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VfL Bochum 1848 v 1. FSV Mainz 05 : Bundesliga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Vonovia Ruhrstadion, Bochum

1. FSV Mainz 05 are away from home on Saturday afternoon, as manager Bo Henriksen takes his side to visit VfL Bochum 1848 and Alexander Tunchev at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion in the Bundesliga. Below you'll find predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting stats including head-to-heads, and the best odds. All is accessible using the tabs below.

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VfL Bochum 1848's next match is v St. Pauli at 14:30 on Saturday 17th May
1. FSV Mainz 05's next match is v Leverkusen at 14:30 on Saturday 17th May
The last German Bundesliga meeting between VfL Bochum and Mainz was on Saturday 10th May 2025
German Bundesliga
May 10th 2025
VfL Bochum 1
4 Mainz
 
G. Holtmann 84'45' N. Amiri
53' P. Mwene
73' J. Burkardt
90' P. Nebel
 
BOC
M05
Shots On
6
8
Shots Off
3
7
Corners
6
6
Possession
44%
56%
Fouls
9
6
Yellow/red cards
3/0
 
VfL BochumMainz
 
T. Horn
I. Ordets
F. Passlack (G. Holtmann 46')
T. Oermann (C. Gamboa Luna 72')
B. Fernandes da Silva Junior
M. Wittek
I. Sissoko (A. Losilla 71')
T. Krauß (M. Pannewig 46')
M. Bero (D. de Wit 46')
G. Masouras
M. Boadu
L. Rieß
(S. Widmer 61') football iconP. Mwene
A. Hanche-Olsen
D. Vieira da Costa
(N. Veratschnig 89') S. Bell
(L. Maloney 90') football iconN. Amiri
A. Caci
football iconP. Nebel
(H. Hong 61') J. Lee
K. Sano
(N. Weiper 90') football iconJ. Burkardt

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 77% probability of VfL Bochum and Mainz serving up at least a couple of goals in this Bundesliga tie. Recent form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records are included in the calculation , and it would appear that the bookies like the look of it as a tip too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available with best odds of 1.20.

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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 40% chance of Mainz coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
VfL Bochum
35%
2/1-
Draw
25%
14/5
9%
-
Mainz
40%
23/20
4%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
7/1
14%
-
Mainz 2-1
9%
8/1-
Mainz 1-0
9%
10/1
10%
-
VfL Bochum 2-1
8%
10/1-
VfL Bochum 1-0
8%
12/1-
Mainz 2-0
6%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1-
Draw 0-0
6%
18/1
27%
-
VfL Bochum 2-0
5%
18/1
12%
-
Mainz 3-1
4%
14/1
12%
-
VfL Bochum 3-1
4%
20/1-
Mainz 3-0
3%
20/1-
Mainz 3-2
3%
20/1-
VfL Bochum 3-2
3%
22/1
12%
-
VfL Bochum 3-0
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
8/15
8%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
6/4
14%
-
Home 1st Goal
47%
6/5-
Away 1st Goal
49%
4/6
3%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
18/1
27%
-
BTTS - Yes
58%
1/2
4%
-
BTTS - No
42%
6/4
11%
-
BTTS - Home Win
18%
15/4
5%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2
4%
-
BTTS - Away Win
21%
5/2
13%
-
Home/draw
60%
4/6
3%
-
Away/draw
65%
4/11-
Home/away
75%
1/4
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1/6
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
4/1
11%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
13/10
12%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
8/13
8%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
3/1
11%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/4
4%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
6/1
22%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/10
3%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/40
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
16/1
13%
-
Home DNB
52%
6/5-
Away DNB
58%
8/13-
VfL Bochum win to nil
17%
11/2
8%
-
Mainz win to nil
20%
7/2
4%
-
VfL Bochum / VfL Bochum
17%
15/4-
VfL Bochum / Mainz
4%
20/1
9%
-
VfL Bochum / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / VfL Bochum
11%
13/2
7%
-
Draw / Mainz
14%
5/1-
Draw / Draw
13%
11/2
8%
-
Mainz / VfL Bochum
4%
22/1
12%
-
Mainz / Mainz
24%
12/5
6%
-
Mainz / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga table

