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Bundesliga · Matchweek 3

Mainz 05

MAI

1–3Full time

Eintracht Frankfurt

SGE

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

51%Possession50%
43%Territory37%
11%From set plays17%
0.14Chance quality0.12
6.0%Directness5.8%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Mainz, 3 for Frankfurt. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 23 of 72 matches, not the full season.