Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz

14 January 2025 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Tobias Welz

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Álex Grimaldo 48’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen saw off Mainz 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Álex Grimaldo put Bayer Leverkusen ahead with a direct free kick in the 48th minute.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 2.01 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Mainz's 0.62 from 7.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen Mainz
20 Shots 7
9 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.99 xG 0.60
1.99 Non-penalty xG 0.60
8 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Mainz
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Álex Grimaldo1-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
48’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Nordi Mukiele
  • Granit Xhaka
Mainz
  • Stefan Bell
  • Anthony Caci
  • Armindo Sieb

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.01 0.62 48’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 48’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.01 0.62 48’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 Grimaldo 48’
Bayer Leverkusen 2.01 xGMainz 0.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Mainz attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
7’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.49 xG, blocked 83’ Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 51’ Anthony Caci (Mainz), from a corner, 0.40 xG, off target 73’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 58’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 18’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 33’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 73’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 81’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 18’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 30’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 23’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 57’ Kaishu Sano (Mainz), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 47’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Stefan Bell (Mainz), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 83’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Jae-Sung Lee (Mainz), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 71’ Nelson Weiper (Mainz), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 60’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 38’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 32’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 87’ Nelson Weiper (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Kaishu Sano (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 7’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.49 xG, blocked 83’ Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 51’ Anthony Caci (Mainz), from a corner, 0.40 xG, off target 73’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 58’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 18’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 33’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 73’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 81’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 30’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 18’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 23’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 57’ Kaishu Sano (Mainz), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 47’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Stefan Bell (Mainz), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 83’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Jae-Sung Lee (Mainz), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 71’ Nelson Weiper (Mainz), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 60’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 38’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 32’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 87’ Nelson Weiper (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Kaishu Sano (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Matej Kovár GK900 0.000.000
Edmond Tapsoba DEF901 0.100.000
Piero Hincapié DEF901 0.060.000
Nordi Mukiele DEF900 0.000.021
Jeremie Frimpong MID902 0.150.192
Álex Grimaldo MID9012 0.110.093
Aleix García MID902 0.150.000
Granit Xhaka MID902 0.060.163
Exequiel Palacios MID901 0.030.102
Florian Wirtz MID905 0.320.563
Patrik Schick FWD652 0.570.000
Nathan Tella Sub252 0.470.000
Martin Terrier Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 70% Avg odds 1.36
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.13
Mainz win 11% Avg odds 8.66

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Mainz, 23 Feb 24 Next meeting: Mainz 2-2 Bayer Leverkusen, 17 May 25  All Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.