Stuttgart vs Mainz

19 January 2019 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Tobias Stieler

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Nicolás González 83’
Marc-Oliver Kempf 85’

Santiago Ascacibar 22’ (og)
Jean-Philippe Mateta 28’
Alexander Hack 72’

Match summary

Mainz won 3-2 away at Stuttgart. Mainz led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ascacibar's own goal put Mainz ahead in the 22nd minute and Jean-Philippe Mateta made it 0-2 in the 28th minute, set up by Robin Quaison. In the second half, Alexander Hack made it 0-3 from a corner in the 72nd minute, set up by Aarón Martín, Nicolás González pulled one back to make it 1-3 with a header in the 83rd minute, set up by Christian Gentner, and Marc-Oliver Kempf made it 2-3 with a header in the 85th minute, set up by Emiliano Insúa.

Stuttgart can feel hard done by, creating 3.20 expected goals (xG) from 28 shots to Mainz's 1.18 from 14.

Match stats

28 Shots 14

8 Shots on Target 4

13 Corners 8

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.20 xG 1.18

3.20 Non-penalty xG 1.18

18 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Stuttgart Mainz

Kick-off

22’

Santiago Ascacibar
Own goal

0-1

28’

Jean-Philippe Mateta
Assist: Robin Quaison

0-2

Half-time0-2

72’

Alexander Hack
Assist: Aarón Martín

0-3

Nicolás González
Assist: Christian Gentner

1-3

83’

Marc-Oliver Kempf
Assist: Emiliano Insúa

2-3

85’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Stuttgart

Marc-Oliver Kempf
Santiago Ascacibar

Mainz

Daniel Brosinski
Gerrit Holtmann

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Stuttgart 3.20 xGMainz 1.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Mainz attacking Stuttgart attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ron-Robert Zieler	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gonzalo Castro	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.19	3
Marc-Oliver Kempf	DEF	90	1		1	0.51	0.00	0
Timo Baumgartl	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Borna Sosa	DEF	47			1	0.05	0.00	0
Santiago Ascacibar	MID	90			3	0.20	0.12	1
Dennis Aogo	MID	47			0	0.00	0.00	1
Alexander Esswein	MID	80			4	0.29	0.18	3
Christian Gentner	MID	90		1	2	0.08	0.72	3
Steven Zuber	MID	90			2	0.09	0.00	0
Mario Gomez	FWD	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Emiliano Insúa	Sub	43		1	1	0.11	1.38	6
Nicolás González	Sub	43	1		7	1.09	0.19	4
Anastasios Donis	Sub	10			4	0.70	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Florian Müller	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Brosinski	DEF	90			2	0.03	0.06	1
Alexander Hack	DEF	90	1		3	0.35	0.00	0
Stefan Bell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.14	2
Aarón Martín	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.42	5
Pierre Kunde	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Levin Öztunali	MID	90			0	0.00	0.28	1
Jean-Philippe Gbamin	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean-Paul Boëtius	MID	69			3	0.24	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	88	1		3	0.23	0.02	1
Robin Quaison	FWD	82		1	1	0.02	0.21	2
Gerrit Holtmann	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anthony Ujah	Sub	8			1	0.28	0.00	0
Moussa Niakhate	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Stuttgart win 39% Bet365 odds 2.40

Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30

Mainz win 32% Bet365 odds 2.90

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Stuttgart W L W L L

Mainz W D L D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Mainz 1-0 Stuttgart, 26 Aug 18 Next meeting: Mainz 1-4 Stuttgart, 26 Sep 20 All Stuttgart vs Mainz meetings

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.