Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz

25 September 2021 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Bastian Dankert

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Florian Wirtz 62’

Match summary

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

Florian Wirtz put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 62nd minute, set up by Jeremie Frimpong.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 1.45 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Mainz's 0.93 from 14.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen Mainz
16 Shots 14
9 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 3
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.45 xG 0.93
1.45 Non-penalty xG 0.93
9 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Mainz
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Florian Wirtz
Assist: Jeremie Frimpong1-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
62’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Jonathan Tah
  • Mitchel Bakker
  • Moussa Diaby
  • Lucas Alario
Mainz
  • Anderson-Lenda Lucoqui
  • Anton Stach
  • Jae-Sung Lee

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.45 0.93 62’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 62’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.45 0.93 62’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 Wirtz 62’
Bayer Leverkusen 1.45 xGMainz 0.93 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Mainz attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
12’ Stefan Bell (Mainz), from a corner, 0.40 xG, saved 90+2’ Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 66’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.22 xG, off target 73’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 89’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Mainz), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 82’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 36’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 62’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 11’ Dominik Kohr (Mainz), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 50’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 31’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 88’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 40’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 60’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 23’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 50’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 11’ Leandro Barreiro Martins (Mainz), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 49’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Leandro Barreiro Martins (Mainz), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 33’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ Mitchel Bakker (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 2’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, saved 85’ Anton Stach (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 12’ Anderson-Lenda Lucoqui (Mainz), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 14’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 26’ Jean-Paul Boëtius (Mainz), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 85’ Anderson-Lenda Lucoqui (Mainz), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 8’ Daniel Brosinski (Mainz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 12’ Stefan Bell (Mainz), from a corner, 0.40 xG, saved 90+2’ Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 66’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.22 xG, off target 73’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 89’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Mainz), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 82’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 36’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 62’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 11’ Dominik Kohr (Mainz), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 50’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 31’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 88’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 40’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 60’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 23’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 50’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 11’ Leandro Barreiro Martins (Mainz), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 49’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 31’ Leandro Barreiro Martins (Mainz), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 53’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 33’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ Mitchel Bakker (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 2’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, saved 85’ Anton Stach (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 14’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 12’ Anderson-Lenda Lucoqui (Mainz), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 26’ Jean-Paul Boëtius (Mainz), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 85’ Anderson-Lenda Lucoqui (Mainz), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 8’ Daniel Brosinski (Mainz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukas Hradecky GK900 0.000.000
Jeremie Frimpong DEF9011 0.020.173
Jonathan Tah DEF901 0.100.000
Odilon Kossounou DEF670 0.000.000
Mitchel Bakker DEF901 0.020.000
Charles Aránguiz MID900 0.000.021
Kerem Demirbay MID901 0.020.334
Karim Bellarabi MID622 0.060.000
Florian Wirtz MID8313 0.220.112
Moussa Diaby MID833 0.150.021
Patrik Schick FWD833 0.420.000
Amine Adli Sub281 0.060.492
Piero Hincapié Sub230 0.000.000
Lucas Alario Sub70 0.000.061
Paulinho Sub71 0.370.000
Nadiem Amiri Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 55% Avg odds 1.72
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.00
Mainz win 21% Avg odds 4.63

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

Form going into the game

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Mainz WLWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Mainz, 13 Feb 21 Next meeting: Mainz 3-2 Bayer Leverkusen, 18 Feb 22  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.