German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, October 18, 2025
Bayer Leverkusen DDWDW 4
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Mainz LWLWL 3
1st2ndT
B04314
M05123
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Team Stats

12
Fouls
20
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
3
57.9
Possession
42.1
20
SHOTS
12
8
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
457
Accurate Passes
289
559
Passes
400
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
2
7
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.2
76
Long Balls
61
38
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
6
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
4
16
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
6
Interceptions
10
36
Effective Clearances
37
36
Clearances
37

Highlights

00:44 Armindo Sieb scores goal for Mainz Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

B04 leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

M05 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lasse RießG
  2. 16Stefan BellCD
  3. 31Dominik KohrCD-L
  4. 21Danny da CostaCD-R
  5. 6Kaishu SanoCM-L
  6. 10Nadiem AmiriCM-R
  7. 2Phillipp MweneLM
  8. 22Nikolas VeratschnigRM
  9. 17Benedict HollerbachF
  10. 7Lee Jae-SungCF-L
  11. 8Paul NebelCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 33Daniel BatzSUB
  2. 11Armindo SiebSUB
  3. 24Sota KawasakiSUB
  4. 14William BøvingSUB
  5. 25Andreas Hanche-OlsenSUB
  6. 30Silvan WidmerSUB
  7. 37Ben BobzienSUB
  8. 15Lennard MaloneySUB
  9. 9Arnaud NordinSUB

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Mark FlekkenG
  2. 5Loïc BadéCD
  3. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-L
  4. 8Robert AndrichCD-R
  5. 24Aleix GarcíaCM-L
  6. 6Ezequiel FernándezCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 13ArthurRM
  9. 35Christian KofaneF
  10. 19Ernest PokuCF-L
  11. 7Jonas HofmannCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Claudio EcheverriSUB
  2. 27Jeremiah MensahSUB
  3. 30Ibrahim MazaSUB
  4. 11Martin TerrierSUB
  5. 28Janis BlaswichSUB
  6. 42Montrell CulbreathSUB
  7. 44Jeanuël BelocianSUB
  8. 36Niklas LombSUB
  9. 17Eliesse Ben SeghirSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! 1. FSV Mainz 05 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 24' Goal! 1. FSV Mainz 05 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Christian Kofane (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ernest Poku.
  3. 34' Goal! 1. FSV Mainz 05 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Lee Jae-Sung (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  4. 37' Dominik Kohr (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+3' Goal! 1. FSV Mainz 05 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann.
  6. 65' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Arnaud Nordin replaces Nikolas Veratschnig.
  7. 65' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Andreas Hanche-Olsen replaces Stefan Bell.
  8. 66' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Ibrahim Maza replaces Jonas Hofmann.
  9. 67' Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 68' Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 71' Goal! 1. FSV Mainz 05 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Nadiem Amiri (1. FSV Mainz 05) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  12. 77' Andreas Hanche-Olsen (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 79' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Martin Terrier replaces Christian Kofane.
  14. 79' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Eliesse Ben Seghir replaces Ernest Poku.
  15. 81' Loïc Badé (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 81' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. William Bøving replaces Lee Jae-Sung.
  17. 83' Eliesse Ben Seghir (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 86' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Armindo Sieb replaces Benedict Hollerbach.
  19. 87' Goal! 1. FSV Mainz 05 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4. Martin Terrier (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  20. 90' Goal! 1. FSV Mainz 05 3, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4. Armindo Sieb (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nadiem Amiri with a through ball.
  21. 90'+3' Nadiem Amiri (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card.
  22. 90'+10' William Bøving (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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