German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, September 30, 2023
Bayer Leverkusen WWDWW 3
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Mainz LDLLL 0
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B04123
M05000
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Match Report

Record-breaking Leverkusen beat Mainz to go top in Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen cruised past hapless hosts Mainz 05 3-0 on Saturday to record their best-ever start to a Bundesliga season and take over top spot after six matchdays.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
1
55.3
Possession
44.7
6
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
527
Accurate Passes
397
605
Passes
483
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
8
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.4
38
Long Balls
45
16
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
13
24
Effective Clearances
7
24
Clearances
7

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

M05 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 27Robin ZentnerG
  2. 16Stefan BellCD
  3. 20Edimilson FernandesCD-L
  4. 3Sepp van den BergCD-R
  5. 31Dominik KohrCM-L
  6. 8Leandro BarreiroCM-R
  7. 19Anthony CaciLM
  8. 21Danny da CostaRM
  9. 9Karim OnisiwoF
  10. 7Lee Jae-SungCF-L
  11. 43Brajan GrudaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 33Daniel BatzSUB
  2. 23Josuha GuilavoguiSUB
  3. 34Anwar El GhaziSUB
  4. 17Ludovic AjorqueSUB
  5. 14Tom KraussSUB
  6. 24Merveille PapelaSUB
  7. 10Marco RichterSUB
  8. 4Aymen BarkokSUB

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-L
  4. 6Odilon KossounouCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 25Exequiel PalaciosCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  9. 22Victor BonifaceF
  10. 7Jonas HofmannCF-L
  11. 10Florian WirtzCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Nathan TellaSUB
  2. 11Nadiem AmiriSUB
  3. 32Gustavo PuertaSUB
  4. 23Adam HlozekSUB
  5. 8Robert AndrichSUB
  6. 3Piero HincapiéSUB
  7. 21Amine AdliSUB
  8. 17Matej KovárSUB
  9. 2Josip StanisicSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' Own Goal by Sepp van den Berg, 1. FSV Mainz 05. 1. FSV Mainz 05 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.
  3. 58' Edimilson Fernandes (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Goal! 1. FSV Mainz 05 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 63' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Florian Wirtz.
  6. 65' Goal! 1. FSV Mainz 05 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios following a fast break.
  7. 69' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Aymen Barkok replaces Lee Jae-Sung.
  8. 69' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Danny da Costa.
  9. 69' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Tom Krauß replaces Dominik Kohr.
  10. 75' Brajan Gruda (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 76' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Ludovic Ajorque replaces Brajan Gruda.
  12. 79' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Granit Xhaka.
  13. 79' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Victor Boniface.
  14. 84' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Marco Richter replaces Karim Onisiwo.
  15. 86' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Jonas Hofmann.
  16. 86' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Josip Stanisic replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
  17. 90'+2' Marco Richter (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+4' Leandro Barreiro (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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