1. FSV Mainz 05 vs SV Werder Bremen Prediction & Preview
Four away wins from four, and not one home win from two. That is the record 1. FSV Mainz 05 carry into Saturday's Bundesliga match with SV Werder Bremen, and the awkward half of it is the half that applies here. Kick-off in Mainz is 14:30 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026, and the call is free to make on the 1. FSV Mainz 05 vs SV Werder Bremen match page.
What time is kick-off for Mainz 05 vs Werder Bremen?
- FSV Mainz 05 against SV Werder Bremen kicks off at 14:30 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026, a Bundesliga fixture played in the city of Mainz, Germany.
- Fixture: 1. FSV Mainz 05 v SV Werder Bremen
- Competition: Bundesliga
- Date: Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 14:30 BST
- Venue: Mainz, Germany
Does the Mainz 05 home record stand up?
Mainz have won four of four away and none of two at home in their last six matches, which is a strange shape for a side sitting on 12 points from that run.
Mainz 05 home and away
Both home games got away from them. Bayer 04 Leverkusen won 4-3 in Mainz on 10 October, 14 days before this match, and Eintracht Frankfurt won 3-1 there on 12 September. On the road it has been 1-0 at FC Schalke 04 seven days before this game, 4-3 at Borussia M'gladbach, 5-0 at Hamburger SV and 3-0 at SV Waldhof Mannheim in a club friendly. Seventeen scored, 10 conceded, three clean sheets, and not a single blank in six.
Werder Bremen on the road
Werder have no away win in three and 9 points from six, with 12 scored and 12 conceded. Three of the six were draws. They have kept no clean sheets at all, and both sides scored in every one of the six. The most recent was 2-2 at home to SC Paderborn 07 on 17 October, seven days before this match, after a 2-2 at Borussia Dortmund on 9 October and a 1-1 at 1. FC Köln. Only SC Freiburg properly beat them, 4-1.
The two clubs last met on 24 August 2026, 61 days before this match, when Werder won in the Frauen-Bundesliga in Mainz: 1. FSV Mainz 05 1-2 SV Werder Bremen.
Team news
Urs Fischer's Mainz have been without Robin Zentner, who has a hand injury, along with Dominik Kohr and Otto Ruoppi, while Silas Katompa Mvumpa trained with the group for the first time since breaking his tibia and fibula in March, per FSV Mainz News; Paul Nebel, Silvan Widmer and Fabio Gruber all rejoined training earlier in October, with Alexander Schwolow deputising in goal (Yahoo Sports). Daniel Thioune's Werder squad is missing Keke Topp, Jens Stage, Salim Musah, Skelly Alvero, Felix Agu and Moussa N'Diaye (LigaInsider).
1. FSV Mainz 05 vs SV Werder Bremen prediction
Our prediction is a 2-2 draw between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and SV Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on Saturday, 24 October 2026. Mainz are excellent travellers and a soft touch in their own stadium, where they have conceded four and three in their two home games, so the away record counts for less than the table position suggests. Werder are hard to separate from anyone, drawing three of six and conceding in all of them. Five of the last six for each side produced three goals or more.
Our prediction: 1. FSV Mainz 05 2-2 SV Werder Bremen
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