German Bundesliga

FT Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Mainz WLWWW 0
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Bayer Leverkusen WWWWW 1
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Match Report

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Bayer Leverkusen edge Mainz 1-0 for seventh league win in a row

Champions Bayer Leverkusen battled past Mainz 05 with a 1-0 win coming courtesy of a superb Alex Grimaldo free kick on Tuesday to stretch their winning run to seven straight matches in the Bundesliga and close in on leaders Bayern Munich.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
4
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
4
33.2
Possession
66.8
7
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
9
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
278
Accurate Passes
659
360
Passes
739
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
50
15
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
10
9
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
11
25
Effective Clearances
13
25
Clearances
13

Head to Head

B04 leads series 3-2

Lineups

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 17Matej KovárG
  2. 12Edmond TapsobaCD
  3. 3Piero HincapiéCD-L
  4. 23Nordi MukieleCD-R
  5. 24Aleix GarcíaCM-L
  6. 34Granit XhakaCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  9. 14Patrik SchickF
  10. 10Florian WirtzCF-L
  11. 25Exequiel PalaciosCF-R

M05 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 27Robin ZentnerG
  2. 16Stefan BellCD
  3. 25Andreas Hanche-OlsenCD-L
  4. 21Danny da CostaCD-R
  5. 31Dominik KohrCM-L
  6. 6Kaishu SanoCM-R
  7. 2Phillipp MweneLM
  8. 19Anthony CaciRM
  9. 29Jonathan BurkardtF
  10. 7Lee Jae-SungCF-L
  11. 8Paul NebelCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Armindo Sieb replaces Jonathan Burkardt because of an injury.
  2. 17' Armindo Sieb (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 48' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, 1. FSV Mainz 05 0. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 51' Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 63' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Patrik Schick.
  6. 66' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Hyun-Seok Hong replaces Jae-Sung Lee.
  7. 66' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Nelson Weiper replaces Armindo Sieb.
  8. 68' Anthony Caci (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 69' Nordi Mukiele (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 80' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Maxim Leitsch replaces Stefan Bell.
  11. 80' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Silvan Widmer replaces Phillipp Mwene.
  12. 87' Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 88' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Martin Terrier replaces Florian Wirtz.

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