Mainz – Bayer Leverkusen SOCCER PICKS
Mainz 05 and Bayer Leverkusen face at Coface Arena, in a match for the 21st round of the Bundesliga. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, played on 23-09-2018, Bayer Leverkusen won at home against (1-0). The record of direct matches played in this stadium indicates total balance between these two teams, since there were 2 victories for each team in the last 4 matches. But the last time these teams met at this stadium was on 09-09-2017, in the Bundesliga, they ended in the victory of Mainz 05 by (3-1). Y. Muto (45 ‘), A. Diallo (57’) and S. Serdar (71 ‘) scored the goals of the game, for Mainz 05, and D. Kohr (22′), for Bayer Leverkusen. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 11th and 7th of the league table, it is really a match between the 7th ranked in home games and the 8th as a visitor.
Mainz 05:
After 7 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, the home team is currently in the 11 th position of the league, with 27 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Augsburg by (3-0), after in the previous match they have won (2-1) at home, against Nürnberg. This is a stronger team in his stadium, where he has won 16 points, against only 11 in his away matches. In the last 10 home league matches Mainz 05 has a record of 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 16 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (5 out of 10 matches). The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 20 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 10 times and only managed 1 comeback. In the last 10 away matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (31’-45 ‘).
Mainz saw their series of 4 games without losing the last day and now they are looking for a recovery to try to get closer to the qualification zone for the Europa League next season. The team has an offensive sector that leaves to desire, because it scored 22 goals in 20 days and is the fourth worst in the national championship, but had scored goals in the last 6 rounds before the defeat by 3×0 in the last game, while the defense He suffered 28 goals and is the seventh least solid, in fact, he only suffered no goals in 1 of the last 13 rounds. At home, the Mainz has been quite irregular, alternating between good and bad results, and usually makes open games, so much so that their last 6 home games had goals from both teams, since it is usually more offensive in this type of situation, but it ends up leaving many spaces behind. For the game against Bayer Leverkusen, coach Schwarz has no major absences and must repeat the lineup of the last day.
Bayer Leverkusen:
The away team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 30 points won, after 9 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Wolfsburg, by (0-3). In the last match, they won in a home match against Bayern München, by (3-1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, with 16 goals scored and 15 conceded in away matches, against 16 goals scored and 16 conceded at home. In the last match they played, for DFB Pokal, they lost with Heidenheim out by (2-1). In the last 10 away league matches Bayer Leverkusen has a record of 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 14 points out of 30 possible. The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 20 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 7 times and have only won 1 result.
The Bayer Leverkusen raised a lot of production in the last days, won 4 of the last 5 games that he played and he wants to maintain the optimal phase to continue climbing in the qualifying table and approaching the qualifying zone for the European competitions next season.
