Bundesliga Gameweek 25 Sat, Mar 6 · 14:30 MEWA ARENA, Mainz
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Away travel111 kmRest days3.8 · 3.8Matches / 14d3 · 3
Real contextStrength only
FSV Mainz 05—%
Draw—%
SV Elversberg—%
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Forecast from 19 Feb

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for FSV Mainz 05 and SV Elversberg. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

FSV Mainz 05SV Elversberg
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
55 Current StrengthIn forecast 42
68 AttackIn forecast 44
56 DefenceIn forecast 37
70 Form indexContext 60
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

FSV Mainz 05

Attack—
Defense risk—

SV Elversberg

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

FSV Mainz 05SV Elversberg
2.33 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.00
1.67 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.83
2.14 xGVia Att/Def 1.45
1.35 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.17
+0.19 Goals minus xGContext +0.55
83% Scored inContext 67%
50% Clean sheetsContext 17%
17.83 ShotsContext 11.17
6.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.67
34% On target shareContext 42%
13.33 Shots in the boxContext 8.17
76% Box shareContext 72%
13% ConversionContext 18%
2.40 OffsidesContext 3.20
12.50 Shots allowedContext 22.00
4.60 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.33
4.17 BlocksContext 8.50
2.60 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.17
57% Save rateContext 59%
51% PossessionIn forecast 44%
446 PassesContext 382
357 Accurate passesContext 303
80% Pass accuracyContext 80%
6.94 Team ratingContext 6.82
13.83 FoulsContext 11.67
11.17 Fouls sufferedContext 13.17
2.33 Yellow cardsContext 2.17
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 6 and 6 games
2.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.40
1.80 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.80
2.21 xGVia Att/Def 1.46
1.59 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.63
-0.01 Goals minus xGContext +0.94
90% Scored inContext 80%
40% Clean sheetsContext 20%
17.10 ShotsContext 11.20
6.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.20
36% On target shareContext 38%
12.80 Shots in the boxContext 7.56
75% Box shareContext 66%
13% ConversionContext 21%
2.22 OffsidesContext 2.86
12.50 Shots allowedContext 16.90
5.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.60
3.30 BlocksContext 6.33
2.89 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.89
58% Save rateContext 59%
48% PossessionIn forecast 48%
420 PassesContext 387
337 Accurate passesContext 309
80% Pass accuracyContext 80%
6.94 Team ratingContext 6.83
12.80 FoulsContext 11.50
10.30 Fouls sufferedContext 12.40
1.90 Yellow cardsContext 1.90
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

FSV Mainz 05
Rest3.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel0 km988 km in 14d
Schedule load15%Low
Form 70 · 9 pts vs 6.6 for an average club · +1.8 vs expected
  • W17 OctA · FC Schalke 041–01.3 xPts
  • L10 OctH · Bayer Leverkusen3–41.2 xPts
  • W19 SepA · Borussia Mönchengladbach4–31.5 xPts
  • L12 SepH · Eintracht Frankfurt1–31.9 xPts
  • W6 SepA · Hamburger SV5–01.4 xPts
SV Elversberg
Rest3.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel111 km590 km in 14d
Schedule load15%Low
Form 60 · 7 pts vs 5.9 for an average club · +1.6 vs expected
  • W17 OctH · FC Augsburg4–31.4 xPts
  • L10 OctA · Union Berlin0–11.3 xPts
  • D20 SepA · FC Schalke 040–01.1 xPts
  • L13 SepH · Bayern München1–20.5 xPts
  • W5 SepA · Borussia Mönchengladbach4–31.2 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
FSV Mainz 05 SV Elversberg
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 15Low · 15
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match3.8Bundesliga 2026-2027, 2 Mar3.8Bundesliga 2026-2027, 2 Mar
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km111 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways988 km590 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days2 / 3 / 52 / 3 / 5
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

FSV Mainz 05 Last XI · not confirmed
3-5-2 · vs FC Schalke 04 (A) 1–0, 17 Oct
1A. Schwolow(G)
48K. Potulski 4S. Posch 21D. da Costa
2P. Mwene 7J. Lee 6K. Sano 10N. Amiri 19A. Caci
9P. Tietz 23S. Becker
SV Elversberg Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs FC Augsburg (H) 4–3, 17 Oct
20N. Kristof(G)
21L. Günther 31M. Rohr 19L. Pinckert 30J. Gyamerah
8Ł. Poręba 43F. Keidel
7M. Krattenmacher 10N. Darvich 25L. Petkov
42David Mokwa

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
FSV Mainz 05 Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
SV Elversberg Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

FSV Mainz 05 · Home 0.33points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
0-1-2
Scored
1.33
Conceded
2.33
SV Elversberg · Away 1.33points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
1-1-1
Scored
1.33
Conceded
1.33

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 3 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

FSV Mainz 056 games · scored 14 · conceded 10
4 0-15
3 16-30
4 1 31-45
1 3 46-60
1 61-75
6 1 76-90
SV Elversberg6 games · scored 12 · conceded 11
4 1 0-15
2 1 16-30
2 31-45
1 1 46-60
2 1 61-75
3 5 76-90
FSV Mainz 0510 games · scored 22 · conceded 18
3 4 0-15
4 16-30
7 2 31-45
2 4 46-60
2 61-75
6 6 76-90
SV Elversberg10 games · scored 24 · conceded 18
7 3 0-15
5 2 16-30
3 3 31-45
1 3 46-60
3 2 61-75
5 5 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.