Stuttgart vs FSV Mainz 05 Predictions

Struggling Mainz to fall short

Stuttgart are in form at home and can be backed to defeat an out-of-form Mainz on Sunday. Sebastian Hoeness’ side have won their last four Bundesliga games at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.

They are third in the Bundesliga, 13 places and 11 points above Mainz, with five wins from their seven games this season. The visitors are down in 16th having won just once.

Stuttgart maintained their winning run with a 3-0 victory away at Wolfsburg last weekend. This was expected to be a close match according to the pre-game betting, but Stuttgart were comfortable winners at odds of 6/4.

The home team are in goalscoring form. Stuttgart have scored in ten games in a row and have found the net at least twice in three of their last four Bundesliga games.

Stuttgart have sustained just one defeat in their last seven home games against Mainz in the Bundesliga and are unbeaten in their three home games this season.

They have kept four clean sheets in their last six Bundesliga outings and have yet to concede a goal in their three home games this season.

Backing Mainz’s opponents during their current run of five defeats in seven Bundesliga games would have resulted in a profit of 6.65 units.

The visitors are in poor form. Mainz have only won one of their last eight Bundesliga matches and have gone without a win in three games. Five of their last seven league games have ended in defeat.

The visitors have yet to keep a clean sheet after seven Bundesliga games and Mainz are on a run of nine away days without recording a shutout. They have conceded on all three of their away days this season.

A 2-0 victory for Stuttgart looks the most likely outcome in the correct-score market. No Bundesliga team’s games have finished with fewer than three goals more times than Mainz’s four this season.

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Edited by Mark Langdon