Union Berlin vs Mainz

20 August 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Tobias Stieler

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Kevin Behrens 1’, 9’, 70’
Milos Pantovic 90+6’

Anthony Caci 64’

Match summary

Union Berlin won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Mainz. Union Berlin led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kevin Behrens put Union Berlin ahead with a header in the first minute, set up by Jérôme Roussillon and Behrens made it 2-0 with a header in the 9th minute, set up by Aissa Laidouni. In the second half, Anthony Caci pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 64th minute, Behrens made it 3-1 with a header in the 70th minute, set up by Sheraldo Becker, and Milos Pantovic made it 4-1 in stoppage time, set up by Kevin Volland.

Mainz can feel hard done by, creating 2.52 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Union Berlin's 2.12 from 11. Ludovic Ajorque had a penalty saved for Mainz. Ludovic Ajorque had a penalty saved for Mainz.

Match stats

12 Shots 9

7 Shots on Target 3

3 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 0

2.11 xG 2.52

2.11 Non-penalty xG 1.00

3 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Union Berlin Mainz

Kick-off

Kevin Behrens
Assist: Jérôme Roussillon

1-0

1’

Kevin Behrens
Assist: Aissa Laidouni

2-0

9’

Half-time2-0

64’

Anthony Caci

2-1

Kevin Behrens
Assist: Sheraldo Becker

3-1

70’

Milos Pantovic
Assist: Kevin Volland

4-1

90+6’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Union Berlin

Kevin Behrens

Mainz

Dominik Kohr
Danny da Costa
Leandro Barreiro Martins
Jae-Sung Lee
Sepp van den Berg

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.

Union Berlin 2.12 xGMainz 2.52 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Mainz attacking Union Berlin 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
Frederik Rönnow	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christopher Trimmel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.22	3
Robin Knoche	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Danilho Doekhi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Leite	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Jérôme Roussillon	DEF	71		1	0	0.00	0.33	1
Alex Kral	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aissa Laidouni	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.07	1
Brenden Aaronson	MID	81			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Behrens	FWD	90	3		4	1.06	0.00	0
David Datro Fofana	FWD	71			5	0.45	0.00	0
Robin Gosens	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sheraldo Becker	Sub	19		1	0	0.00	0.61	1
Milos Pantovic	Sub	9	1		1	0.56	0.00	0
Aljoscha Kemlein	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Volland	Sub	1		1	0	0.00	0.56	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robin Zentner	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Bell	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Edimilson Fernandes	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominik Kohr	DEF	65		0	0.00	0.00	0
Danny da Costa	MID	86		2	0.11	0.57	1
Anthony Caci	MID	90	1	1	0.03	0.19	2
Leandro Barreiro Martins	MID	90		1	0.09	0.00	0
Anton Stach	MID	86		1	0.08	0.00	0
Jae-Sung Lee	MID	80		0	0.00	0.02	1
Karim Onisiwo	MID	65		1	0.11	0.07	1
Ludovic Ajorque	FWD	90		4	2.10	0.00	0
Brajan Gruda	Sub	25		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sepp van den Berg	Sub	25		0	0.00	0.00	0
Aymen Barkok	Sub	10		0	0.00	0.00	0
Tom Krauß	Sub	4		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nelson Weiper	Sub	4		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Union Berlin win 45% Avg odds 2.15

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.32

Mainz win 26% Avg odds 3.61

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

Form going into the game

Union Berlin D L W L W

Mainz L L L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Union Berlin 2-1 Mainz, 04 Feb 23 Next meeting: Mainz 1-1 Union Berlin, 07 Feb 24 All Union Berlin 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.