H2H: Mainz 05 vs Schalke 04 – Score Prediction (Bundesliga

H2H: Mainz vs Schalke – Comparison.

Jean-Philippe Mateta has netted Mainz’s opener in each of his three goalscoring competitive matches this campaign. Schalke’s Mark Uth has scored more goals against Mainz than any other Bundesliga club (seven in ten meetings). The last nine Bundesliga H2Hs have seen the away side on the day fail to find the net before HT.

Mainz Insights.

Rock-bottom Mainz 05 are still seeking their first point (L6), and are therefore enduring their worst start to a Bundesliga campaign in the club’s history. A 3-1 loss at Augsbourg in their last top-flight outing was noteworthy though, as their previous six Bundesliga matches have now seen the opening goal scored by the 40th minute. The hosts have tasted victory only once across their last eight league fixtures at the Opel Arena (D1, L6), though they didn’t lose the first half in all four where they managed to find the net (HT: W2, D2). However, the fact Mainz are winless in 63.64% of the 11 home league games in which they started as favourites since the beginning of 2019/20 is concerning (W4, D1, L6).

Schalke Insights.

With just two points after matchday six (D2, L4), Schalke 04 are currently experiencing their worst start to a new Bundesliga campaign since 1965/66! In fact Schalke‘s long wait for a win was stretched to 22 league games after Stuttgart came back to draw 1-1 with them last week, and only Tasmania Berlin have gone longer without a win in Bundesliga history back in 1965/66 (31 games). Here, the visitors make this trip knowing that if they lose, it would be the first time since 1987/88 that any Schalke side has lost six Bundesliga road trips in a row. Worryingly, each of their three away league games this term have seen them lose one half by a 3-0 scoreline precisely.