FSV Mainz 05

FSV Mainz 05 CURSD Luck Score

2025-26 Season · View Bundesliga standings →

-40
CLS Score

FSV Mainz 05: 34 points from 41 expected, a gap of 6.7. Finishing has cost them: 8 fewer goals than their 44.2 xG should produce. 12 losses, 10 draws. The underlying numbers say this team is better than the table shows.

Data last updated Oct 20, 2018, 1:46 AM UTC

Key Stats

34
Points
Expected: 40.68
36
Goals Scored
xG: 44.24
45
Goals Conceded
xGA: 48.68
6.7
Points Below Expected
Unlucky gap

CLS Evolution

How the CLS has changed throughout the season

Unluckiest Match
Matchweek 1 · 2025-08-24 · vs 1. FC Köln · at home
0-1
Lost at home against 1. FC Köln

A shutout loss that the numbers say should never have happened. FSV Mainz 05 generated 1.52 xG, comfortably more than the 1.36 their opponent managed. The model valued this match at 1.5 points for FSV Mainz 05. They got 0. That's 1.5 points of bad luck in 90 minutes.

Match timeline
60'Paul Nebel (FSV Mainz 05) - Red Card
90'M. Bulter scores for 1. FC Köln (assist: L. Waldschmidt)
1.52
xG Created
1.36
Opp. xG
-1.5
Pts Lost

Individual Games

☠ Unluckiest Matches

MW1 · 2025-08-24 · vs 1. FC Köln · Home-1.5 pts
Lost 0-1 home despite 1.5 xG. Expected 1.5 pts, got 0.
Score: 0-1 | xG: 1.52-1.36
MW30 · 2026-04-19 · vs Borussia Mönchengladbach · Away-1.4 pts
Drew 1-1 away despite 2.3 xG. Expected 2.4 pts, got 1.
Score: 1-1 | xG: 2.32-0.62
MW25 · 2026-03-07 · vs VfB Stuttgart · Home-1.4 pts
Drew 2-2 home despite 2.7 xG. Expected 2.4 pts, got 1.
Score: 2-2 | xG: 2.73-0.98

✦ Luckiest Matches

MW17 · 2026-01-13 · vs 1. FC Heidenheim · Home+1.7 pts
Won 2-1 home from 1.4 xG. Got 3 pts vs 1.3 expected.
Score: 2-1 | xG: 1.39-1.55
MW26 · 2026-03-15 · vs Werder Bremen · Away+1.6 pts
Won 2-0 away from 1.1 xG. Got 3 pts vs 1.4 expected.
Score: 2-0 | xG: 1.08-1.08
MW27 · 2026-03-22 · vs Eintracht Frankfurt · Home+1.4 pts
Won 2-1 home from 1.6 xG. Got 3 pts vs 1.6 expected.
Score: 2-1 | xG: 1.55-1.29

Core Contributing Factors

What's Driving the CLS

Each factor's contribution to the CLS score. These add up to the total.

Finishing Luck
Scored 8 fewer goals than their 44.2 xG - wasting chances
-12.2
Schedule Strength
Faced stronger-than-average opponents - a tough draw
-10.8
xPTS Gap
7 fewer points than xG simulations say they deserve
-9.8
Injury Burden
High injury burden (188 player-games missed) - key absences hurting
-8.9
Defensive Luck
Conceded 4 fewer goals than the 48.7 xGA opponents generated
+5.2
Discipline
Receiving more cards than opponents - decisions going against them
-2.4
Shot Volume Gap
Outshooting opponents but not getting the results to match
-1.1
Total CLS-40

Rank Per Signal

Where FSV Mainz 05 ranks among Bundesliga teams on each signal. #1 = most cursed.

1
Finishing Luck
1
18
-12.2
2
Schedule Strength
1
18
-10.8
3
Injury Burden
1
18
-8.9
4
Discipline
1
18
-2.4
6
xPTS Gap
1
18
-9.8
10
Shot Volume Gap
1
18
-1.1
15
Defensive Luck
1
18
+5.2

Rivalry Check

How are the rivals doing?

Future Outlook

Regression Outlook
Results Expected to Improve
Last 5: stable|8 games left

Based on regression analysis - statistical tendencies, not guarantees.

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Why?

FSV Mainz 05 are deeply cursed at -40. This level of underperformance almost never persists. The data they're generating - the chances created, the shots taken, the defensive work - all point to a team better than their record. Regression to the mean is one of the most reliable forces in sports. Their next 4 opponents average 12th in the league - a favorable stretch. That eases the path to correction.

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