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

Sun 8th Dec, 14:30 BST, Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

Ralph Hasenhuttl's VfL Wolfsburg side are on home soil in the Bundesliga on Sunday afternoon, as Bo Henriksen's 1. FSV Mainz 05 arrive at the Volkswagen Arena. Below you'll find unique statistics for all of the main betting markets, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are generated from these, and the odds come directly from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

After looking at our match predictions, bookmakers' odds and relevant stats, there's one market which catches the eye for this tie: both teams to score. In Wolfsburg and Mainz we have two sides going head-to-head that regularly score, but equally have trouble shutting the opposition out, and we expect them to maintain that reputation on Sunday afternoon. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.57.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 49% chance of Mainz coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Wolfsburg 28%	11/10 2%	11/10 2%
Draw 22%	23/10 3%	5/2 3%
Mainz 49%	13/5 3%	12/5
Draw 1-1 10%	11/2 7%	11/2
Mainz 2-1 9%	11/1 8%	9/1
Mainz 1-0 7%	11/1 20%	17/2 14%
Wolfsburg 2-1 7%	8/1	7/1
Mainz 2-0 7%	18/1 10%	14/1
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1 9%	10/1 10%
Mainz 3-1 6%	25/1 13%	18/1
Wolfsburg 1-0 5%	8/1 18%	13/2 17%
Mainz 3-0 4%	40/1	25/1
Mainz 3-2 4%	33/1 31%	22/1 21%
Draw 0-0 4%	10/1 27%	17/2 14%
Wolfsburg 2-0 4%	10/1 8%	17/2 5%
Wolfsburg 3-1 3%	16/1 13%	12/1 8%
Wolfsburg 3-2 3%	22/1 10%	18/1 27%
Mainz 4-1 3%	50/1	40/1 21%
Over 2.5 Goals 63%	4/5 11%	4/5 13%
Under 2.5 Goals 37%	1/1 13%	19/20 13%
Home 1st Goal 46%	4/6 3%	-
Away 1st Goal 52%	11/8 3%	-
No 1st Goal 2%	10/1 27%	-
BTTS - Yes 64%	4/6 11%	7/10 10%
BTTS - No 36%	11/10 16%	11/10 12%
BTTS - Home Win 17%	3/1 14%	14/5 12%
BTTS - Draw 19%	3/1	10/3 3%
BTTS - Away Win 28%	11/2 18%	19/4 10%
Home/draw 51%	2/7	3/10
Away/draw 72%	7/10 2%	8/11 1%
Home/away 78%	1/3 2%	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 84%	1/4 7%	1/4 6%
Under 1.5 Goals 16%	3/1 20%	13/5 17%
Over 3.5 Goals 41%	2/1 26%	19/10 18%
Under 3.5 Goals 59%	2/5 11%	4/11 9%
Over 4.5 Goals 23%	9/2 27%	17/4 25%
Under 4.5 Goals 77%	1/7 7%	2/15 6%
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	10/1 38%	9/1 33%
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/20 3%	1/25 3%
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/20 2%	1/25 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	10/1 27%	17/2 14%
Home DNB 44%	1/2	1/2
Away DNB 65%	6/4	7/5 2%
Wolfsburg win to nil 11%	3/1 8%	-
Mainz win to nil 21%	11/2 19%	-
Wolfsburg / Wolfsburg 24%	12/5 5%	11/5 3%
Wolfsburg / Mainz 3%	28/1 12%	22/1
Wolfsburg / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Wolfsburg 15%	9/2	4/1
Draw / Mainz 11%	13/2 6%	6/1 7%
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2 8%	4/1 9%
Mainz / Wolfsburg 4%	22/1 10%	18/1 12%
Mainz / Mainz 15%	9/2	17/4
Mainz / Draw 6%	14/1 15%	11/1

Win / draw / win Bundesliga table

Wolfsburg have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn zero and won 1. Wolfsburg have conceded 10 goals, scored 11, scored in every game and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Wolfsburg have played 6 games at home, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and scored in every home league game.

