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1. FSV Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg : Bundesliga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 24th Jan, 14:30 BST, Mewa Arena, Mainz

1. FSV Mainz 05 and VfL Wolfsburg go head to head at the Mewa Arena on Saturday afternoon, with both Bo Henriksen and Paul Simonis hoping for success in the Bundesliga. Stats power the predictions below for 17 individual betting markets, and flipping between them delivers bespoke analysis, including head to head (H2H), form and much more besides. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are also provided. Click on the tabs below to see it all.


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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
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Team To Score First

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Mainz
30%
--
Draw
27%
--
Wolfsburg
43%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Wolfsburg 1-0
12%
--
Mainz 1-0
9%
--
Wolfsburg 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Wolfsburg 2-0
8%
--
Mainz 2-1
7%
--
Mainz 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Wolfsburg 3-1
4%
--
Wolfsburg 3-0
4%
--
Mainz 3-1
3%
--
Wolfsburg 3-2
2%
--
Mainz 3-0
2%
--
Mainz 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
44%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
--
Home 1st Goal
45%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
49%
--
BTTS - No
51%
--
BTTS - Home Win
13%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
18%
--
Home/draw
57%
--
Away/draw
70%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
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Home DNB
49%
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Away DNB
62%
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Mainz win to nil
17%
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Wolfsburg win to nil
25%
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga table

Mainz have played 16 matches so far this season and are in 18th 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 5 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 6 and won 1. Mainz have conceded 28 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Mainz have played 8 games at home, winning 0, drawing 3 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 5 goals, conceded 11 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Wolfsburg lay in 14th place on 15 points in the Bundesliga league table having played 15 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below them in the table, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 5 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Wolfsburg have conceded 5 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Wolfsburg have played 7 away games, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Mainz
Wolfsburg
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bayern1513204441 
Apr 25
d
 
2-2A
May 9
Jan 11
2
Dortmund169611433 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 13
Feb 7
l
 
1-0A
3
RB Leipzig159241129 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
l
 
0-1A
Feb 15
4
Leverkusen169251029 
l
 
3-4A
Feb 28
l
 
1-3A
Apr 4
5
Stuttgart16925629 
Mar 7
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-3A
Mar 1
6
Hoffenheim15834927 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 4
l
 
2-3F
Mar 14
7
E.Frankfurt16754026 
Mar 21
l
 
1-0A
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
8
Freiburg16655023 
Apr 11
l
 
4-0A
l
 
3-4A
May 2
9
Union Berlin16646-322 
May 9
d
 
2-2F
w
 
3-1F
Apr 18
10
Köln16457-217 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 17
d
 
3-3A
Jan 30
11
W.Bremen15456-1017 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 14
Mar 21
l
 
2-1F
12
B. M'gladbach15447-616 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 18
Apr 25
w
 
1-3F
13
Hamburg16448-1016 
Feb 20
l
 
4-0A
Mar 7
w
 
0-1F
14
Wolfsburg15438-515 
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
-
-
15
Augsburg15429-1114 
Feb 7
w
 
