Football · Elversberg and Mainz
Elversberg beats Mainz 4-1 with three first-half goals to climb to fifth in Bundesliga
Promoted Elversberg beat Mainz 4-1 at home on Friday, 30 October, after both clubs had gone out of the DFB-Pokal midweek. Three first-half goals settled the match, and a late Mainz consolation came after Cole Campbell's fourth goal for the hosts.
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In brief
Felix Keidel scored in the 7th minute, Francis Onyeka in the 26th and Maurice Krattenmacher in 45+1, giving Elversberg a 3-0 lead at the break.
Cole Campbell, a substitute, made it 4-0 in 90+1 with a scissor kick, and Benedict Hollerbach reduced the deficit for Mainz in 90+3 after a VAR check.
Stefan Posch received a yellow-red card in 90+5, leaving Mainz with ten players at the end of the match.
The win takes Elversberg to 13 points and fifth place, while Mainz remain on ten points in eighth, having lost an away league match for the first time this season.
- 90+1st minuteCole Campbell scores for Elversberg, 4-0
- 90+3rd minuteBenedict Hollerbach scores for Mainz, 4-1 after VAR check
- 90+5th minuteStefan Posch is shown a yellow-red card, Mainz down to ten players
Elversberg take control early
Promoted Elversberg hosted Mainz on Friday, 30 October, in the eighth matchday fixture and won 4-1 before 9,307 spectators. Felix Keidel opened the scoring in the seventh minute with a free kick from about 18 metres, which Mainz goalkeeper Robin Zentner could not stop. Zentner was playing his first match after a break of nearly seven weeks through injury. Francis Onyeka doubled the lead in the 26th minute, finishing low after a quick counter led by David Mokwa. Maurice Krattenmacher made it 3-0 in first-half stoppage time, when Zentner's weak punch let the ball drop to him.
Mainz pressure and the VAR
After the break, Urs Fischer made several early substitutions as Mainz tried to find a way back. Königsdörffer, a substitute, scored for Mainz around the hour mark, but the VAR disallowed the goal for offside. Elversberg's lead survived until stoppage time, when Cole Campbell, also a substitute, controlled a chipped ball on his chest and finished with a scissor kick for 4-0 in 90+1. Benedict Hollerbach, another substitute, pulled a goal back for Mainz in 90+3 and it stood after a VAR check. Stefan Posch was shown a yellow-red card in 90+5, which left Mainz with ten players.
Cup exits and the table
Both clubs came into the match after midweek DFB-Pokal defeats. Elversberg lost at home to Darmstadt 98, while Mainz lost at VfL Bochum. Vincent Wagner made five changes to the Elversberg starting lineup, including Maximilian Rohr and David Mokwa. Fischer made three personnel changes, and captain Nadiem Amiri returned after knee problems. The win lifts Elversberg to 13 points and fifth place. Mainz, who had not lost an away league match this season until this defeat, remain on ten points in eighth place.
- SV Elversberg
- 13 points
- FSV Mainz 05
- 10 points
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Sources and context
- Blick.chBundesliga: Elversberg wins 4-1 against MainzBundesliga: Elversberg gewinnt gegen Mainz mit 4:1 · original in German
- DIE WELTPromoted team: After cup frustration, Elversberg dupes MainzAufsteiger: Nach dem Pokal-Frust düpiert Elversberg die Mainzer · original in German
- Süddeutsche ZeitungBundesliga: Elversberg defeats Mainz 4-1 and climbs to fifth placeBundesliga: Elversberg bezwingt Mainz 4:1 und klettert auf Platz fünf · original in German
- SAPOElversberg thrashes Mainz in the opening match of the 8th Bundesliga matchdayElversberg goleia Mainz no jogo de abertura da 8.ª jornada da Bundesliga · original in Portuguese
- Vincent Wagner
- Elversberg head coach who made five changes to the starting lineup
- Urs Fischer
- Mainz head coach who made three personnel changes
- Felix Keidel
- Elversberg player who scored the opening goal in the 7th minute
- Francis Onyeka
- Elversberg player who scored in the 26th minute
- Maurice Krattenmacher
- Elversberg player who scored in first-half stoppage time
- Cole Campbell
- Substitute who scored Elversberg's fourth goal in 90+1
- Benedict Hollerbach
- Substitute who scored Mainz's consolation goal in 90+3
- Stefan Posch
- Mainz player shown a yellow-red card in 90+5
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- Mainz
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