Mainz lay in 7th place on 19 points in the Bundesliga league table having played 12 matches. Mainz are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 17 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Mainz have conceded 11 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Mainz have played 5 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 2.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Wolfsburg Mainz
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bayern	12	9	3	0	29	30	l 2-3A	Jan 18	Dec 14	Apr 26
2	E.Frankfurt	12	8	2	2	15	26	l 1-2A	Feb 1	May 3	Dec 21
3	Leverkusen	12	6	5	1	9	23	Feb 8	l 4-3F	May 17	Jan 14
4	RB Leipzig	12	6	3	3	5	21	Apr 12	w 1-5F	l 0-2A	Mar 1
5	Dortmund	12	6	2	4	4	20	Dec 22	May 3	w 3-1F	Mar 29
6	Freiburg	12	6	2	4	0	20	Apr 26	Dec 13	Mar 15	d 0-00-0
7	Mainz Away	12	5	4	3	6	19	Dec 8	Apr 19	-	-
8	Wolfsburg Home	12	5	3	4	6	18	-	-	Apr 19	Dec 8
9	Stuttgart	12	4	5	3	2	17	d 2-2F	Feb 15	Jan 25	d 3-3A
10	B. M'gladbach	12	5	2	5	1	17	Jan 14	May 17	d 1-1F	Mar 8
11	Union Berlin	12	4	4	4	-1	16	w 1-0F	Apr 5	d 1-1F	Jan 19
12	W.Bremen	12	4	4	4	-5	16	l 2-4F	Mar 1	l 1-2A	Feb 1
13	Augsburg	12	4	3	5	-9	15	d 1-1A	Mar 15	Feb 8	w 2-3F
14	Hoffenheim	12	3	3	6	-7	12	May 10	Jan 11	w 2-0F	Apr 12
15	St. Pauli	12	3	2	7	-5	11	Mar 8	d 0-00-0	Feb 22	w 0-3F
16	Heidenheim	12	3	1	8	-9	10	Mar 29	w 1-3F	l 0-2A	Feb 15
17	Holstein	12	1	2	9	-18	5	Jan 24	w 0-2F	Apr 5	w 0-3F
18	VfL Bochum	12	0	2	10	-23	2	Feb 22	w 1-3F	Jan 11	May 10

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Win / draw / win form

Wolfsburg have won 3 consecutive league games

Mainz have won 3 consecutive league games

Wolfsburg have not lost in 5 consecutive league games

Mainz have not lost in 9 consecutive away league games

Mainz have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wolfsburg	1 - 0	Union Berlin
Wolfsburg	1 - 1	Augsburg
Wolfsburg	2 - 4	W.Bremen
Wolfsburg	2 - 2	Stuttgart
Wolfsburg	1 - 2	E.Frankfurt
Wolfsburg	2 - 3	Bayern
Wolfsburg	1 - 3	Mainz
Wolfsburg	3 - 0	Darmstadt
Wolfsburg	1 - 0	VfL Bochum
Wolfsburg	1 - 3	B. M'gladbach
Wolfsburg	1 - 3	Augsburg
Wolfsburg	2 - 3	Stuttgart
Wolfsburg	1 - 1	Dortmund
Wolfsburg	2 - 2	Hoffenheim
Wolfsburg	1 - 1	Köln
Wolfsburg	1 - 2	Bayern
Wolfsburg	0 - 1	Freiburg
Wolfsburg	2 - 1	RB Leipzig
Wolfsburg	2 - 2	W.Bremen
Wolfsburg	1 - 2	Leverkusen

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Wolfsburg	5 - 1	RB Leipzig
H	Wolfsburg	1 - 0	Union Berlin
A	Wolfsburg	3 - 1	Heidenheim
H	Wolfsburg	1 - 1	Augsburg
A	Wolfsburg	0 - 0	St. Pauli
H	Wolfsburg	2 - 4	W.Bremen
A	Wolfsburg	3 - 1	VfL Bochum
H	Wolfsburg	2 - 2	Stuttgart
A	Wolfsburg	3 - 4	Leverkusen
H	Wolfsburg	1 - 2	E.Frankfurt
A	Wolfsburg	2 - 0	Holstein
H	Wolfsburg	2 - 3	Bayern
H	Wolfsburg	1 - 3	Mainz
A	Wolfsburg	0 - 2	Bayern
H	Wolfsburg	3 - 0	Darmstadt
A	Wolfsburg	2 - 1	Freiburg
H	Wolfsburg	1 - 0	VfL Bochum
A	Wolfsburg	0 - 3	RB Leipzig
H	Wolfsburg	1 - 3	B. M'gladbach
A	Wolfsburg	2 - 0	W.Bremen

