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Bundesliga · Matchweek 5

Mainz 05

MAI

3–4Full time

Bayer Leverkusen

LEV

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

51%Possession57%
43%Territory41%
11%From set plays21%
0.14Chance quality0.09
6.0%Directness5.4%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Mainz, 3 for Leverkusen. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 23 of 72 matches, not the full season.