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Mainz 05

3 — 4 Oct 10, 2026 · 07:00 PM IST

Bayer Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Round 5

Venue MEWA ARENA, Mainz

Referee Max Burda

Attendance 33,000

Player of the Match Anthony Caci 9.1 70' played

Match Events

5' Away ⚽ Robert Andrich — 0-1

9' Away ⚽ Patrik Schick — 0-2

20' Home Phillip Tietz

33' Home ⚽ Anthony Caci — 1-2

35' Home Sheraldo Becker

42' Home ⚽ Anthony Caci — 2-2

HT

55' Away ⚽ Jarell Quansah — 2-3

65' Away ⚽ Moussa Diaby — 2-4

66' Away ↔ Martin Terrier → Ibrahim Maza

70' Home ↔ Jae-Sung Lee → Eric Martel

70' Home ↔ Danny da Costa → Anthony Caci

70' Home ↔ Ransford Königsdörffer → Kacper Potulski

75' Away ↔ Malik Tillman → Moussa Diaby

75' Away ↔ Nathan Tella → Afonso Moreira

76' Home Jae-Sung Lee

78' Home ↔ Benedict Hollerbach → Sheraldo Becker

81' Home ↔ Lennard Maloney → Kaishu Sano

84' Away ↔ Jonas Hofmann → Patrik Schick

84' Away ↔ Equi Fernández → Aleix García

90 + 2' Home ⚽ Benedict Hollerbach — 3-4

90 + 3' Away Jarell Quansah

FT

Match Stats

47 53

Ball possession

3.13 2.09

Expected goals (xG)

23 16

Total shots

5 7

Shots on target

32 26

Touches in opposition box

4 6

Big chances

2 4

Big chances missed

364 (83%) 431 (85%)

Accurate passes

3 1

Yellow cards

4 3

Corners

Lineups

Mainz 05 (3-5-2)

Coach: Urs Fischer

Starting XI

1 Alexander Schwolow 5.3

4 Stefan Posch 4.8

3 Fabio Gruber 4.9

48 Kacper Potulski 6.3

19 Anthony Caci 9.1

5 Eric Martel 5.9

6 Kaishu Sano 7.3

10 Nadiem Amiri 7.7

2 Phillipp Mwene 7.1

9 Phillip Tietz 6.7

23 Sheraldo Becker 7.5

Substitutes

21 Danny da Costa 6.7

7 Jae-Sung Lee 6.3

11 Ransford Königsdörffer 6.1

17 Benedict Hollerbach 7.3

15 Lennard Maloney

40 Maximilian Kinzig

47 Rael Nakuzola

16 Stefan Bell

24 Sota Kawasaki

Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Carles Martínez

Starting XI

1 Mark Flekken 5.4

4 Jarell Quansah 7.1

12 Edmond Tapsoba 6.5

2 Facundo Medina 6.5

3 Miguel Gutiérrez 7

8 Robert Andrich 8.6

24 Aleix García 8.1

19 Moussa Diaby 8

30 Ibrahim Maza 6.8

9 Afonso Moreira 7.9

14 Patrik Schick 8

Substitutes

11 Martin Terrier 6.6

10 Malik Tillman 5.9

23 Nathan Tella 6.6

6 Equi Fernández

7 Jonas Hofmann

28 Janis Blaswich

5 Loic Badé

17 Lucas Vázquez

22 Victor Okoh Boniface