Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 FSV Mainz 05: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 23 February 2024

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 FSV Mainz 05

Bundesliga · Friday 23 February 2024, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · FSV Mainz 05 · Bundesliga predictions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 FSV Mainz 05: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen beat FSV Mainz 05 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday 23 February 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Granit Xhaka opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Granit Xhaka (3') and Robert Andrich (68'). FSV Mainz 05 scored through Dominik Kohr (7').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 4 yellow cards; FSV Mainz 05 received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 1st on 58 points from 22 and FSV Mainz 05 17th on 15 points from 22. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and FSV Mainz 05 13th with 35.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and FSV Mainz 05 in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Robert Andrich of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.5), ahead of Granit Xhaka (8.2).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Granit XhakaBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 7'Goal · Dominik KohrFSV Mainz 05 · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Karim OnisiwoFSV Mainz 05
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Jeremie FrimpongBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 49'Yellow card · Jonathan TahBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 52'Yellow card · Dominik KohrFSV Mainz 05
  • 54'Yellow card · Robin ZentnerFSV Mainz 05
  • 66'Yellow card · Anthony CaciFSV Mainz 05
  • 68'Goal · Robert AndrichBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Florian WirtzBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 80'Red card · Jessic NgankamFSV Mainz 05
  • 85'Yellow card · Phillipp MweneFSV Mainz 05

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7, draws 1, FSV Mainz 05 2.

Team news

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

Lukas Hradecky, Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan Tah, Edmond Tapsoba, Jeremie Frimpong, Robert Andrich, Granit Xhaka, Alejandro Grimaldo, Jonas Hofmann, Florian Wirtz, Amine Adli

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

Robin Zentner, Dominik Kohr, Sepp van den Berg, Anthony Caci, Silvan Widmer, Leandro Barreiro, Nadiem Amiri, Phillipp Mwene, Brajan Gruda, Karim Onisiwo, Jae-sung Lee