VfL Bochum vs FSV Mainz 05

VfL Bochum average just 0.38 points per Bundesliga game against 1. FSV Mainz 05, their lowest return against any team. Bochum have won just one of their 13 top-flight meetings (2-0 H in August 2021), collecting only one point from their six Bundesliga clashes since that victory (D1, L5).

Only VfL Wolfsburg (8 games) are currently on a longer wait for a Bundesliga win than VfL Bochum and 1. FSV Mainz 05 (both 7 games). This is Mainz’s longest spell without victory since between November 2023 and February 2024 (11 games under Jan Siewert before Bo Henriksen took over as head coach).

22 points from 32 games represents the worst Bundesliga season in VfL Bochum’s history. Their seventh relegation from the top flight will be confirmed if they lose against Mainz – only Arminia Bielefeld (8 times) and 1. FC Nürnberg (9) have ever been relegated more often from the Bundesliga.

1. FSV Mainz 05 are unbeaten under Bo Henriksen against teams sitting bottom of the Bundesliga (W2, D1), though all three of these games to date have taken place at home. The 05ers have lost each of their last three away matches against teams in 18th place, winning just one of their last nine such games (2-1 in Paderborn in October 2019; otherwise D1, L7).

Since a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in mid-February, VfL Bochum have collected just one point from their last five Bundesliga home games (1-1 against Union Berlin; otherwise L4). Defeat against Mainz would mean they have suffered 10 home losses in a Bundesliga campaign for the first time – their current tally of nine home defeats has already equalled their club record (most recently in 2009/10).