Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–0 FSV Mainz 05
- Grimaldo 48'
14 January 2025
The match in data
A 1–0 win for Bayer 04 Leverkusen against FSV Mainz 05 on 14 January 2025, on matchday 17 of the 2024-25 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), rated 68, thanks above all to 8 final-third passes and 82 passes. Palacios produced 1.2 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For FSV Mainz 05, the highest-rated player was Robin Zentner, with 62.
Exequiel Palacios
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 90'
Produced 1.22× and cost 0.33× their position's average
- 8 final-third passes 1.6×
- 82 passes 1.8×
- 8 recoveries 2.0×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.1×
- 0.03 xG not converted 0.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exequiel Palacios ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Granit Xhaka | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Matej Kovar | Goalkeeper | 90 | 65 |
| Aleix García | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Edmond Tapsoba | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 88 | 40 |
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 63 | 40 |
| Nathan Tella | Forward | 27 | 39 |
| Jeremie Frimpong | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Nordi Mukiele | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Martin Terrier | Forward | 2 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Zentner | Goalkeeper | 90 | 62 |
| Stefan Bell | Midfielder | 80 | 60 |
| Nelson Weiper | Forward | 24 | 52 |
| Kaishu Sano | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Jae-sung Lee | Midfielder | 66 | 44 |
| Armindo Sieb | Forward | 63 | 41 |
| Hyun-seok Hong | Midfielder | 24 | 41 |
| Danny da Costa | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Andreas Hanche-Olsen | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Anthony Caci | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Dominik Kohr | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Paul Nebel | Midfielder | 90 | 27 |
| Phillipp Mwene | Midfielder | 80 | 23 |
| Maxim Leitsch | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Silvan Widmer | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Jonathan Burkardt | Forward | 3 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Bayer 04 Leverkusen player played the most passes into the final third?
Granit Xhaka, with 30 final-third passes. Next: Aleix García 15, Edmond Tapsoba 11.
Granit Xhaka orchestrated Bayer 04 Leverkusen's attack with 30 passes into the final third. He doubled Aleix García's 15 and comfortably led Edmond Tapsoba's 11.
Which FSV Mainz 05 player recovered the most balls?
Paul Nebel, with 9 recoveries. Next: Phillipp Mwene 7, Kaishu Sano 7.
Paul Nebel led FSV Mainz 05's pressing effort with 9 ball recoveries against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Phillipp Mwene and Kaishu Sano supported the defensive shift with 7 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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