VfL Bochum have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

32 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 20 games, drawn 8 and won 4. VfL Bochum have conceded 63 goals, scored 29, failed to score in 13 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

VfL Bochum have played 16 games at home, winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 15 goals, conceded 29 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Mainz lay in 7th place on 48 points in the Bundesliga league table having played 32 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored 35 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Mainz have conceded 24 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Mainz have played 16 away games, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
VfL Bochum
Mainz
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bayern3324726379 
l
 
0-5A
w
 
2-3A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
2
Leverkusen33191132968 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
May 17
l
 
1-0A
3
E.Frankfurt3316982057 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
7-2A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-3F
4
Freiburg3316710-255 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
5
Dortmund33166111754 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
4-2F
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-1A
6
Mainz Away33149101251 
l
 
1-4A
l
 
2-0A
-
-
7
RB Leipzig3313128651 
d
 
3-3A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
8
W.Bremen3313911-648 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
9
Stuttgart33138121047 
l
 
0-4A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
3-3A
10
B. M'gladbach3313614-145 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3F
11
Augsburg33111012-1543 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-3F
12
Wolfsburg33101013140 
l
 
1-3A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-3F
13
Union Berlin3391014-1737 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
14
St. Pauli338817-1132 
w
 
1-0F
May 17
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-3F
15
Hoffenheim3371115-1832 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
16
Heidenheim338520-2429 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-2F
17
Holstein336720-2825 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-3F
18
VfL Bochum Home335721-3622 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-4F
Win / draw / win form
3
Mainz have lost 3 consecutive away league games
7
VfL Bochum have not won in 7 consecutive league games
7
Mainz have not won in 7 consecutive league games
VfL Bochum 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
7
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
VfL Bochum1 - 1Union Berlin
VfL Bochum1 - 2Augsburg
VfL Bochum0 - 4Stuttgart
VfL Bochum1 - 3E.Frankfurt
VfL Bochum0 - 1Hoffenheim
VfL Bochum2 - 0Dortmund
VfL Bochum0 - 1Freiburg
VfL Bochum3 - 3RB Leipzig
VfL Bochum1 - 0St. Pauli
VfL Bochum2 - 0Heidenheim
VfL Bochum0 - 1W.Bremen
VfL Bochum1 - 1Leverkusen
VfL Bochum0 - 5Bayern
VfL Bochum1 - 3Wolfsburg
VfL Bochum2 - 2Holstein
VfL Bochum0 - 2B. M'gladbach
VfL Bochum0 - 5Leverkusen
VfL Bochum3 - 2Hoffenheim
VfL Bochum1 - 1Heidenheim
VfL Bochum2 - 2Darmstadt
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AVfL Bochum0 - 0Heidenheim
HVfL Bochum1 - 1Union Berlin
AVfL Bochum0 - 1W.Bremen
HVfL Bochum1 - 2Augsburg
HVfL Bochum0 - 4Stuttgart
AVfL Bochum1 - 3Leverkusen
HVfL Bochum1 - 3E.Frankfurt
AVfL Bochum3 - 2Bayern
HVfL Bochum0 - 1Hoffenheim
AVfL Bochum1 - 1Wolfsburg
HVfL Bochum2 - 0Dortmund
AVfL Bochum2 - 2Holstein
HVfL Bochum0 - 1Freiburg
AVfL Bochum0 - 3B. M'gladbach
HVfL Bochum3 - 3RB Leipzig
HVfL Bochum1 - 0St. Pauli
AVfL Bochum0 - 2Mainz
HVfL Bochum2 - 0Heidenheim
AVfL Bochum1 - 1Union Berlin
HVfL Bochum0 - 1W.Bremen
Mainz 6TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
7
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bayern3 - 0Mainz
Hoffenheim2 - 0Mainz
Dortmund3 - 1Mainz
B. M'gladbach1 - 3Mainz
RB Leipzig1 - 2Mainz
Heidenheim0 - 2Mainz
W.Bremen1 - 0Mainz
Union Berlin2 - 1Mainz
Leverkusen1 - 0Mainz
E.Frankfurt1 - 3Mainz
Wolfsburg4 - 3Mainz
Holstein0 - 3Mainz
Freiburg0 - 0Mainz
St. Pauli0 - 3Mainz
Augsburg2 - 3Mainz
Stuttgart3 - 3Mainz
Wolfsburg1 - 3Mainz
Heidenheim1 - 1Mainz
Freiburg1 - 1Mainz
RB Leipzig0 - 0Mainz
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMainz1 - 1E.Frankfurt
AMainz0 - 3Bayern
HMainz2 - 2Wolfsburg
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Mainz have not lost to VfL Bochum in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at VfL Bochum since 2021
VfL Bochum
Mainz
Goals: Scored
5
4
Games: Scored
3 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
0 / 3
BOC
1
D
1
M05
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT VfL Bochum
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Mainz
VfL Bochum2 - 0
League games at Mainz since 2022
Mainz
VfL Bochum
Goals: Scored
10
2
Games: Scored
4 / 4
1 / 4
Clean sheets
3 / 4
0 / 4
M05
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mainz
Mainz2 - 0
Mainz2 - 0
Mainz5 - 2
Mainz1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for VfL Bochum 1848 of late. It has been 7 Bundesliga matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against 1. FSV Mainz 05.

