FSV Mainz 05 3–4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Lee 34'
- Amiri 71' (pen.)
- Sieb 90'
- Grimaldo 11' (pen.)
- Kofane 24'
- Grimaldo 45+3'
- Terrier 87'
18 October 2025
The match in data
Bayer 04 Leverkusen beat FSV Mainz 05 4–3 on 18 October 2025, on matchday 7 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Christian Kofane (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), rated 73, thanks above all to 0.76 xG and 1 goal. Kofane produced 1.9 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For FSV Mainz 05, the highest-rated player was Nadiem Amiri, with 60.
Alejandro Grimaldo scored twice.
Christian Kofane
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 79'
Produced 1.86× and cost 0.48× their position's average
- 0.76 xG 2.9×
- 1 goal 3.8×
- 3 shots on target 3.8×
- 2 shots off target 1.6×
- 6 duels lost 1.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nadiem Amiri | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Stefan Bell | Defender | 65 | 60 |
| Danny da Costa | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Kaishu Sano | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Andreas Hanche-Olsen | Defender | 25 | 45 |
| Arnaud Nordin | Forward | 25 | 45 |
| Nikolas Veratschnig | Midfielder | 65 | 37 |
| Jae-sung Lee | Midfielder | 81 | 35 |
| Paul Nebel | Midfielder | 90 | 33 |
| Dominik Kohr | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Benedict Hollerbach | Forward | 86 | 27 |
| Phillipp Mwene | Defender | 90 | 21 |
| Lasse Rieß | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| William Bøving | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Armindo Sieb | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Kofane ★ | Forward | 79 | 73 |
| Ezequiel Fernández | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Edmond Tapsoba | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Robert Andrich | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Arthur | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Aleix García | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Ibrahim Maza | Midfielder | 24 | 49 |
| Jonas Hofmann | Midfielder | 66 | 48 |
| Loïc Badé | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Ernest Poku | Forward | 79 | 37 |
| Mark Flekken | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Eliesse Ben Seghir | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Martin Terrier | Forward | 11 | no rating |
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.