Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 FSV Mainz 05: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 22 January 2012

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 FSV Mainz 05

Bundesliga · Sunday 22 January 2012, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 FSV Mainz 05: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen defeated FSV Mainz 05 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 22 January 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from an own goal by Zdeněk Pospěch (10'), Manuel Friedrich (35') and Lars Bender (70'). FSV Mainz 05 scored through E. Polanski (50') and Marco Caligiuri (53').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card; FSV Mainz 05 received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 6th on 26 points from 17 and FSV Mainz 05 15th on 18 points from 17. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 5th with 54 points, and FSV Mainz 05 13th with 39.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FSV Mainz 05 in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 2 draws and 4 for FSV Mainz 05.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Own goal · Zdeněk PospěchBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Manuel FriedrichBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 35'Goal · Manuel FriedrichBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-0
  • 50'Goal · E. PolanskiFSV Mainz 05 · 2-1
  • 53'Goal · Marco CaligiuriFSV Mainz 05 · 2-2
  • 70'Goal · Lars BenderBayer 04 Leverkusen · 3-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, draws 2, FSV Mainz 05 4.

Team news

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

Bernd Leno, Daniel Schwaab, Manuel Friedrich, Danny da Costa, Michal Kadlec, Stefan Reinartz, Lars Bender, Andre Schürrle, Michael Ballack, Gonzalo Castro, Eren Derdiyok

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

Christian Wetklo, Zdeněk Pospěch, Nikolce Noveski, Malik Fathi, Niko Bungert, Eugen Polanski, Julian Baumgartlinger, Elkin Soto, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, Anthony Ujah, Deniz Yılmaz