Mainz vs Werder Bremen prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-10-31 14:30.
[p]Mainz are enduring a dreadful start to the season, and will look to put a miserable run of form at home to bed against mid-table Werder Bremen.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Having now lost their last four league games, most recently going down 2-1 at Stuttgart, and conceding 12 goals in the process, Mainz find themselves in the unusual position of competing in Europe but also being in an early-season relegation battle. Bo Henriksen’s men sit three points from safety in the relegation zone and there might not be any let up in this game, given they have the worst home record in the division, losing each of their four games at the Mewa Arena, while netting a league-low of three goals.[/p]
[p]Werder Bremen could be the perfect opponent to change that against given they’ve only kept one clean sheet in their last seven Bundesliga away games, while the ten goals they’ve conceded in four away trips in 2025/26 is a joint-high in the top flight. The River Islanders are on their longest unbeaten run of the season though, with a 1-0 victory over Union Berlin last weekend signalling three matches without defeat (W2, D1). Horst Steffen’s side have moved into the top half of the table, and 11 of their points have been picked up against teams who start this round below them in the table (W3, D1, L1).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Mainz have lost the last four H2Hs, scoring just one goal in the process, while they are also winless in home meetings since 2020 (D1, L3).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Mainz have recorded the most offsides in the Bundesliga in 2025/26 (26).[/p]
[p]Mainz have trailed at half-time in a joint-high of five of their eight league games this season.[/p]
[p]Six of Werder Bremen’s eight league games this season have featured over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Werder Bremen haven’t conceded a first-half goal across their last three fixtures.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Mainz’s Dominik Kohr is the Bundesliga’s most booked player this season, picking up five yellow cards and a red. Victor Boniface is yet to break his duck for Werder Bremen, but has scored six of his last nine goals after half-time.[/p]
[p]Long-term absentees Anthony Caci and Maxim Dal remain out for Mainz. Werder Bremen’s injury list is a long one and is likely to include Isaac Schmidt, Felix Agu and Maximilian Wöber. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Neither of these teams are particularly strong defensively, so picking over 2.5 goals seems likely to turn a profit.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Matt Jones[/i][/p]