FSV Mainz 05 vs VfL Bochum

FSV Mainz 05 won nine of their 12 Bundesliga duels with VfL Bochum (D2 L1), against no other club do they have such a high win rate in the top flight (75%, 5+ duels). Mainz has also played no other team in as many home matches in the Bundesliga without losing once (W5 D1).

After 16 Bundesliga games without a win (D3 L13), VfL Bochum last time out celebrated their first win of the season and became the last team doing so in this Bundesliga season. However, Bochum have only followed up one of their last 10 wins in the top flight with another victory – in April/May 2024 (3-2 against TSG Hoffenheim and 4-3 at Union Berlin).

With 25 points after 15 games, FSV Mainz 05 are playing their second-best Bundesliga season in the club's history; only in 2010-11 did they win more points (30). Mainz has also recently recorded three home wins in a row, the last time Mainz won four in a row in the top flight was from January to March 2023 (4).

In the Bundesliga, VfL Bochum have gone six consecutive matches undefeated in their first game after the winter break (W5 D1) – of all current Bundesliga clubs, only Borussia Dortmund currently have a longer such streak (20). FSV Mainz 05 have not won their first Bundesliga game after the winter break five times in a row – the joint most of all current Bundesliga clubs together with VfB Stuttgart.

In its most recent 2-0 win over Heidenheim, VfL Bochum kept a clean sheet for the first time after 30 Bundesliga games with at least one goal conceded, ending the longest conceding streak in the club's BL history. The last time VfL kept two clean sheets in a row was in March 2023 (2).