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FSV Mainz 05 vs 1. FC Köln - Predictions, Stats & Odds

Bundesliga Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 1

Bundesliga - Gameweek 1

Sunday, 24 Aug 2025 • 15:30

FSV Mainz 05

0 : 1

1. FC Köln

Goals

90'
0 : 1
Marius Bülter
0 : 1
Marius Bülter90'

Lineups

FSV Mainz 05

PosPlayer
GK
Robin Zentner
DEF
Danny da Costa
DEF
Phillipp Mwene
DEF
Anthony Caci
DEF
Andreas Hanche-Olsen
MID
Dominik Kohr
MID
Nadiem Amiri
MID
Jae-Sung Lee
MID
Paul Nebel
MID
Kaishu Sano
FWD
Benedict Hollerbach

Substitutes

15'Nelson Weiperfor Benedict Hollerbach
65'Lennard Maloneyfor Nadiem Amiri
65'Stefan Bellfor Andreas Hanche-Olsen
65'Silvan Widmerfor Anthony Caci
90'Armindo Siebfor Dominik Kohr

1. FC Köln

PosPlayer
GK
Marvin Schwabe
DEF
Jan Thielmann
DEF
Timo Hübers
DEF
Joël Schmied
DEF
Kristoffer Lund Hansen
DEF
Sebastian Sebulonsen
MID
Eric Martel
MID
Jakub Kamiński
MID
Marius Bülter
MID
Tom Krauß
MID
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Substitutes

67'Cenk Özkacarfor Jan Thielmann
68'Ragnar Achefor Kristoffer Lund Hansen
74'Luca Waldschmidtfor Sebastian Sebulonsen
80'Florian Kainzfor Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
71. FC Köln110010+13
W
14FSV Mainz 05100101-10
L

Last Games

FSV Mainz 05

vsBayer 04 Leverkusen
2 - 2
@VfL Bochum
4 - 1
vsEintracht Frankfurt
1 - 1
@FC Bayern München
0 - 3
vsVfL Wolfsburg
2 - 2

1. FC Köln

@FC Heidenheim
1 - 4
vsUnion Berlin
3 - 2
vsSC Freiburg
0 - 0
@FSV Mainz 05
1 - 1
vsDarmstadt
0 - 2

Head-to-Head

17 Jan 2026
1. FC Köln2 - 1FSV Mainz 05
17 Jan 20261. FC Köln
2 - 1
FSV Mainz 05
24 Aug 2025
FSV Mainz 050 - 11. FC Köln
24 Aug 2025FSV Mainz 05
0 - 1
1. FC Köln
28 Apr 2024
FSV Mainz 051 - 11. FC Köln
28 Apr 2024FSV Mainz 05
1 - 1
1. FC Köln
10 Dec 2023
1. FC Köln0 - 0FSV Mainz 05
10 Dec 20231. FC Köln
0 - 0
FSV Mainz 05

Bundesliga

Gameweek 1

22 Aug • 20:30
FC Bayern München
RB Leipzig
6 - 0
23 Aug • 15:30
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1899 Hoffenheim
1 - 2
23 Aug • 15:30
Eintracht Frankfurt
Werder Bremen
4 - 1
23 Aug • 15:30
SC Freiburg
FC Augsburg
1 - 3
23 Aug • 15:30
FC Heidenheim
VfL Wolfsburg
1 - 3
23 Aug • 15:30
Union Berlin
VfB Stuttgart
2 - 1
23 Aug • 18:30
St. Pauli
Borussia Dortmund
3 - 3
24 Aug • 15:30
FSV Mainz 05
1. FC Köln
0 - 1
24 Aug • 17:30
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Hamburger SV
0 - 0

What is GAP?

What is Plus Minus Goals (G±)?

Plus Minus Goals (G±) is the average goal difference per game while the player was on the pitch. A value above 0 indicates that the team rather wins, a value below 0 means his team concedes more goals than they score when the player is on the pitch. As an example, if the player's team is winning 3:1 the goal difference is +2, if the player's team is loosing 0:1, the goal difference is -1. It is a pure metric which is barely adjusted for circumstances to purely show the goal difference.

What is GAP?

GAP (Game Advantage Percentage) shows the percentage gap between a player and the average league player. It answers the question: How much does a player improve or worsen a team's performance? It is based on high level game data with a focus on the impact on the goal difference (G±) from the last 50 games of a player. Besides that, GAP goes further and considers game context by involving data from the player and all other players who are at the same time on the pitch, no matter if teammates or opponents. Football GAP - the individual metric for team players.