FSV Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction, 8/27/2022 Bundesliga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 8/16/2022

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Game: FSV Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen

Date: Saturday, August 27, 2022

Location: Opel Arena in Mainz, Germany

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: FSV Mainz 05 (+118) Bayer Leverkusen (-140)

The Company's Eleven (0-0-2) are en route to Opel Arena on Saturday where they will try to beat the O-Fives (1-1-0). FSV Mainz 05 are priced at +118 while Bayer Leverkusen are at -140. The total comes in at 2.75. The expected starting goaltenders are Robin Zentner for FSV Mainz 05 and Lukas Hradecky for Bayer Leverkusen.

Mainz 05 has conceded 1 goal while conceding 0.50 goals per 90 minutes, and the opposition are sitting with 5 SoT against them. They have a total of 1 clean sheet, which has them at a rate of 50.0 for the season. FSV Mainz 05 has a total of 4 yellow card warnings this year. The O-Fives sit at 15th when it comes to expected goals with 1.3, and the expected goals against are at 0.7. For the season, the team has put together an average of 2.00 pts per match (4 points) and are ranked 12th in Bundesliga with 2 assists. The team's goal differential is at 1 by 2 goals scored and 1 goal relinquished. Mainz has amassed 4 SVs and have a save rate of 80.0 on the season.

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Over the course of the season, Leverkusen has a save rate of 62.5 (8 shots on target against), and they also sit at 17th in Bundesliga with 0 pts. The Company's Eleven have put together an average of 0.0 pts/match while tallying 0 assists and 1 red card. Leverkusen has earned 1 save and this team's xG so far this season is at 3.8. Bayer 04 Leverkusen has tallied 5 yellow cards. Their goals against per 90 minutes is currently at 1.51 with 5 saves. Bayer Leverkusen sits at 12th when talking about goals against having 3, and the squad's goal differential is sitting at -2.

The guy who will defend the goal for FSV Mainz 05 is Robin Zentner. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.43 (227 goals surrendered) and his save percentage is .696. Zentner (49-42-68 mark during his soccer career) has totaled 40 clean sheets, which gives him a 25.2% clean sheet percentage. Zentner has been on the field for 14,265 minutes and is sitting with 484 stops thus far in his career. The goalie hailing from Germany has seen 695 shots attempted against him in 159 starts.

Lukas Hradecky will be looking after the net for Bayer Leverkusen. So far in his career, Hradecky has surrendered 433 goals and has totaled 991 saves in 347 starts. He has conceded 1.25 goals per 90 while he holds a record of 146-88-112. He is the owner of a save percentage of .702 and his clean sheet rate sits at 30.0%. Hradecky has racked up 104 shutouts while defending 1,411 shots attempted against him in 31,183 minutes throughout his career.

Karim Onisiwo is one guy you are going to want to keep your eye on for FSV Mainz 05. He has accounted for 18 assists while tallying 13 yellow card warnings so far in his career. The forward representing Austria has tallied 26 goals scored in 10,348 mins played. Onisiwo has been given a starting assignment in 108 contests in his career and he scores 0.23 goals per 90 mins.

Bayer Leverkusen has an attacker in Patrik Schick, who gets under the skin of opposing sides. He has accumulated 16 yellow card cautions thus far in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 13 times. The forward hailing from the Czech Republic has earned 11,258 mins while scoring 66 goals. He is averaging 0.53 goals per 90 mins and has had a starting assignment in 124 outings during his soccer career.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take FSV Mainz 05 (+118)

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