VfL Bochum 18th Mainz 6th
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1.4
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that VfL Bochum will score no more than 1 goal
0
22%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Mainz will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-29
VfL Bochum have scored 29% fewer goals at home than predicted
+9
Mainz’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.1
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
2.0
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga - 2024/2025 season
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VfL Bochum
PG (predicted goals)
Mainz
1.4
1.5
Attack rating
BOC
M05
34%
better
view stats
Games scored19
24
Failed to score13
8
Scored first7
16
Goals scored29
49
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.5
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal10
6
Conversion rate for10
18
Avg. XG for1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+34%
Defence rating
BOC
M05
33%
better
view stats
Games conceded28
23
Clean sheets4
9
Conceded first24
14
Goals conceded64
40
Avg. goals conceded2
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
8
Conversion rate against20%
12%
Avg. XG against1.9
1.5
KickOff rating
+33%

VfL Bochum v Mainz Bundesliga lLine ups will show here when available.

VfL Bochum Bundesliga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
317511
M WittekM BoaduF PasslackI Sissoko
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Horn GLK12
2
-
T Oermann DEF282
-
I Ordets DEF22
6
-
Bernardo DEF20
5
-
T Krauß MID14
2
-
F Passlack MID3015
4
-
I Sissoko MID3121
10
1
M Bero MID2952
11
-
M Wittek MID32
8
-
M Boadu FWD1871
2
-
G Masouras FWD1321
1
-
Subs
P Drewes GLK21
2
-
C Gamboa DEF121
1
-
J Medić DEF221
2
-
E Masovic MID1611
2
-
A Losilla MID20
1
-
D Wit MID2721
1
-
M Pannewig MID13
1
-
G Holtmann FWD2321
2
-
M Broschinski FWD3213
1
-
Mainz Bundesliga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3317710
K SanoJ Burkardt A CaciN Amiri
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Rieß GLK2
1
-
D Costa DEF241
-
D Hoof DEF171
3
-
A Hanche-Olsen  DEF2112
2
1
A Caci MID3217
6
-
K Sano MID33
3
-
N Amiri MID2975
8
2
P Mwene MID3115
7
-
P Nebel FWD3095
4
1
J Lee FWD3276
4
-
J Burkardt  FWD28172
-
Subs
D Batz GLK
-
M Leitsch  DEF141
2
-
N Veratschnig DEF14
1
-
S Widmer  DEF261
3
-
H Hyun-seok MID221
-
L Maloney MID4
1
-
A Nordin FWD6
-
A Sieb FWD2723
3
-
N Weiper FWD2232
2
-