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Holstein	0 - 3	Mainz
Freiburg	0 - 0	Mainz
St. Pauli	0 - 3	Mainz
Augsburg	2 - 3	Mainz
Stuttgart	3 - 3	Mainz
Wolfsburg	1 - 3	Mainz
Heidenheim	1 - 1	Mainz
Freiburg	1 - 1	Mainz
RB Leipzig	0 - 0	Mainz
Bayern	8 - 1	Mainz
Leverkusen	2 - 1	Mainz
Stuttgart	3 - 1	Mainz
E.Frankfurt	1 - 0	Mainz
Dortmund	1 - 1	Mainz
Köln	0 - 0	Mainz
Hoffenheim	1 - 1	Mainz
Darmstadt	0 - 0	Mainz
VfL Bochum	2 - 2	Mainz
B. M'gladbach	2 - 2	Mainz
Augsburg	2 - 1	Mainz

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Mainz	2 - 0	Hoffenheim
A	Mainz	3 - 0	Holstein
H	Mainz	3 - 1	Dortmund
A	Mainz	0 - 0	Freiburg
H	Mainz	1 - 1	B. M'gladbach
H	Mainz	0 - 2	RB Leipzig
A	Mainz	3 - 0	St. Pauli
H	Mainz	0 - 2	Heidenheim
A	Mainz	3 - 2	Augsburg
H	Mainz	1 - 2	W.Bremen
A	Mainz	3 - 3	Stuttgart
H	Mainz	1 - 1	Union Berlin
A	Mainz	3 - 1	Wolfsburg
H	Mainz	3 - 0	Dortmund
A	Mainz	1 - 1	Heidenheim
H	Mainz	1 - 1	Köln
A	Mainz	1 - 1	Freiburg
H	Mainz	4 - 1	Hoffenheim
H	Mainz	4 - 0	Darmstadt
A	Mainz	0 - 0	RB Leipzig

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Wolfsburg

Mainz

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 12

5 / 12

Clean sheets

7 / 12

2 / 12

WOB

M05

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wolfsburg
	1 - 3	Mainz
Wolfsburg	3 - 0
Wolfsburg	5 - 0
	2 - 3	Mainz
Wolfsburg	4 - 0
Wolfsburg	3 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Wolfsburg	3 - 0
Wolfsburg	3 - 0
	0 - 2	Mainz

Mainz

Wolfsburg

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 12

Clean sheets

4 / 12

WOB

M05

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mainz
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 3	Wolfsburg
Mainz	3 - 0
	0 - 2	Wolfsburg
	0 - 1	Wolfsburg
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Mainz	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Mainz	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

1. FSV Mainz 05's defensive record is very strong, Bo Henriksen's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Bundesliga outings. An average PG rating of 1.4 for VfL Wolfsburg makes sense in this context.

	Wolfsburg 8th	Mainz 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 75% probability that Wolfsburg will score 1 or more goals	0 15% 1 29% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 85% probability that Mainz will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-12 Wolfsburg have scored 12% fewer goals at home than predicted	+7 Mainz’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.8 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga - 2024/2025 season

22%

better

WOB

M05

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Games scored	11		9
Failed to score	1		3
Scored first	8		7
Goals scored	25		20
Avg. goals scored	2.1		1.7
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	22		18
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.4
KickOff rating		+22%

WOB

M05

14%

better

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Games conceded	9		8
Clean sheets	3		4
Conceded first	3		4
Goals conceded	19		14
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		9
Conversion rate against	16%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.4
KickOff rating		+14%

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

Wolfsburg Bundesliga squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
12	4	5	5
K Grabara	T Tomás	M Amoura	M Arnold

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Grabara GLK	12			2 -
K Fischer DEF	12			3 -
R Baku DEF	12	2	1	1 -
T Tomás FWD	12	4		3 -
M Arnold MID	11	1	1	5 -
K Koulierakis DEF	10		2	1 -
S Özcan MID	10			-
Y Gerhardt MID	10	1		1
M Amoura FWD	10	4	5	3 -
J Wind FWD	10	3	1	1 -
P Wimmer MID	9		2	3 1
J Kaminski FWD	9		1	2 -
D Vavro DEF	8			-
C Zesiger DEF	7			4 -
S Bornauw DEF	7	2		1 -
J Maehle DEF	7	2	1	1 -
M Svanberg MID	6	1	1	2 -
K Behrens FWD	6	1	1	2 -
B. Dárdai MID	5	1	2	-
A Vranckx MID	4			1 -
L Majer MID	4	2		1 -
L Nmecha FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	12	5	9
T Tomás	M Amoura	M Amoura	M Amoura

