Bundesliga

FSV Mainz 05 v Bayer Leverkusen

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:30:00 UTCMEWA ARENA

Highlights

Pre-match win probability — Pulse estimate

FSV Mainz 05 44%Draw 19%Bayer Leverkusen 36%

Pulse model at kickoff, scaled by each side's scoring rate in this competition's own table. An estimate, not a betting market.

Match stats

FSV Mainz 05Bayer Leverkusen
47Possession53
2.91Expected goals (xG)1.71
23Shots16
5Shots on target7
11Shots off target6
7Blocked shots3
17Shots inside box12
6Shots outside box4
4Corners3
0Offsides1
11Fouls10
3Yellow cards1
0Red cards0
3Saves1
438Passes507
364Accurate passes431

Match events

  • 5′Robert Andrich
  • 9′Patrik Schick (assist Aleix García)
  • 20′Phillip Tietz
  • 33′Anthony Caci
  • 35′Sheraldo Becker
  • 42′Anthony Caci (assist Nadiem Amiri)
  • 55′Jarell Quansah
  • 65′Moussa Diaby (assist Afonso Bastardo Moreira)
  • 66′Ibrahim Maza ← Martin Terrier
  • 70′Eric Martel → Jae-sung Lee
  • 70′Anthony Caci → Danny da Costa
  • 70′Kacper Potulski → Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer
  • 75′Afonso Bastardo Moreira ← Nathan Tella
  • 75′Moussa Diaby ← Malik Tillman
  • 76′Jae-sung Lee
  • 77′Sheraldo Becker → Benedict Hollerbach
  • 81′Kaishū Sano → Lennard Maloney
  • 83′Patrik Schick ← Jonas Hofmann
  • 84′Aleix García ← Ezequiel Fernández
  • 90′Benedict Hollerbach
  • 90′Jarell Quansah

FSV Mainz 05 · Bayer Leverkusen

Starting XI · as it played — Ratings are a Pulse estimate

FSV Mainz 055-3-2
15.7Schwolow
46.3Posch
107.1Amiri
26.3Mwene
236.0↓77'Becker
198.4↓70'Caci
56.3↓70'Martel
96.0Tietz
66.3↓81'Sano
36.3Gruber
486.3↓70'Potulski
Bayer Leverkusen4-3-3
147.8↓83'Schick
16.3Flekken
197.8↓75'Diaby
87.8Andrich
126.8Tapsoba
26.8Medina
247.5↓84'García
36.8Gutiérrez
47.5Quansah
306.8↓66'Maza
97.5↓75'Moreira

Lineups — ratings are a Pulse estimate

FSV Mainz 05

  • 1Alexander Schwolow5.7
  • 4Stefan Posch6.3
  • 10Nadiem Amiri7.1
  • 2Phillipp Mwene6.3
  • 23Sheraldo Becker6.0
  • 19Anthony Caci8.4
  • 5Eric Martel6.3
  • 9Phillip Tietz6.0
  • 6Kaishū Sano6.3
  • 3Fabio Gruber6.3
  • 48Kacper Potulski6.3

Bayer Leverkusen

  • 14Patrik Schick7.8
  • 1Mark Flekken6.3
  • 19Moussa Diaby7.8
  • 8Robert Andrich7.8
  • 12Edmond Tapsoba6.8
  • 2Facundo Medina6.8
  • 24Aleix García7.5
  • 3Miguel Gutiérrez6.8
  • 4Jarell Quansah7.5
  • 30Ibrahim Maza6.8
  • 9Afonso Bastardo Moreira7.5
FSV Mainz 05Tale of the tapeBayer Leverkusen
5-3-2Formation4-3-3
10 ptsTable13 pts
+4Goal difference+7
WLWDWFormWDWLD
0Head-to-head wins1
44%Win chance36%

Head to head — 2 previous meetings

FSV Mainz 05 0W1D1W Bayer Leverkusen

Goals 4–5

  • 2026-02-28Bayer 04 Leverkusen1–11. FSV Mainz 05
  • 2025-10-181. FSV Mainz 053–4Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Seasons searched: 2025, 2026.

Recent form — Last five, before this fixture

FSV Mainz 05

WLWDW
  • @Borussia Mönchengladbach4-3
  • vsEintracht Frankfurt1-3
  • @Hamburger SV5-0
  • vsSC Paderborn 070-0
  • @1. FC Heidenheim 18462-0

Bayer Leverkusen

WDWLD
  • vsRB Leipzig2-0
  • @FC Augsburg2-2
  • vsUnion Berlin4-0
  • @SV Elversberg2-3
  • vsHamburger SV1-1

This season — other meeting

Where they stand — In a 18-team table

TeamPWDLGDPts
FSV Mainz 056312+410
Bayer Leverkusen6411+713

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