Match summary
Mainz saw off Bochum 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.
Jeremiah St. Juste put Mainz ahead from a corner in the 48th minute, set up by Jonathan Burkardt.
There was little between the sides on chances: Mainz created 1.62 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots, Bochum 1.33 from 12. Sebastian Polter had a penalty saved for Bochum.
Before kick-off
Mainz win
58%
Avg odds 1.65
Draw
25%
Avg odds 3.85
Bochum win
17%
Avg odds 5.69
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.