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Amoura FWD	4	12	5	9
T Tomás FWD	4	9		7
J Wind FWD	3	5	1	6
S Bornauw DEF	2	2
R Baku DEF	2	5	1	5
L Majer MID	2	2
J Maehle DEF	2	4	1
M Arnold MID	1	4	1	7
Y Gerhardt MID	1	1
B. Dárdai MID	1	1	2	3
K Behrens FWD	1	2	1
M Svanberg MID	1	3	1	3
K Grabara GLK				1
A Vranckx MID				1
J Kaminski FWD		1	1	9
C Zesiger DEF		1		1
D Vavro DEF		2		5
K Fischer DEF				2
P Wimmer MID		2	2	7
S Özcan MID				4
K Koulierakis DEF			2	2
L Nmecha FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
444	24	57
K Koulierakis	K Fischer	T Tomás

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
K Koulierakis DEF	444	16	44
K Grabara GLK	443		6
D Vavro DEF	436	4	36
M Arnold MID	392	19	48
R Baku DEF	328	17	32
K Fischer DEF	320	24	34
C Zesiger DEF	226	14	25
S Bornauw DEF	218	7	33
J Kaminski FWD	191	11	19
M Amoura FWD	190	7	29
S Özcan MID	185	2	14
T Tomás FWD	182	11	57
J Maehle DEF	181	2	11
J Wind FWD	136	2	43
B. Dárdai MID	125	8	16
P Wimmer MID	122	8	40
Y Gerhardt MID	113	7	20
M Svanberg MID	70	7	26
L Majer MID	41		8
K Behrens FWD	35	1	8
A Vranckx MID	33	3	12
L Nmecha FWD	13		5

Mainz Bundesliga squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
12	9	4	6
R Zentner	J Burkardt	P Mwene	D Kohr

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Zentner GLK	12			1 -
P Mwene DEF	12		4	2 -
A Caci DEF	12		3	2 -
A Sieb MID	12	2		1 -
K Sano MID	12			-
J Burkardt FWD	12	9		-
J Lee MID	11	3	1	1 -
D Kohr MID	11			6 -
N Amiri MID	11	3	2	2 1
H Hyun-seok MID	10		1	-
P Nebel MID	10	1	1	2 -
S Widmer DEF	9		1	3 -
M Leitsch DEF	8	1		1 -
D Hoof DEF	7			1 -
M Jenz DEF	6			2 -
A Hanche-Olsen DEF	5		1	2 1
N Weiper FWD	5			-
N Veratschnig DEF	4			-
D Costa DEF	4		1	-
A Barkok MID	4			-
K Onisiwo FWD	4			-
G Vidović FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	14	4	16
J Burkardt	N Amiri	P Mwene	N Amiri

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Burkardt FWD	9	11		8
J Lee MID	3	6	1	6
N Amiri MID	3	14	2	16
A Sieb MID	2	7		3
P Nebel MID	1	3	1	5
M Leitsch DEF	1	1		2
R Zentner GLK				1
A Hanche-Olsen DEF			1	1
K Onisiwo FWD				1
A Barkok MID				1
D Costa DEF			1	2
N Weiper FWD				1
S Widmer DEF			1	2
M Jenz DEF		1		1
D Hoof DEF		2		1
P Mwene DEF		3	4	9
H Hyun-seok MID		2	1	2
D Kohr MID		2		4
K Sano MID		1		5
A Caci DEF		5	3	14

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
576	24	72
N Amiri	K Sano	K Sano

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N Amiri MID	576	17	52
D Kohr MID	512	24	52
K Sano MID	456	24	72
A Caci DEF	450	20	51
P Mwene DEF	393	22	46
R Zentner GLK	359		3
J Lee MID	326	17	51
D Hoof DEF	299	9	45
M Jenz DEF	292	13	44
M Leitsch DEF	282	11	27
P Nebel MID	266	10	31
J Burkardt FWD	200	5	28
D Costa DEF	194	11	12
A Hanche-Olsen DEF	106	5	16
A Sieb MID	103	3	20
H Hyun-seok MID	99	4	8
S Widmer DEF	68	4	7
A Barkok MID	32	2	5
K Onisiwo FWD	18		5
N Weiper FWD	17	1	4
G Vidović FWD	6		1
N Veratschnig DEF	4

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

Wolfsburg have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Mainz lay in 7th place on 19 points in the Bundesliga league table having played 12 matches. Mainz are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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