1-4F
Feb 21
l
 
3-1A
16
St. Pauli15339-1312 
d
 
0-00-0
May 2
Jan 14
May 16
17
Heidenheim163310-2112 
Jan 13
May 16
Jan 17
w
 
1-3F
18
Mainz16169-139 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
Jan 24
Win / draw / win form
Mainz 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
9
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mainz0 - 0St. Pauli
Mainz0 - 1B. M'gladbach
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
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
2
Draw
8
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMainz2 - 2Union Berlin
HMainz0 - 0St. Pauli
AMainz2 - 2Bayern
HMainz0 - 1B. M'gladbach
AMainz0 - 4Freiburg
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
Wolfsburg 14TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
B. M'gladbach1 - 3Wolfsburg
E.Frankfurt1 - 1Wolfsburg
W.Bremen2 - 1Wolfsburg
Hamburg0 - 1Wolfsburg
Augsburg3 - 1Wolfsburg
Dortmund1 - 0Wolfsburg
Heidenheim1 - 3Wolfsburg
B. M'gladbach0 - 1Wolfsburg
Dortmund4 - 0Wolfsburg
Mainz2 - 2Wolfsburg
Union Berlin1 - 0Wolfsburg
Augsburg1 - 0Wolfsburg
W.Bremen1 - 2Wolfsburg
Stuttgart1 - 2Wolfsburg
E.Frankfurt1 - 1Wolfsburg
Bayern3 - 2Wolfsburg
Hoffenheim0 - 1Wolfsburg
Freiburg3 - 2Wolfsburg
RB Leipzig1 - 5Wolfsburg
Heidenheim1 - 3Wolfsburg
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWolfsburg3 - 4Freiburg
AWolfsburg3 - 1B. M'gladbach
HWolfsburg3 - 1Union Berlin
AWolfsburg1 - 1E.Frankfurt
HWolfsburg1 - 3Leverkusen
AWolfsburg1 - 2W.Bremen
HWolfsburg2 - 3Hoffenheim
AWolfsburg1 - 0Hamburg
HWolfsburg0 - 3Stuttgart
AWolfsburg1 - 3Augsburg
HWolfsburg0 - 1RB Leipzig
AWolfsburg0 - 1Dortmund
HWolfsburg3 - 3Köln
HWolfsburg1 - 1Mainz
AWolfsburg3 - 1Heidenheim
AWolfsburg1 - 0B. M'gladbach
HWolfsburg2 - 2Hoffenheim
AWolfsburg0 - 4Dortmund
HWolfsburg0 - 1Freiburg
AWolfsburg2 - 2Mainz
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Mainz since 2013
Mainz
Wolfsburg
Goals: Scored
14
13
Games: Scored
9 / 13
9 / 13
Clean sheets
4 / 13
4 / 13
M05
3
D
7
WOB
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mainz
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Wolfsburg
Mainz3 - 0
0 - 2Wolfsburg
0 - 1Wolfsburg
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Mainz2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Mainz2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Wolfsburg since 2012
Wolfsburg
Mainz
Goals: Scored
31
14
Games: Scored
12 / 14
7 / 14
Clean sheets
7 / 14
2 / 14
M05
3
D
4
WOB
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wolfsburg
Draw1 - 1Draw
Wolfsburg4 - 3
1 - 3Mainz
Wolfsburg3 - 0
Wolfsburg5 - 0
2 - 3Mainz
Wolfsburg4 - 0
Wolfsburg3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Wolfsburg3 - 0
Wolfsburg3 - 0
0 - 2Mainz
Goal Statistics

1. FSV Mainz 05's defensive record is to be admired, B. Henriksen's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive Bundesliga games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.4 for VfL Wolfsburg makes sense in this context.

Mainz 18th Wolfsburg 14th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Mainz will score no more than 1 goal
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Wolfsburg will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-15
Mainz have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted
+5
Wolfsburg’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga - 2025/2025 season
Mainz
PG (predicted goals)
Wolfsburg
1.1
1.4
Attack rating
M05
WOB
41%
better
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Games scored7
12
Failed to score8
3
Scored first3
8
Goals scored13
23
Avg. goals scored0.8
1.5
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal8
6
Conversion rate for12
17
Avg. XG for1.2
1.3
KickOff rating
+41%
Defence rating
M05
WOB
2%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
14
Clean sheets1
1
Conceded first11
7
Goals conceded26
28
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded10
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
17%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.8
KickOff rating
+2%

Mainz v Wolfsburg Bundesliga lLine ups will show here when available.

Mainz Bundesliga squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16426
K SanoN AmiriB HollerbachD Kohr
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Costa DEF161
3
-
K Sano MID1611
1
-
N Amiri MID1441
5
-
J Lee MID1421
1
-
P Mwene DEF13
3
-
A Hanche-Olsen  DEF131
3
-
A Sieb FWD132
1
-
N Weiper FWD13
-
D Kohr DEF121
4
2
D Hoof DEF121
2
-
N Veratschnig DEF121
2
-
P Nebel MID121
2
2
B Hollerbach FWD1212
-
S Widmer  DEF111
2
-
A Nordin FWD11
-
R Zentner GLK9
2
1
L Maloney MID9
-
S Kawasaki MID6
1
-
D Batz GLK4
-
L Rieß GLK4
-
A Caci DEF4
1
-
W Bøving FWD41
1
-
M Leitsch  DEF3
-
B Bobzien FWD1
-
Wolfsburg Bundesliga squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15644
K GrabaraM AmouraS KumbediM Arnold
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Grabara GLK15
1
-
K Koulierakis DEF14
3
-
M Svanberg MID1421
2
1
M Arnold MID1413
4
-
M Amoura FWD1462
2
-
L Majer MID1322
3
-
D Pejčinović FWD133
1
-
A Zehnter DEF122
-
C Eriksen MID123
1
-
V Souza MID12
1
-
P Wimmer FWD1233
3
-
S Kumbedi DEF94
1
-
J Seelt DEF9
-
A Daghim FWD92
-
M Jenz DEF8
3
-
A Olsen FWD81
1
-
J Wind FWD8
1
-
K Fischer DEF7
-
J Maehle DEF71
-
Y Gerhardt MID6
-
D Vavro DEF41
1
-
J Lindström FWD2
-
B. Dárdai MID1
-