Ace Football previews the Bundesliga round 3 match between Mainz 05 and RB Leipzig and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Mainz 05 hope to live up to their early billing as the Bundesliga title favourites this coming Saturday when they welcome RB Leipzig over to the MEWA Arena for a round 3 match.
A look at the Bundesliga standings shows that two points and two places currently separate the two teams.
Form: Mainz 05 vs RB Leipzig
Mainz 05 Form
Mainz 05 have seen it all in their last three matches. Against FC Koln, they came out empty-handed in a 0-1 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 4-1 win against Rosenborg. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Wolfsburg. Mainz 05 did not win any of their last six Bundesliga matches at the MEWA Arena. They came through these matches with a record of four draws and one defeats, in which they conceded eight and scored ten goals.
RB Leipzig Form
The results have been up and down for RB Leipzig, who beat Sandhausen by 2-4. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 6-0 against Bayern Munich, before claiming a victory in a 2-0 game against FC Heidenheim. RB Leipzig claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by 13 goals to three.
Betting facts for Mainz 05 and RB Leipzig
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Mainz 05 and RB Leipzig. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In the last 4 Mainz 05 matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Mainz 05 matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Mainz 05 matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 13 of the last 15 RB Leipzig matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 8 of the last 9 RB Leipzig away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 RB Leipzig matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 6 of the last 8 RB Leipzig matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 RB Leipzig matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was over 4.5
Players in form: Mainz 05 vs RB Leipzig
Nadiem Amiri found the target two times in his previous six matches, whereas Lukas Klostermann just scored once in a similar number of matches.
Popular betting markets: Mainz 05 vs RB Leipzig
Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at MEWA Arena across all tournaments Mainz 05 won three times, drew six and lost one times. RB Leipzig claimed four wins, one draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away.
Both teams to score
Mainz 05 scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. RB Leipzig scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Mainz 05 managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, RB Leipzig were first on target in six of their last 10 outings.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Mainz 05, who scored an average of two goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for RB Leipzig, who managed to hit the net 2.3 times on average in these games. Astonishingly, Mainz 05 failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 13 matches.
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