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Mainz 05 v Bayer Leverkusen

34%Mainz 05
25%Draw
41%Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen, just.

Tested

Bayer Leverkusen win about 41 times in 100. The other 59: a draw (25) or a Mainz 05 win (34).

Forecast by Vesta, published Saturday 3 October 2026, 18:41 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals69%
Both teams score72%
Expected goals1.7 v 1.8
Most likely score1-111% chance

Likely line-ups

Our estimate from recent matches; the confirmed ones replace it about an hour before kickoff
Mainz 054-4-24-2-3-1Bayer Leverkusen

Players to watch

Model estimate

Each player's chance to score and to assist, from Vesta's expected goals for his team, his expected goals and goals per 90 minutes, and the minutes he is likely to play (the likely line-ups above).

Numbers to expect

Forecast by Vesta

What each side should make in this match, forecast by Vesta from both teams' recent numbers and the match forecast.

Shots13.214.4
Shots on target5.04.9
Corners5.04.8
Fouls11.29.7
Yellow cards2.22.1

What's at stake

Model estimate

The chance of each team finishing first, in the top four or in the bottom three: today, and in the simulated seasons where this match ends in each result.

What Mainz 05 v Bayer Leverkusen changes for both teams
Team and chanceNowMainz 05 winDrawBayer Leverkusen win
Mainz 05
Top 426%34%25%20%
Bayer Leverkusen
Title1%<1%<1%2%
Top 479%73%78%85%

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals97%
2 or more goals88%
3 or more goals69%
4 or more goals47%
5 or more goals27%

Exactly

0 goals3%
1 goal9%
2 goals19%
3 goals22%
4 goals20%
5 goals13%
6 or more goals13%

Goals by team

Tested
Mainz 05: 1 or more83%
Mainz 05: 2 or more50%
Mainz 05: 3 or more23%
Bayer Leverkusen: 1 or more86%
Bayer Leverkusen: 2 or more56%
Bayer Leverkusen: 3 or more27%
Both teams score72%
At least one team does not score28%

Winning margin

Tested
Mainz 05 by 3 or more6%
Mainz 05 by 210%
Mainz 05 by 118%
Draw25%
Bayer Leverkusen by 120%
Bayer Leverkusen by 212%
Bayer Leverkusen by 3 or more9%

Result combinations

Tested
Mainz 05 win or draw59%
Either team wins (no draw)75%
Bayer Leverkusen win or draw66%

Clean sheets

Tested
Mainz 05 keep a clean sheet14%
Bayer Leverkusen keep a clean sheet17%
Mainz 05 win without conceding11%
Bayer Leverkusen win without conceding14%
No goals at all3%

The first goal

Model estimate
Mainz 05 score first46%
Bayer Leverkusen score first51%
No goals3%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1539%
Minutes 16-3024%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6010%
Minutes 61-755%
Minutes 76-90+4%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Mainz 05 goals down, Bayer Leverkusen goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
02.84.94.82.91.20.4
14.310.68.95.42.30.8
23.88.08.44.62.00.7
32.14.34.12.71.10.4
40.81.71.60.90.50.1
50.20.50.50.30.1·

Halves

Tested
A goal in the first half79%
A goal in the second half86%
Mainz 05 ahead at half-time30%
Level at half-time36%
Bayer Leverkusen ahead at half-time34%
Mainz 05 win the second half31%
Second half level32%
Bayer Leverkusen win the second half36%
More goals in the first half31%
More goals in the second half47%
Same goals in both halves22%

Half-time and full-time

Tested
Mainz 05 ahead at half-time, Mainz 05 win20%
Level at half-time, Mainz 05 win11%
Bayer Leverkusen ahead at half-time, Mainz 05 win3%
Mainz 05 ahead at half-time, draw6%
Level at half-time, draw13%
Bayer Leverkusen ahead at half-time, draw6%
Mainz 05 ahead at half-time, Bayer Leverkusen win4%
Level at half-time, Bayer Leverkusen win13%
Bayer Leverkusen ahead at half-time, Bayer Leverkusen win25%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
Mainz 05Bayer Leverkusen

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works

Every player's chances

Model estimate

Everyone likely to play, by chance to score. Minutes: what we expect him to play; shots: how many he should take.

Mainz 05
Mainz 05: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Phillip Tietz8935%7%9%41%2.2
Nadiem Amiri8626%4%16%38%1.6
Sheraldo Becker7523%3%22%40%1.9
Kacper Potulski749%<1%3%12%0.7
Jae-Sung Lee598%<1%8%15%0.7
Philipp Mwene877%<1%8%15%0.4
Anthony Caci626%<1%11%16%0.7
Ransford Königsdörffer bench185%<1%<1%6%0.4
Kaishu Sano904%<1%10%14%0.7
Paul Nebel bench184%<1%3%7%0.2
Stefan Posch643%<1%2%5%0.5
Danny da Costa bench373%<1%3%6%0.2
Fabio Gruber723%<1%3%6%0.4
Dominik Kohr bench342%<1%2%4%0.2
Silvan Widmer bench172%<1%1%3%0.1
Alexander Schwolow36<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Robin Zentner bench36<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Daniel Batz bench18<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Patrik Schick7143%11%9%48%2.4
Ibrahim Maza9019%2%17%33%2.3
Christian Kofane bench2613%<1%4%16%0.8
Afonso Moreira6911%<1%15%25%1.4
Edmond Tapsoba9011%<1%6%16%0.8
Malik Tillman4210%<1%6%15%0.7
Aleix García898%<1%15%22%1.0
Jarell Quansah748%<1%4%12%0.5
Moussa Diaby bench407%<1%5%12%0.9
Ezequiél Fernández576%<1%5%11%0.7
Álex Grimaldo bench184%<1%4%8%0.3
Miguel Gutiérrez714%<1%11%14%0.6
Facundo Medina563%<1%4%7%0.2
Montrell Culbreath bench132%<1%<1%2%0.1
Jonas Hofmann bench102%<1%2%4%0.2
Lucas Vázquez bench141%<1%3%5%0.1
Exequiel Palacios bench181%<1%2%3%0.2
Robert Andrich bench19<1%<1%<1%1%0.1
Loic Bade bench15<1%<1%<1%1%0.1
Ben Seghir bench5<1%<1%<1%2%0.1
Guela Doué bench5<1%<1%<1%1%0.0
Arthur bench5<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Mark Flekken90<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0