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FC Schalke 04 v 1. FSV Mainz 05 : Bundesliga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 17th Oct, 14:30 BST, Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

It's a long trek for Urs Fischer's 1. FSV Mainz 05 side on Saturday afternoon, as they travel to the Veltins-Arena for a Bundesliga tie with Miron Muslić's FC Schalke 04. Bundesliga statistics are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) performance included too. There's so much to explore, with graphics and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers available for every betting markets via the tabs.


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Best Tip: Both teams to score

After surveying all relevant statistics, including historical head-to-head (H2H) data, we have come to the conclusion that this fixture will deliver both happiness and despair to both home and away fans. We predict both Schalke and Mainz to find the back of the net during the 90 mins, but the ultimate victor of the match seems less clear. The odds point towards a both teams to score bet, and that's our recommendation.

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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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of Mainz coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Schalke
34%
2/1
15%
-
Draw
23%
11/4
7%
-
Mainz
43%
5/4
8%
-
Draw 1-1
10%
6/1-
Mainz 2-1
9%
8/1
5%
-
Schalke 2-1
8%
10/1
10%
-
Mainz 1-0
7%
10/1-
Draw 2-2
7%
10/1
8%
-
Schalke 1-0
6%
12/1
18%
-
Mainz 2-0
6%
12/1-
Mainz 3-1
5%
14/1
21%
-
Schalke 2-0
5%
16/1
13%
-
Draw 0-0
4%
14/1-
Schalke 3-1
4%
20/1
11%
-
Mainz 3-2
4%
20/1
9%
-
Mainz 3-0
3%
20/1
9%
-
Schalke 3-2
3%
22/1-
Schalke 3-0
2%
33/1
31%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
61%
8/13
3%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
39%
13/10
5%
-
Home 1st Goal
48%
21/20
5%
-
Away 1st Goal
50%
4/5
6%
-
No 1st Goal
2%
14/1-
BTTS - Yes
63%
1/2
4%
-
BTTS - No
37%
6/4
11%
-
BTTS - Home Win
20%
4/1
11%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
24%
11/4
13%
-
Home/draw
57%
8/13
6%
-
Away/draw
66%
4/11
9%
-
Home/away
77%
1/4
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1/5
2%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
7/2
4%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
39%
6/4
9%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
61%
8/15
6%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
21%
7/2
10%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
79%
1/5
3%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
7/1
20%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1/12
2%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/33-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
14/1-
Home DNB
50%
6/5
15%
-
Away DNB
59%
8/13
10%
-
Schalke win to nil
14%
11/2
18%
-
Mainz win to nil
19%
7/2
10%
-
Schalke / Schalke
18%
15/4
10%
-
Schalke / Mainz
4%
20/1
9%
-
Schalke / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Schalke
12%
6/1
8%
-
Draw / Mainz
14%
5/1-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Mainz / Schalke
4%
22/1-
Mainz / Mainz
23%
5/2
13%
-
Mainz / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga table
Won
Draw
Lost
Schalke
Mainz
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Freiburg54101013 
Feb 20
l
 
2-1A
Dec 12
Apr 17
2
Dortmund5410713 
Dec 5
Apr 10
May 8
Jan 9
3
Bayern53201211 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 30
Nov 7
Mar 13
4
Leverkusen5311610 
May 22
Jan 16
l
 
3-4A
Feb 20
5
RB Leipzig5302109 
Oct 31
Mar 6
Apr 10
Dec 5
6
Augsburg522158 
Jan 23
l
 
3-0A
Mar 20
Nov 22
7
W.Bremen522108 
Jan 13
May 15
Oct 24
Mar 3
8
E.Frankfurt6222-68 
May 8
Jan 9
l
 
1-3A
Feb 6
9
Mainz521237 
Oct 17
Feb 27
-
-
10
Elversberg521207 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 13
Mar 6
Oct 30
11
Köln6213-37 
Mar 3
Oct 24
Dec 19
Apr 24
12
Stuttgart5203-16 
Nov 21
Mar 20
May 22
Jan 16
13
Hamburg5203-106 
Apr 17
Dec 12
Jan 30
w
 
0-5F
14
Schalke5122-25 
-
-
Feb 27
Oct 17
15
Paderborn5113-44 
Apr 3
Nov 28
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 23
16
Union Berlin5113-124 
Feb 6
w
 
1-3F
Nov 28
Apr 3
17
Hoffenheim5104-43 
Mar 13
Nov 8
Jan 13
May 15
18
B. M'gladbach5005-110 
Dec 19
Apr 24
Feb 13
w
 
