Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz, 2024-25 German Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen edge Mainz 1-0 for seventh league win in a row

Champions Bayer Leverkusen battled past Mainz 05 with a 1-0 win coming courtesy of a superb Alex Grimaldo free kick on Tuesday to stretch their winning run to seven straight matches in the Bundesliga and close in on leaders Bayern Munich.

• 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• 0': First Half begins.
• 2': Delay in match because of an injury Jonathan Burkardt (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 3': Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Armindo Sieb replaces Jonathan Burkardt because of an injury.
• 3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 6': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
• 6': Paul Nebel (1. FSV Mainz 05) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 7': Attempt blocked. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
• 7': Delay in match because of an injury Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
• 8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 9': Foul by Danny da Costa (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 9': Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 11': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 11': Foul by Danny da Costa (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 13': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 13': Foul by Andreas Hanche-Olsen (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 17': Foul by Armindo Sieb (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 17': Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 17': Armindo Sieb (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 18': Attempt blocked. Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
• 18': Attempt blocked. Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
• 18': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Andreas Hanche-Olsen.
• 23': Attempt missed. Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
• 24': Offside, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Armindo Sieb is caught offside.
• 25': Foul by Phillipp Mwene (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 25': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 27': Corner, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Conceded by Piero Hincapié.
• 28': Attempt saved. Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jae-Sung Lee with a headed pass.
• 29': Armindo Sieb (1. FSV Mainz 05) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 29': Foul by Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
• 30': Attempt blocked. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
• 32': Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
• 33': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
• 36': Offside, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Armindo Sieb is caught offside.
• 38': Attempt saved. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross.
• 40': Foul by Dominik Kohr (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 40': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 41': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
• 41': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Robin Zentner.
• 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
• 45'+2': Attempt saved. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
• 45'+3': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, 1. FSV Mainz 05 0.
• 45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, 1. FSV Mainz 05 0.
• 47': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 47': Foul by Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 48': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, 1. FSV Mainz 05 0. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
• 50': Corner, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Conceded by Jeremie Frimpong.
• 50': Attempt saved. Jae-Sung Lee (1. FSV Mainz 05) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stefan Bell.
• 50': Attempt missed. Anthony Caci (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
• 51': Foul by Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 51': Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 51': Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 52': Foul by Jae-Sung Lee (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 52': Nordi Mukiele (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 55': Armindo Sieb (1. FSV Mainz 05) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 55': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
• 57': Attempt saved. Kaishu Sano (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Armindo Sieb.
• 57': Corner, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Conceded by Matej Kovár.
• 58': Foul by Anthony Caci (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 58': Matej Kovár (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 58': Attempt blocked. Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
• 60': Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
• 60': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Paul Nebel.
• 61': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Stefan Bell.
• 61': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
• 61': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Robin Zentner.
• 62': Dominik Kohr (1. FSV Mainz 05) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 62': Foul by Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
• 63': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Patrik Schick.
• 65': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 65': Foul by Paul Nebel (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 66': Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Hyun-Seok Hong replaces Jae-Sung Lee.
• 66': Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Nelson Weiper replaces Armindo Sieb.
• 68': Foul by Anthony Caci (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 68': Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 68': Anthony Caci (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 69': Nordi Mukiele (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
• 71': Attempt saved. Nelson Weiper (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stefan Bell.
• 73': Attempt saved. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios with a through ball.
• 73': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
• 73': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Stefan Bell.
• 76': Attempt blocked. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nordi Mukiele.
• 76': Delay in match because of an injury Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 79': Foul by Nelson Weiper (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 79': Nordi Mukiele (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 80': Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Maxim Leitsch replaces Stefan Bell.
• 80': Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Silvan Widmer replaces Phillipp Mwene.
• 81': Attempt saved. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
• 82': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Maxim Leitsch.
• 83': Attempt saved. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
• 83': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
• 83': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Dominik Kohr.
• 87': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
• 87': Attempt missed. Nelson Weiper (1. FSV Mainz 05) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
• 88': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Martin Terrier replaces Florian Wirtz.
• 89': Corner, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Conceded by Edmond Tapsoba.
• 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
• 90'+1': Foul by Nelson Weiper (1. FSV Mainz 05).
• 90'+1': Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Kaishu Sano (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Kohr.
• 90'+4': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, 1. FSV Mainz 05 0.
• 0': Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, 1. FSV Mainz 05 0.