kleindienst FWD1
-
C. Herrmann FWD11
-