Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz

23 September 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Marco Fritz

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

Kai Havertz 62’

Match summary

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

Kai Havertz put Bayer Leverkusen ahead with a header in the 62nd minute, set up by Julian Brandt.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 1.29 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Mainz's 0.77 from 12.

Match stats

18 Shots 12

5 Shots on Target 5

7 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.29 xG 0.76

1.29 Non-penalty xG 0.76

16 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Mainz

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Kai Havertz
Assist: Julian Brandt

1-0

62’

Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen

Sven Bender
Dominik Kohr

Mainz

Stefan Bell
Levin Öztunali

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.

Bayer Leverkusen 1.29 xGMainz 0.77 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Mainz attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.21	2
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.02	1
Sven Bender	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Wendell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominik Kohr	MID	90			3	0.17	0.02	1
Lars Bender	MID	72			1	0.03	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	MID	83			4	0.20	0.03	2
Kai Havertz	MID	90	1		4	0.69	0.06	2
Julian Brandt	MID	74		1	2	0.05	0.67	5
Lucas Alario	FWD	90			3	0.14	0.14	2
Kevin Volland	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paulinho	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Isaac Thelin	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Florian Müller	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Brosinski	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Niakhate	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Bell	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.15	4
Aarón Martín	DEF	90	1	0.03	0.14	2
Bote Baku	MID	90	2	0.13	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Gbamin	MID	90	1	0.01	0.08	2
Pierre Kunde	MID	76	0	0.00	0.00	0
Levin Öztunali	FWD	82	2	0.04	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90	1	0.06	0.03	1
Jonathan Burkardt	FWD	46	1	0.35	0.00	0
Robin Quaison	Sub	44	2	0.07	0.00	0
Anthony Ujah	Sub	14	2	0.08	0.00	0
Alexandru Maxim	Sub	8	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 61% Bet365 odds 1.57

Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.33

Mainz win 17% Bet365 odds 5.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen L L L

Mainz W D W

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Previous and next meeting

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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.