Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-0 FSV Mainz 05: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 23 September 2018

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-0 FSV Mainz 05

Bundesliga · Sunday 23 September 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-0 FSV Mainz 05: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen won against FSV Mainz 05 1-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 23 September 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Kai Havertz of Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the 62nd minute.

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

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 17th on 0 points from 3 and FSV Mainz 05 5th on 7 points from 3. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 4th with 58 points, and FSV Mainz 05 12th with 43.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FSV Mainz 05 in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lukas Hradecky of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.3), level with Kai Havertz (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 2 draws and 4 for FSV Mainz 05.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Sven BenderBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 62'Goal · Kai HavertzBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Dominik KohrBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 72'Yellow card · Levin ÖztunaliFSV Mainz 05
  • 81'Yellow card · Stefan BellFSV Mainz 05

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, draws 2, FSV Mainz 05 4.

Team news

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

Lukas Hradecky, Mitchell Weiser, Jonathan Tah, Sven Bender, Wendell, Dominik Kohr, Lars Bender, Julian Brandt, Kai Havertz, Leon Bailey, Lucas Alario

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

Florian Müller, Daniel Brosinski, Stefan Bell, Moussa Niakhaté, Aarón Martín, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Pierre Kunde, Ridle Baku, Levin Öztunali, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Jonathan Burkardt