Bundesliga continues this weekend as Mainz welcome Bayer Leverkusen to Mewa Arena.
Venue: Mewa Arena (Mainz)
Key Statistics
Mainz have not lost any of their last six league matches.
The hosts have won six of their past ten home league matches.
They have scored 2+ goals in six of their last ten home league games.
Mainz have kept six clean sheets in their last ten home matches in the league.
Bayer Leverkusen have failed to score in two of their three league games this season.
The visitors have lost all of their competitive matches this season.
Six of Mainz’s last seven Bundesliga games have seen at least three goals.
Head to head
Leverkusen have been the more dominant team in this fixture with seven wins and just two losses in their last ten head-to-heads with Mainz.
Latest performances in all competition
Mainz: W-D-W-W-D
Leverkusen: L-L-L-L-W
Mianz
Mainz will be looking to extend their unbeaten run in the league to seven games when they welcome Bayer Leverkusen to Mewa Arena on Saturday.
The hosts who ended the previous Bundesliga season with two wins and a draw in their last three league games have enjoyed a remarkable start to the new season, recording two wins and a draw in their opening three games.
Their last outing was a 2-1 away win at Augsburg ensuring that they are among the six teams that have remained unbeaten after three rounds of league games. They will fancy their chances of getting a positive result that will see them go unbeaten in their first four Bundesliga games for the first time since 2014/15.
However, they will face a very stern test against a Bayer Leverkusen team they have beaten just once in their last four home head-to-head meetings (L3).
Possible Mainz starting line-up
Robin Zentner; Stefan Bell, Alexander Hack, Maxim Leitsch; Silvan Widmer, Anton Stach, Dominik Kohr, Jae-Sung Lee, Aaron Martin, Jonathan Burkardt; Karim Onisiwo.
Injured: Marcus Ingvartsen, Danny da Costa
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Bayer Leverkusen
After sealing a return to the Champions League last season thanks to a third-place finish, Bayer Leverkusen have resumed their Bundesliga campaign in the worst possible way.
The visitors have lost three of their opening three games leaving them second from bottom behind Bochum who have a worse goal difference. But even Bochum have scored more goals than Gerardo Seoane’s side who have scored just once in this campaign.
With the distraction of European football on the horizon, the visitors will be desperate to get back to winning ways soon enough before their hectic fixture schedule gets underway to ensure that they finish within the top four this season.
Given that the last time they started the season with three successive league defeats (2018/19), they went on to finish fourth, one may consider their recent poor run a good omen.
Possible Leverkusen starting line-up
Lukas Hradecky; Jeremie Frimpong, Jonathan Tah, Edmond Tapsoba, Piero Hincapie; Robert Andrich, Kerem Demirbay; Moussa Diaby, Sardar Azmoun, Adam Hlozek; Patrik Schick.
Injured: Florian Wirtz, Karim Bellarabi, Amine Adli, Andrey Lunev
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Mainz 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen
