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Mainz

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Mainz go into this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Bundesliga drawn game versus Borussia Mönchengladbach.

In that match, Mainz had 62% possession and 17 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Mainz was Nadiem Amiri (98'). At the other end, Borussia Monchengladbach had 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Joe Scally (7') was the scorer for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

It has been seldom in recent games where Mainz have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Mainz have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 8 goals during that time.

Coming into this meeting, Mainz have not beaten Bayern Munich in their last 2 matches in the league.

Bayern Munich

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Bayern Munich go into this clash following on from a 0-2 DFB-Pokal win with the downing of Bayer Leverkusen in their most recent game.

In that match, Bayern Munich managed 53% possession and 20 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. For Bayern Munich, goals were scored by Harry Kane (22') and Luis Díaz (93'). At the other end, Bayer Leverkusen had 4 shots at goal with 1 on target.

Illustrating their appetite for high-scoring encounters, goals have been seen as many as 27 times in the previous six games in which Bayern Munich have taken to the field, giving a mean average of 4.5 goals for each fixture. Their opponents have got 8 of those goals. With no two games being the same, it remains to be seen whether that trend might continue on here in this match.

Heading into this contest, Bayern Munich have not been beaten in their last 24 league matches away from home. A stunning run.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 21/10/2023 shows us that Mainz have won 1 of them and Bayern Munich 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 27 overall which averages out at 4.5 goals per match.

The last league match featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 14 on 14/12/2025 when it finished Bayern Munich 2-2 Mainz.

In that game, Bayern Munich managed 85% possession and 24 shots at goal with 11 on target. The scorers were Lennart Karl (29') and Harry Kane (87').

Mainz got 5 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Kacper Potulski (45') and Jae-sung Lee (67') scored.

The referee was Robin Braun.

ℹ️ Team News: Mainz

In our view, Mainz may well go for a 4-4-2 system this time, utilising Daniel Batz, Danny da Costa, Stefan Posch, Dominik Kohr, Kaishu Sano, Anthony Caci, Nadiem Amiri, Paul Nebel, Phillipp Mwene, Phillip Tietz and Sheraldo Becker.

ℹ️ Team News: Bayern Munich

There’s a good chance that Bayern appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup, going with Jonas Urbig, Josip Stanisic, Min-Jae Kim, Hiroki Ito, Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Raphael Guerreiro, Jamal Musiala, Luis Diaz and Nicolas Jackson.

💡 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Mainz should get enough chances to get a goal against this Bayern Munich outfit, but a single goal likely won’t prevent defeat.

We’re therefore tipping a narrow 1-2 victory for Bayern Munich after the 90. Let’s see what eventuates.

Andre Moura, 13:05 25/04/2026