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

Mewa Arena, Mainz

1. FSV Mainz 05 and VfL Wolfsburg take on one another at the Mewa Arena on Saturday afternoon, with both Bo Henriksen and Ralph Hasenhuttl aiming for victory in the Bundesliga. For every Bundesliga match preview, KickOff explores the stats for multiple markets. Key stats, including head-to-head results, are then published alongside the best odds.

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1. FSV Mainz 05's next match is v Bayern at 14:30 on Saturday 26th April
VfL Wolfsburg's next match is v Freiburg at 14:30 on Saturday 26th April
The last German Bundesliga meeting between Mainz and Wolfsburg was on Saturday 19th April 2025
German Bundesliga
April 19th 2025
Mainz 2
2 Wolfsburg
 
J. Lee 37'3' M. Arnold
D. Kohr 40'89' D. Vavro
 
M05
WOB
Shots On
7
4
Shots Off
6
9
Corners
7
5
Possession
52%
48%
Fouls
15
8
Yellow/red cards
2/0
3/0
 
MainzWolfsburg
 
R. Zentner
M. Jenz
N. Veratschnig (S. Widmer 89')
D. Vieira da Costa
D. Kohrfootball icon (A. Hanche-Olsen 76')
A. Caci
N. Amiri
J. Leefootball icon (A. Nordin 90')
K. Sano
J. Burkardt
N. Weiper (H. Hong 76')
K. Grabara
J. Mæhle
K. Fischer
football iconD. Vavro
K. Koulierakis
B. Dárdai
football iconM. Arnold
(M. Svanberg 63') P. Wimmer
(T. de Melo Tomás 63') K. Paredes
(L. Nmecha 63') M. Amoura
(J. Kamiński 74') J. Older Wind

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

KickOff's predictive algorithm suggests there is a 77% chance of Mainz and Wolfsburg serving up a minimum of 2 goals in this Bundesliga match. Recent form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records are central to that calculation , and it seems the bookies are predicting the same. This over 1.5 goals tip is available with best odds of 1.22.

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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Mainz are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.90.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Mainz
45%
1/1
9%
-
Draw
25%
27/10
1%
-
Wolfsburg
30%
5/2
8%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
6/1
7%
-
Mainz 1-0
9%
8/1
6%
-
Mainz 2-1
9%
8/1
6%
-
Mainz 2-0
8%
10/1
16%
-
Wolfsburg 1-0
7%
12/1-
Wolfsburg 2-1
7%
11/1
8%
-
Draw 0-0
6%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1-
Mainz 3-1
5%
14/1-
Wolfsburg 2-0
5%
18/1
10%
-
Mainz 3-0
4%
18/1
27%
-
Mainz 3-2
3%
22/1-
Wolfsburg 3-1
3%
25/1
10%
-
Wolfsburg 3-2
2%
28/1
15%
-
Mainz 4-1
2%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
8/11-
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
11/10-
Home 1st Goal
51%
8/13
6%
-
Away 1st Goal
45%
11/8
5%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
56%
8/13
3%
-
BTTS - No
44%
6/5
5%
-
BTTS - Home Win
22%
11/4
4%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2
5%
-
BTTS - Away Win
15%
5/1
8%
-
Home/draw
70%
2/7
3%
-
Away/draw
55%
4/5
6%
-
Home/away
75%
2/7
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
10/3-
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
7/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
4/9-
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
4/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/6-
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
9/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/16-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
12/1-
Home DNB
63%
1/2
7%
-
Away DNB
47%
6/4
9%
-
Mainz win to nil
23%
11/4
7%
-
Wolfsburg win to nil
15%
11/2
7%
-
Mainz / Mainz
26%
9/4
8%
-
Mainz / Wolfsburg
3%
28/1-
Mainz / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Mainz
15%
9/2
10%
-
Draw / Wolfsburg
11%
13/2
12%
-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Wolfsburg / Mainz
4%
20/1-
Wolfsburg / Wolfsburg
15%
9/2
15%
-
Wolfsburg / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga table

Mainz have played 29 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Bundesliga league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 7 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 51 goals to 46 goals.

Home League Performance

Mainz have played 14 games at home winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Wolfsburg are in 12th position in the Bundesliga on 38 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 18 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 26 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Wolfsburg have conceded 37 goals, scored 37, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Mainz
Wolfsburg
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bayern3022625872 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 26
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-2A
2
Leverkusen2918922963 
May 17
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-3F
3
E.Frankfurt2915681651 
May 4
w
 
1-3F
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
4
RB Leipzig30131071049 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
l
 
2-3A
w
 
1-5F
5
Freiburg3014610-448 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
l
 
3-2A
6
Mainz Home3013891247 
-
-
w
 
4-3A
d
 
2-2F
7
W.Bremen3013611-645 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
2-4F
w
 
1-2F
8
B. M'gladbach2913511344 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
5-1F
May 17
9
Dortmund2912611942 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-3A
May 3
10
Augsburg291199-742 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-3F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
11
Stuttgart3011811641 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
3-3A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2A
12
Wolfsburg Away3010911639 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-3F
-
-
13
Union Berlin309813-1435 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
14
Hoffenheim307914-1730 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
May 9
w
 
0-1F
15
St. Pauli298516-1029 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-3F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
16
Heidenheim306420-2822 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-3F
17
VfL Bochum305520-3320 
w
 
2-0F
May 10
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-3F
18
Holstein304719-3019 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-3F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-2F
Win / draw / win form
4
Wolfsburg have lost 4 consecutive league games
5
Wolfsburg have not won in 5 consecutive league games
Mainz 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
7
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Mainz0 - 2Heidenheim
Mainz1 - 2W.Bremen
Mainz1 - 1Union Berlin
Mainz3 - 0Dortmund
Mainz1 - 1Köln
Mainz4 - 1Hoffenheim
Mainz4 - 0Darmstadt
Mainz2 - 0VfL Bochum
Mainz1 - 1B. M'gladbach
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMainz0 - 2Hoffenheim
HMainz1 - 1Holstein
AMainz1 - 3Dortmund
HMainz2 - 2Freiburg
AMainz3 - 1B. M'gladbach
AMainz2 - 1RB Leipzig
HMainz2 - 0St. Pauli
AMainz2 - 0Heidenheim
HMainz0 - 0Augsburg
AMainz0 - 1W.Bremen
HMainz2 - 0Stuttgart
AMainz1 - 2Union Berlin
AMainz0 - 1Leverkusen
HMainz2 - 0VfL Bochum
AMainz3 - 1E.Frankfurt
HMainz2 - 1Bayern
AMainz3 - 4Wolfsburg
HMainz2 - 0Hoffenheim
AMainz3 - 0Holstein
HMainz3 - 1Dortmund
Wolfsburg 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Union Berlin1 - 0Wolfsburg
Augsburg1 - 0Wolfsburg
W.Bremen1 - 2Wolfsburg
Stuttgart1 - 2Wolfsburg
E.Frankfurt1 - 1Wolfsburg
Bayern3 - 2Wolfsburg
Hoffenheim0 - 1Wolfsburg
Freiburg3 - 2Wolfsburg
RB Leipzig1 - 5Wolfsburg
Heidenheim1 - 3Wolfsburg
St. Pauli0 - 0Wolfsburg
VfL Bochum1 - 3Wolfsburg
Leverkusen4 - 3Wolfsburg
Holstein0 - 2Wolfsburg
Bayern2 - 0Wolfsburg
Freiburg1 - 2Wolfsburg
RB Leipzig3 - 0Wolfsburg
W.Bremen0 - 2Wolfsburg
Leverkusen2 - 0Wolfsburg
E.Frankfurt2 - 2Wolfsburg
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWolfsburg2 - 3RB Leipzig
AWolfsburg0 - 1Union Berlin
HWolfsburg0 - 1Heidenheim
AWolfsburg0 - 1Augsburg
HWolfsburg1 - 1St. Pauli
AWolfsburg2 - 1W.Bremen
HWolfsburg1 - 1VfL Bochum
AWolfsburg2 - 1Stuttgart
HWolfsburg0 - 0Leverkusen
AWolfsburg1 - 1E.Frankfurt
HWolfsburg2 - 2Holstein
AWolfsburg2 - 3Bayern
HWolfsburg5 - 1B. M'gladbach
AWolfsburg1 - 0Hoffenheim
HWolfsburg1 - 3Dortmund
AWolfsburg2 - 3Freiburg
HWolfsburg4 - 3Mainz
AWolfsburg5 - 1RB Leipzig
HWolfsburg1 - 0Union Berlin
AWolfsburg3 - 1Heidenheim
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Mainz since 2013
Mainz
Wolfsburg
Goals: Scored
12
11
Games: Scored
8 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
4 / 12
M05
3
D
6
WOB
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mainz
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
30
13
Games: Scored
11 / 13
6 / 13
Clean sheets
7 / 13
2 / 13
M05
3
D
3
WOB
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wolfsburg
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 fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because VfL Wolfsburg have conceded in each of their last 8 Bundesliga matches. A PG of 1.6 for Bo Henriksen's side suggests that run should continue.

Mainz 6th Wolfsburg 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 79% probability that Mainz will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Wolfsburg will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Mainz’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+15
Wolfsburg have scored 15% more goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Mainz
PG (predicted goals)
Wolfsburg
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
M05
WOB
4%
better
view stats
Games scored22
24
Failed to score7
5
Scored first16
12
Goals scored46
51
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.8
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal5
5
Conversion rate for18
19
Avg. XG for1.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
24%
better
M05
WOB
view stats
Games conceded20
24
Clean sheets9
5
Conceded first11
15
Goals conceded34
45
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
6
Conversion rate against12%
16%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.6
KickOff rating
+24%

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

Mainz Bundesliga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2815711
R ZentnerJ Burkardt A CaciD Kohr
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Zentner GLK28
3
-
D Costa DEF191
-
M Jenz DEF17
4
-
D Kohr DEF241
10
1
A Caci MID2717
6
-
K Sano MID28
3
-
N Amiri MID2564
6
2
N Veratschnig MID9
-
N Weiper FWD173
2
-
J Lee FWD2765
4
-
J Burkardt  FWD24152
-
Subs
L Rieß GLK
1
-
D Batz GLK
-
A Hanche-Olsen  DEF1711
2
1
S Widmer  DEF221
3
-
L Maloney MID3
1
-
H Hyun-seok MID181
-
A Nordin FWD3
-
A Sieb FWD2523
3
-
Wolfsburg Bundesliga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
241087
K FischerM AmouraM AmouraM Arnold
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Grabara GLK23
2
-
K Fischer DEF27
5
-
D Vavro DEF231
3
-
K Koulierakis DEF252
3
-
J Maehle MID2233
5
-
B. Dárdai MID1612
-
M Arnold MID2424
7
-
P Wimmer MID2334
5
1
K Paredes MID
-
J Wind FWD2683
2
-
M Amoura FWD25108
5
-
Subs
P Pervan GLK
-
T. Neininger DEF
-
J Kaminski MID171
2
-
L Majer MID42
1
-
M Svanberg MID1931
4
-
L Nmecha  FWD132
1
-
T Tomás FWD2762
6
-
K Behrens FWD1711
3
-
B Białek FWD
-