📏 Form Guide
Mainz WLLDWL
Mainz will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 1-0 Bundesliga loss in their previous game against Eintracht Frankfurt.
In that match, Mainz managed 45% possession and 3 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target. For their opponents, Eintracht Frankfurt got 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Ritsu Dōan (81') scored for Eintracht Frankfurt.
It has been all too rare in recent times that Mainz haven’t conceded. The facts show that Mainz have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 7 goals during that time. We will find out if that trend will end up being sustained here.
Ahead of this clash, Mainz are without a home win in the past 10 league games. Such a poor run.
Hoffenheim LWWDWW
Hoffenheim head into the match following on from a 3-1 Bundesliga win with the eclipse of RB Leipzig in their most recent fixture.
In that match, Hoffenheim had 49% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Hoffenheim, goals were scored by Albian Hajdari (20'), Tim Lemperle (38') and Grischa Prömel (79'). On the other side, RB Leipzig got 17 shots at goal with 5 on target. Yan Diomande (9') scored for RB Leipzig.
In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 games involving Hoffenheim, at least three goals have been struck. The average goals scored per game during that spell is 3.5, with the number of goals averaged by Hoffenheim equalling 2.33.
Their prior results show that Hoffenheim:
- have not won against Mainz in games played away from home for the previous 5 league matches. Not good at all.
- have not been beaten in their last 7 away league matches.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 10/09/2022 shows that Mainz have won 3 of these games and Hoffenheim 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.
17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 9 from Mainz and 8 created by Hoffenheim. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.
The previous league fixture between these sides was Bundesliga match day 29 on 12/04/2025 when it finished Hoffenheim 2-0 Mainz.
That day, Hoffenheim had 36% possession and 8 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Andrej Kramarić (4', 32').
At the other end, Mainz had 14 shots at goal with 1 on target.
The referee was Sven Jablonski.
📋 Team News: Mainz
Maxim Dal (Cruciate ligament tear), Maxim Leitsch (influenza) and Anthony Caci (Hamstring injury) won’t be available for Mainz manager Bo Henriksen.
In all likelihood, Mainz will possibly use the 3-4-2-1 formation for this game and select Robin Zentner, Danny da Costa, Lennard Maloney, Dominik Kohr, Phillipp Mwene, Sota Kawasaki, Kaishu Sano, Silvan Widmer, Paul Nebel, Benedict Hollerbach and Jae-Sung Lee.
📋 Team News: Hoffenheim
Hoffenheim manager Christian Ilzer has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Kelven Frees (Broken ankle), Hennes Behrens (Torn muscle fiber), Valentin Gendrey (Broken ankle), Adam Hlozek (Scaphoid fracture) and Koki Machida (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.
It’s our belief that Hoffenheim might begin the game with a 3-5-1-1 lineup, going with Oliver Baumann, Robin Hranac, Albian Hajdari, Bernardo, Vladimir Coufal, Grischa Proemel, Leon Avdullahu, Wouter Burger, Bazoumana Toure, Andrej Kramaric and Tim Lemperle.
💡 Prediction
It certainly seems that Hoffenheim could really find it hard to be getting goals against a Mainz team who have the capability to control most aspects of this game.
Our selection here is for a 3-0 margin for Mainz at the end of the 90 minutes.
Lucas Pereira, 04:02 21/11/2025