FC Schalke 04 0-1 FSV Mainz 05
FC Schalke 04
0-1
FSV Mainz 05
Our call before kick-off
Over 1.5 at 1.16
lost
The evidence we published: Over 1.5 agreed in 8/12 of the sides' recent games (home 3/6 · away 5/6).
Logged before kick-off at the price shown and graded from the final score. Every call is on the track record, wins and losses alike.
How the game went
One goal short. Going in, the two sides' recent form pointed to about 2.9 goals, with two or more the likelier outcome.
Our read before the game
Mainz's form flatters a squad missing their keeper and striker; Schalke's home run says otherwise.
Schalke have won six of the last ten meetings with Mainz and are unbeaten in five home games, while Mainz arrive on four wins from their last five away but missing six players, including their starting goalkeeper and striker. That gap favours the home side holding firm here, not the visitors' form line continuing unchecked.
FC Schalke 04 team news
- Ljubicic: out (knee)
- Becker: doubtful (ankle)
FSV Mainz 05 team news
- Nebel: out (muscle)
- Widmer: out (knee)
- Kohr: out (foot)
- Mvumpa: out (broken shinbone)
- Zentner: out (hand)
- Ruoppi: out (knee)
Written Wed 14 Oct, about 79 hours before kick-off, and left as it was.
What is next
1. FC Köln v FC Schalke 04
Sat 24 Oct, 14:30
FSV Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen
Sat 24 Oct, 14:30