Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 19th April 2025

Mainz 05 enjoy home advantage, when visitors Wolfsburg swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Mainz 05 approach round 30 as number 5 in the Bundesliga table with 46 points on their account so far. With 29 rounds behind them, Wolfsburg have amassed 38 points, placing them as number 12 in the standings.

Mainz 05 are looking to avenge a disappointing defeat against Wolfsburg in their last meeting. According to the bookmakers, a win for the home team looks like a likely scenario.

Mainz 05 go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.3 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 13 times, while conceding 11. That amounts to an average of 1.1 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Wolfsburg scored nine goals, conceded 11 and kept their opponents from scoring one times in ten matches.

Mainz 05 took a hit when Wolfsburg handed them a 4-3 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 3-1 win.

Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Prediction

Mainz 05 Form

In their last three matches, Mainz 05 lost 3-1 against Borussia Dortmund, drew 1-1 with Holstein Kiel, before losing to Hoffenheim by 2-0. Mainz 05 claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga. They also drew three but remained undefeated, as they scored nine and conceded three goals.

Wolfsburg Form

Wolfsburg lost their previous three matches by 0-1 against FC Heidenheim, 1-0 against Union Berlin and 2-3 against RB Leipzig. Wolfsburg won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Bundesliga. The scoreline from these matches says eight goals conceded and seven scored.

Mainz 05 and Wolfsburg are both very focused on not losing currently, and they'd rather nick a point than risk losing all three. The draw is the tasty value bet at MEWA Arena this coming Saturday.

Mainz 05 took 24 points from their last 16 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. This amounts to seven wins after scoring 26 times and conceding 18. Wolfsburg fought their way to two wins and eight points from their last ten games against teams inside the top six. They were on target 22 times in these matches, but also let in 23 goals. Mainz 05 claimed 13 wins, seven draws as well as nine defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Wolfsburg enjoy a record of ten wins, eight draws and 11 defeats in the Bundesliga.

Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Squads

Mainz 05 Squad

Henriksen will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Wolfsburg from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Daniel Batz (0/0), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/29), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (1/17), Anthony Caci (1/28), Danny da Costa (0/20), Lennard Maloney (0/14), Maxim Leitsch (1/14), Moritz Jenz (0/18), Philipp Mwene (0/28), Silvan Widmer (0/22), Stefan Bell (0/15), David Mamutovic (0/0), Dominik Kohr (1/25), Hyun-Seok Hong (0/19), Jae-Sung Lee (6/28), Kaishu Sano (0/29), Nadiem Amiri (6/25), Nikolas Veratschnig (0/10), Armindo Sieb (2/26), Arnaud Nordin (0/4), Ben Bobzien (0/0), Jonathan Burkardt (15/24), Nelson Weiper (3/18), Paul Nebel (8/27).

Wolfsburg Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Wolfsburg players that the manager Ralph Hasenhuettl will choose from for the upcoming game:

Kamil Grabara (0/24), Marius Mueller (0/6), Niklas Klinger (0/0), Pavao Pervan (0/0), David Odogu (0/2), Denis Vavro (1/24), Joakim Maehle (3/23), Kilian Fischer (1/28), Konstantinos Koulierakis (0/25), Mads Roerslev (0/5), Mathys Angely (0/0), Rogerio (0/0), Sebastiaan Bornauw (2/14), Aster Vranckx (0/12), Bence Dardai (1/17), Bennit Broeger (0/0), Jakub Kaminski (0/18), Kevin Paredes (0/0), Lovro Majer (2/4), Mattias Svanberg (3/19), Maximilian Arnold (2/25), Patrick Wimmer (3/24), Yannick Gerhardt (1/26), Andreas Skov Olsen (1/9), Bartosz Bialek (0/0), Jonas Wind (8/27), Kevin Behrens (1/17), Lukas Nmecha (2/14), Mohamed Amoura (10/26), Tiago Tomas (6/28).

Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Mainz 05, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment. Dominik Kohr and Philipp Mwene can't be called up by the Mainz 05-manager, with both serving a ban.

Wolfsburg just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Mainz 05 at the MEWA Arena. For instance, Wolfsburg won't be able to field Mohamed Amoura as he serves out a ban following too many cards.

Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Lineups

Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg H2H

Mainz 05 were defeated by 4-3 in their last encounter with Wolfsburg, but did win the reverse match 3-1, though. A draw might be high-priced, but nevertheless seems fairly unlikely, judging by their ten recent outings against each other. Mainz 05 managed three wins, while Wolfsburg grabbed all three points six times in these ten matches. Picking the home win gets you odds at 9/10 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 11/4.

Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Mainz 05 welcome Wolfsburg as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet eight times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies on Saturday.

Mainz 05 vs Wolfsburg Betting Tips

Despite having scored only two times in his last 6 league matches, Nadiem Amiri has actually netted six goals during this Bundesliga season. He will surely want to add some more until the end of the campaign, and the upcoming match against outsiders Wolfsburg should be a good opportunity for him to improve on his recent goalscoring ratio. In short, siding with Nadiem Amiri to add another goal this season should be a bet to consider.

Mainz 05 won seven of their last 10 matches on home soil, while drawing three in a run that saw them avoid defeat in front of their home supporters. Wolfsburg won four of their last 10 away games across all tournaments, whilst also drawing one and losing five. Mainz 05 will feel optimistic about scoring on Saturday, with Wolfsburg managing a clean sheet once in the previous 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to five clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Over 3.5 goals happened five times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Mainz 05 managed an average of 1.3 goals, with Wolfsburg averaging 2.5 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Mainz 05 saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Wolfsburg's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.8 goals in these matches.