3-4A
Win / draw / win form
4
Mainz have won 4 consecutive away league games
4
Schalke have kept a clean sheet for 4 consecutive home league games
Schalke 14TH
20 league games
Home
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
Draw
5
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Schalke0 - 0Elversberg
Schalke0 - 0Bayern
Schalke1 - 0E. Braun
Schalke1 - 0Dusseldorf
Schalke4 - 1Preussen Munster
Schalke1 - 0Karlsruher
Schalke2 - 2Hannover
Schalke1 - 0Arminia
Schalke5 - 3Magdeburg
Schalke2 - 2Dresden
Schalke2 - 2Kaiserslautern
Schalke1 - 0Nurnberg
Schalke2 - 1Paderborn
Schalke1 - 0Elversberg
Schalke1 - 0Darmstadt
Schalke1 - 0Greuther
Schalke0 - 1Holstein
Schalke2 - 1VfL Bochum
Schalke2 - 1H.Berlin
Schalke1 - 2Elversberg
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASchalke1 - 2Freiburg
HSchalke0 - 0Elversberg
ASchalke3 - 1Union Berlin
HSchalke0 - 0Bayern
ASchalke0 - 3Augsburg
HSchalke1 - 0E. Braun
ASchalke0 - 3Nurnberg
HSchalke1 - 0Dusseldorf
ASchalke3 - 2Paderborn
HSchalke4 - 1Preussen Munster
ASchalke2 - 1Elversberg
HSchalke1 - 0Karlsruher
ASchalke1 - 1Darmstadt
HSchalke2 - 2Hannover
HSchalke1 - 0Arminia
ASchalke1 - 1Greuther
HSchalke5 - 3Magdeburg
ASchalke2 - 1Holstein
HSchalke2 - 2Dresden
ASchalke0 - 2VfL Bochum
Mainz 9TH
20 league games
Away
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
B. M'gladbach3 - 4Mainz
Hamburg0 - 5Mainz
Heidenheim0 - 2Mainz
St. Pauli1 - 2Mainz
B. M'gladbach1 - 1Mainz
Hoffenheim1 - 2Mainz
W.Bremen0 - 2Mainz
Leverkusen1 - 1Mainz
Dortmund4 - 0Mainz
RB Leipzig1 - 2Mainz
Köln2 - 1Mainz
Union Berlin2 - 2Mainz
Bayern2 - 2Mainz
Freiburg4 - 0Mainz
E.Frankfurt1 - 0Mainz
Stuttgart2 - 1Mainz
Hamburg4 - 0Mainz
Augsburg1 - 4Mainz
Wolfsburg1 - 1Mainz
VfL Bochum1 - 4Mainz
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMainz3 - 4Leverkusen
AMainz4 - 3B. M'gladbach
HMainz1 - 3E.Frankfurt
AMainz5 - 0Hamburg
HMainz0 - 0Paderborn
AMainz2 - 0Heidenheim
HMainz1 - 3Union Berlin
AMainz2 - 1St. Pauli
HMainz3 - 4Bayern
AMainz1 - 1B. M'gladbach
HMainz0 - 1Freiburg
AMainz2 - 1Hoffenheim
HMainz2 - 1E.Frankfurt
AMainz2 - 0W.Bremen
HMainz2 - 2Stuttgart
AMainz1 - 1Leverkusen
HMainz1 - 1Hamburg
AMainz0 - 4Dortmund
HMainz2 - 0Augsburg
AMainz2 - 1RB Leipzig
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Schalke since 2012
Schalke
Mainz
Goals: Scored
14
2
Games: Scored
7 / 9
2 / 9
Clean sheets
7 / 9
2 / 9
S04
7
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Schalke
Schalke1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Schalke2 - 1
Schalke1 - 0
Schalke2 - 0
Schalke3 - 0
Schalke2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Schalke3 - 0
League games at Mainz since 2013
Mainz
Schalke
Goals: Scored
11
10
Games: Scored
5 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
3 / 8
S04
3
D
3
M05
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mainz
2 - 3Schalke
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Mainz3 - 0
0 - 1Schalke
0 - 1Schalke
Mainz2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics
Schalke 14th Mainz 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Schalke will score 1 or more goals
0
18%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 82% probability that Mainz will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-5
Schalke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+34
Mainz have scored 34% more goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga - 2026/2027 season
Schalke
PG (predicted goals)
Mainz
1.5
1.7
Attack rating
S04
M05
44%
better
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Games scored2
4
Failed to score3
1
Scored first1
1
Goals scored4
13
Avg. goals scored0.8
2.6
Avg. shots per game8
14
Avg. shots per goal10
6
Conversion rate for11
18
Avg. XG for1.2
2.4
KickOff rating
+44%
Defence rating
21%
better
S04
M05
view stats
Games conceded3
3
Clean sheets2
2
Conceded first2
3
Goals conceded6
10
Avg. goals conceded1.2
2
Avg. shots/game conceded11
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
5
Conversion rate against11%
22%
Avg. XG against2.1
1.7
KickOff rating
+21%

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

Schalke Bundesliga squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5111
L KariusM WöberA GantenbeinL Karius
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Karius GLK5
1
-
H Kurucay DEF5
1
-
N Katic DEF5
1
-
M Wöber DEF51
-
R Gosens DEF51
-
A Gantenbein MID11
-
S El-Faouzi MID5
-
S Tanaka MID4
-
A Aouchiche MID51
-
K Karaman FWD41
-
C Adamu FWD31
-
Mainz Bundesliga squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5433
F. GruberP TietzS BeckerP Mwene
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Schwolow GLK3
1
-
S Posch DEF4
1
-
F. Gruber DEF5
-
K. Potulski DEF5
1
-
A Caci MID521
1
-
N Amiri MID51
-
K Sano MID52
-
E Martel MID21
-
P Mwene MID511
3
-
S Becker FWD523
2
-
P Tietz FWD541
1
-