Mainz vs Bayer Leverkusen

8 February 2019 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Robert Schröder

Full time 1 – 5

Half-time: 1–4

Robin Quaison 9’

Wendell 5’
Kai Havertz 19’
Julian Brandt 30’, 64’
Karim Bellarabi 43’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won comfortably, 5-1 away at Mainz. Bayer Leverkusen led 4-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Wendell put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Karim Bellarabi, Robin Quaison equalised from a corner in the 9th minute, set up by Alexander Hack, Kai Havertz put Bayer Leverkusen back in front in the 19th minute, set up by Julian Brandt, Julian Brandt made it 1-3 in the 30th minute, set up by Kevin Volland, and Karim Bellarabi made it 1-4 in the 43rd minute, set up by Julian Brandt. In the second half, Brandt made it 1-5 in the 64th minute, set up by Kevin Volland.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 3.42 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Mainz's 2.04 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 18

2 Shots on Target 7

4 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.88 xG 3.30

1.88 Non-penalty xG 3.30

5 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Mainz Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

5’

Wendell
Assist: Karim Bellarabi

0-1

Robin Quaison
Assist: Alexander Hack

1-1

9’

19’

Kai Havertz
Assist: Julian Brandt

1-2

30’

Julian Brandt
Assist: Kevin Volland

1-3

43’

Karim Bellarabi
Assist: Julian Brandt

1-4

Half-time1-4

64’

Julian Brandt
Assist: Kevin Volland

1-5

Full-time1-5

Bookings

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

Mainz

Pierre Kunde
Leandro Barreiro Martins
Robin Quaison

Bayer Leverkusen

Karim Bellarabi

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.

Mainz 2.04 xGBayer Leverkusen 3.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bayer Leverkusen attacking Mainz 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
Florian Müller	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Niakhate	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alexander Hack	DEF	90		1	1	0.25	0.62	1
Stefan Bell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	2
Daniel Brosinski	MID	90			0	0.00	0.30	3
Leandro Barreiro Martins	MID	90			1	0.01	0.14	1
Pierre Kunde	MID	56			2	0.03	0.00	0
Aarón Martín	MID	63			1	0.02	0.48	3
Jean-Paul Boëtius	MID	72			1	0.07	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90			3	0.56	0.28	1
Robin Quaison	FWD	90	1		4	1.04	0.16	2
Jean-Philippe Gbamin	Sub	34			1	0.01	0.00	0
Karim Onisiwo	Sub	27			1	0.06	0.00	0
Gerrit Holtmann	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.10	1
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sven Bender	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Wendell	DEF	79	1		1	0.98	0.00	0
Charles Aránguiz	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Julian Brandt	MID	82	2	2	3	0.78	0.44	2
Kai Havertz	MID	63	1		1	0.34	0.07	2
Karim Bellarabi	FWD	90	1	1	5	0.42	1.49	2
Kevin Volland	FWD	90		2	2	0.21	0.86	3
Leon Bailey	FWD	90			2	0.56	0.43	6
Julian Baumgartlinger	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tin Jedvaj	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Alario	Sub	8			1	0.07	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Mainz win 25% Bet365 odds 3.80

Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.80

Bayer Leverkusen win 50% Bet365 odds 1.90

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

Form going into the game

Mainz D D W W L

Bayer Leverkusen W W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Mainz, 23 Sep 18 Next meeting: Mainz 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen, 21 Dec 19 All Mainz vs Bayer Leverkusen 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.