Mainz vs Paderborn

Match summary

Mainz and Paderborn played out a goalless draw.

Mainz had the better of the chances, with 1.55 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Paderborn's 0.69 from 10.

Mainz and Paderborn played out a goalless draw in their Bundesliga fixture on Matchday 1, despite the home side dominating the territorial battle and chance creation. Mainz accumulated twenty-one shots compared to ten from Paderborn, with four shots on target against zero for the visitors. The home team also forced eleven corners to their opponents two and led the dangerous attacks count seventy-four to thirty-eight, whilst maintaining fifty-one percent possession. Despite finishing with an expected goals tally of 1.55 to 0.69, Mainz failed to convert their opportunities, and both teams shared the spoils after a tight ninety minutes.

The first notable chance arrived in the twenty-third minute when Mainz player Jae-Sung Lee missed the target, followed quickly by Paderborn player Laurin Curda firing off target in the twenty-fourth minute. The match saw its first disciplinary action in the thirty-eighth minute when Santiago Castañeda of Paderborn received a yellow card for a foul. After a goalless first half, multiple substitutions were made by both sides as the game progressed, including a Mainz change for an injured player in the eightieth minute. Further yellow cards were shown to Mattes Hansen of Paderborn in the seventy-second minute and Phillipp Mwene of Mainz in the ninety-first minute before the match ended in a 0-0 draw.