GolVolt — Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs FSV Mainz 05: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Player in form

Anthony Caci: 3 goals and 3 assists in 5 league matches

Goals3

The most goals and assists in the squad over recent league matches.

Defence

FSV Mainz 05 concede 2.6 goals per match

Bayer 04 Leverkusen1.2 FSV Mainz 052.6

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Bayer 04 Leverkusen concede 1.2.

Last time

Last meeting, 10 October: FSV Mainz 05 – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3:4

WDWDW

Anthony Caci: 2 goals. Bayer 04 Leverkusen are unbeaten in the last 5 meetings.

Player in form

Patrik Schick: 4 goals and 1 assist in 5 league matches

Goals4 xG2.52

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 2.5).

Table

3 points apart in the table

4.Bayer 04 Leverkusen13 pts 8.FSV Mainz 0510 pts

Bayer 04 Leverkusen: place 4, 13 pts · FSV Mainz 05: place 8, 10 pts.

Attack

Bayer 04 Leverkusen score 2.6 goals per match

Bayer 04 Leverkusen2.6 FSV Mainz 051.4

Last 5 matches in all competitions. FSV Mainz 05 score 1.4.

Players to watch

Bundesliga, this season.

Patrik Schick

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · forward

6goals 2assists 7.50avg rating

Last match, TSG Hoffenheim: rating 6.7.

Sheraldo Becker

FSV Mainz 05 · forward

2goals 4assists 7.40avg rating

Last match, Elversberg: rating 6.8.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is Bayer 04 Leverkusen at home and FSV Mainz 05 away, as in this match.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

at home · 10

7W1D2L2.7scored per match1.2conceded per match

FSV Mainz 05

away · 10

6W1D3L2.5scored per match1.5conceded per match

Head to head

5 meetings since 2025.

Last time · 10 Oct 2026 · Bundesliga FSV Mainz 05 3:4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Caci 33', 42' · Hollerbach 90+2' · Andrich 5' · Schick 9' · Quansah 55' · Diaby 65'

3wins

2 draws4.2 goals per match · both scored in 4 of 5

0wins

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Bayer 04 Leverkusen (4-2-3-1, last: Nürnberg) · FSV Mainz 05 (3-5-2, last: Elversberg).

JBBlaswich LVVázquez ETTapsoba FMMedina MGGutiérrez RAAndrich AGGarcía JHHofmann MTTillman AMMoreira NTTella RZZentner KPPotulski SPPosch DCda Costa PMMwene NAAmiri KSSano PNNebel ACCaci PTTietz SBBecker

Bayer 04 LeverkusenFSV Mainz 05

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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Volt matchup

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