Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 FSV Mainz 05: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 28 January 2018

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 FSV Mainz 05

Bundesliga · Sunday 28 January 2018, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · FSV Mainz 05 · Bundesliga predictions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 FSV Mainz 05: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen beat FSV Mainz 05 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 28 January 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

L. Bailey opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from L. Bailey (48') and Wendell (68', penalty). FSV Mainz 05 did not score.

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card; FSV Mainz 05 received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 6th on 31 points from 19 and FSV Mainz 05 14th on 20 points from 19. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 5th with 55 points, and FSV Mainz 05 14th with 36.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FSV Mainz 05 in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Wendell of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.3), ahead of Leon Bailey (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 2 draws and 5 for FSV Mainz 05.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · L. BaileyBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 18'Yellow card · N. de JongFSV Mainz 05
  • 48'Goal · L. BaileyBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Giulio DonatiFSV Mainz 05
  • 68'Penalty goal · WendellBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, draws 2, FSV Mainz 05 5.

Team news

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bernd Leno, Lars Bender, Jonathan Tah, Sven Bender, Wendell, Julian Baumgartlinger, Charles Aránguiz, Julian Brandt, Kevin Volland, Leon Bailey, Lucas Alario

FSV Mainz 05 line-up (3-1-4-2)

Robin Zentner, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Alexander Hack, Abdou Diallo, Nigel de Jong, Giulio Donati, Suat Serdar, Danny Latza, Daniel Brosinski, Robin Quaison, Yoshinori Muto