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Bayer Leverkusen 2 - 1 Mainz 05
Leverkusen scorers: Granit Xhaka (3’), Robert Andrich (68’)
Mainz scorers: Dominik Kohr (7’)
Venue: BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany
Referee: Timo Gerach
Bayer Leverkusen:
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lukáš Hrádecký | Matěj Kovář | ||
| Edmond Tapsoba | Josip Stanišić | ||
| Jonathan Tah | 49’ | Piero Hincapié | 83’ |
| Odilon Kossounou | Noah Mbamba | ||
| Jeremie Frimpong | 45+1’ 83’ | Nathan Tella | 83’ |
| Robert Andrich | 68’ | Gustavo Puerta | |
| Granit Xhaka | 3’ | Patrik Schick | 56’ |
| Álex Grimaldo | Borja Iglesias | ||
| Jonas Hofmann | 56’ | Adam Hložek | 90’ |
| Florian Wirtz | 74’ 90’ | ||
| Amine Adli | 83’ |
Manager: Xabi Alonso (Spain) | 45+1’
Mainz 05:
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Zentner | 54’ | Lasse Finn Rieß | |
| Dominik Kohr | 7’ 52’ | Josuha Guilavogui | 60’ |
| Sepp van den Berg | Tim Müller | ||
| Anthony Caci | 66’ | Maxim Dal | |
| Silvan Widmer | 60’ | Marco Richter | |
| Leandro Barreiro | Tom Krauß | 83’ | |
| Nadiem Amiri | Merveille Papela | ||
| Phillipp Mwene | 85’ | Jessic Ngankam | 65’ 79’ |
| Brajan Gruda | 65’ | ||
| Karim Onisiwo | 42’ 83’ | ||
| Jae-Sung Lee |
Manager: Bo Henriksen (Denmark)
MATCH EVENTS
1’: We’re off!
3’: GOAL LEVERKUSEN!! Granit Xhaka fires the most beautiful goal you will ever see from outside the corner of the box!
7’: GOAL MAINZ! They send a free kick to the right side of the box, Widmer heads it over to Dominik Kohr who does a second header into the net!
10’: Onisiwo sends a weak shot bouncing into the keeper’s arms.
16’: SAVE! Caci fires one at Hrádecký, Hrádecký stops it but spills it and has to scramble to recover
16’: Save on the other end! Hoffman fires at between the keeper’s legs from wide and Zentner gets his knees in the way.
20’: SAVE! Xhaka fires another belter from outside the box but this one Zentner palms away. But not well, and he has to go flap at it again to get it to safety.
22’: A run behind the backline by Frimpong and the volley! Oh but he’s mishit it, easy save for Zentner.
23’: Amiri drives forward and fires but puts it over the top corner.
28’: Mainz takes a corner and Kohr heads it at close range but it’s right into the keeper.
35’: Zentner makes a terrible error and gives up the ball at the corner of the box, but his defense swarms the ball to bail him out.
40’: Now a terrible error by the Mainz defense that Zentner has to bail out. Sepp van den Berg loses a backpass and it’s picked off by Hofmann but Zentner makes the block.
41’: Wirtz heads the shot wide.
42’: Karim Onisiwo shoves down Frimpong
43’: Grimaldo with the free kick on target, touched just over by Zentner!
45+1’: Jeremie Frimpong goes down but doesn’t get the call, he talks to the ref enough to get a card. Looks like Xabi Alonso got one also for the same reason before the restart
HT Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Mainz 05 Mainz are holding their own against the league leaders despite a wondergoal from Xhaka
46’: We’re back!
48’: Miss! Mwene’s header goes just over.
49’: Jonathan Tah trips Onisowo with his hands while he’s falling over
50’: Hrádecký stops the ball right on the line! Tah nearly scored an own goal there.
52’: Dominik Kohr fouls to stop the counter but gets both a card and an elbow in the face for his trouble
53’: Wirtz fires over.
54’: Robin Zentner carded for time-wasting
55’: A terrible pass across the box by Leverkusen! Jae-Sung Lee steals it and fires but passes up the chance!
56’: Leverkusen substitution: Patrik Schick on for Jonas Hofmann
60’: Mainz substitution: Josuha Guilavogui on for Silvan Widmer
62’: Adli heads a corner kick to the far side and misses by inches!
65’: Mainz substitution: Jessic Ngankam on for Brajan Gruda
66’: Anthony Caci into the book for a leg across Frimpong
68’: GOAL LEVERKUSEN!! Robert Andrich fires from distance and Zentner completely blwos it! He lets it bounce off his hands into the net! A terrible mistake!
74’: Florian Wirtz doesn’t like the ref’s call and complains his way into the book
79’: Jessic Ngankam commits a horrible foul!!! Stepped right on Xhaka’s ankle!! He gets a yellow but the ref barely has to look at the replay screen and turns it red!
83’: Leverkusen double sub: Piero Hincapié and Nathan Tella on for Amine Adli and Jeremie Frimpong
83’: Mainz substitution: Tom Krauß on for Karim Onisiwo
85’: Philipp Mwene carded for a counter-killing tactical foul
90’: Leverkusen substitution: Adam Hložek on for Florian Wirtz
90+5’: One last chance by Lee for Mainz goes high and wide.
FT Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Mainz 05 Leverkusen are 11 points clear!