Mainz 05 — Eintracht Frankfurt 1:3, 12 September: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 3 Saturday 12 September · 13:30 UTC

Mainz 05 8th · 4 pts WLWD

1 : 3 1st half 0:2

Eintracht Frankfurt 9th · 4 pts DWLD

Mewa Arena · referee F. Zwayer

Match predictionBold

Someone will win

84% · Mainz 05 games average 3 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Someone will win”, and the match finished 1:3.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Mainz 05 43% draw 22% Eintracht Frankfurt 35%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Mainz 05 win, and the match finished 1:3. Fans backed Mainz 05 win — they got it wrong.

fans 77 votes

Mainz 05 58% draw 10% Eintracht Frankfurt 32%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

C. Uzun assist: J. Burkardt 0-1 9'

R. Onyedika 41'

J. Burkardt assist: J. Maluze 0-2 45+1'

R. Konigsdorffer for Lee Jae-Sung 46'

M. Gotze for N. Aseko-Nkili 59'

C. Uzun assist: M. Gotze 0-3 60'

D. da Costa for A. Caci 62'

M. Gotze 70'

Y. Ebnoutalib for J. Burkardt 74'

R. Nakuzola for P. Mwene 74'

B. Hollerbach for S. Becker 74'

O. Ruoppi for N. Amiri 85'

T. Chandler for E. Baum 87'

A. Amaimouni for C. Uzun 87'

P. Tietz assist: O. Ruoppi 1-3 89'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Mainz 05 3-1-4-2 · Urs Fischer 3-4-2-1 · Adi Hutter Eintracht Frankfurt

Robin Zentner  
Stefan Posch  3 Fabio Gruber  48 Kacper Potulski  
Kaishu Sano  
Anthony Caci  7 Jae-sung Lee  10 Nadiem Amiri  2 Phillipp Mwene  
Sheraldo Becker  9 Phillip Tietz  

Jonathan Burkardt  
Ritsu Doan  42 Can Uzun  
Elias Baum  15 Noël Aséko  25 Raphael Onyedika  26 Keita Kosugi  
Jeremiaha Maluze  4 Robin Koch  3 Lilian Brassier  
Noah Atubolu  

Mainz 05 bench

1Alexander Schwolow
17Benedict Hollerbach
21Danny da Costa
15Lennard Maloney
20Otto Ruoppi
47Rael Nakuzola
11Ransford Yeboah Königsdörffer
24Sota Kawasaki
16Stefan Bell

Eintracht Frankfurt bench

29Ayoube Amaimouni Echghouyab
40Kauã Santos
31Love Arrhov
35Malik Pimpong
27Mario Götze
34Nnamdi Collins
5Otavio
22Timothy Chandler
11Younes Ebnoutalib

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

55%Possession45%

19Shots11

5Shots on target5

6Shots off target4

8Blocked shots2

12Shots inside box9

7Shots outside box2

116Attacks92

74Dangerous attacks38

4Corners5

1Offsides3

11Fouls9

0Yellow cards2

2Saves4

477Passes403

389Accurate passes326

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

1Penalties0

Mainz 05

Eintracht FrankfurtThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Mainz 05 and Eintracht Frankfurt met on matchday 3 of the Bundesliga on 12 September at Mewa Arena. Final score — 1:3.

Mainz 05 sit 8th on 4 points after 4 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss). Eintracht Frankfurt sit 9th on 4 points after 4 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 1 loss).

Of the last 2 meetings Mainz 05 won 1, Eintracht Frankfurt won 1. Aggregate score — 2:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Mainz 05 last five Eintracht Frankfurt

WLWD form DWLD

4 Matches 4

2 — 1 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 2 — 1

10 — 6 Scored — conceded 9 — 10

1.75 Points per game 1.25

2.5 Goals scored per game 2.25

2 Clean sheets 0

1 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Mainz 05 at home: 2 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 1—3, 0.5 points per match.

Eintracht Frankfurt away: 2 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 6—4, 2 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Mainz 05 win 0 draws 1 Eintracht Frankfurt win goals 2:2 Mainz 05 — Eintracht Frankfurt

22/03/2026	Mainz 05 — Eintracht Frankfurt	2:1	Bundesliga
09/11/2025	Eintracht Frankfurt — Mainz 05	1:0	Bundesliga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
5	Bayer Leverkusen	4	2	1	1	10—5	7
6	Mainz 05	4	2	1	1	10—6	7
7	Elversberg	4	2	1	1	8—7	7
8	Werder Bremen	4	2	1	1	8—8	7
9	RB Leipzig	4	2	0	2	9—5	6
10	Eintracht Frankfurt	4	1	2	1	9—10	5

Full Bundesliga table