Mainz 05
WerderMainz 05: 27. Zentner - 2. Mwene (da Costa, 77), 15. Maloney, 25. Hanche-Olsen, 30. Widmer (Veratschnig, 77) - 6. Sano, 7. Lee Jae-sung (Weiper, 89), 10. Amiri N., 31. Kohr - 8. Nebel P. (Nordin, 89) - 17. Hollerbach (Sieb A., 69)
Substitution: Sieb A. (from 69); da Costa (from 77); Veratschnig (from 77); Nordin (from 89); Weiper (from 89)
Bench: 1. Riess L. - 16. Bell S. - 24. Kawasaki
Yellow Cards: Veratschnig 90
Werder: 30. Backhaus - 3. Sugawara, 5. Pieper, 31. Coulibaly K. (Schmidt I., 82), 32. Friedl - 6. Stage, 14. Lynen, 20. Schmid R. (Stark N., 90) - 7. Mbangula (Puertas C., 46) - 17. Grüll (Njinmah, 64), 44. Boniface (Topp, 64)
Substitution: Puertas C. (from 46); Topp (from 64); Njinmah (from 64); Schmidt I. (from 82); Stark N. (from 90)
Bench: 13. Hein - 22. Malatini - 10. Bittencourt, 24. Čović P.
Yellow Cards: Friedl 45; Coulibaly K. 59; Topp 88
Bremen secured a hard-fought and vital 1–0 victory
Bayer survived a wild back-and-forth battle
Bundesliga title race is very much alive
Champions continued their perfect start to the Bundesliga season with a commanding fifth consecutive victory
Bremen pulled off a remarkable comeback
Bayer Leverkusen closed their Bundesliga season with a dramatic 2–2 draw away at Mainz — a match that doubled as a farewell to head coach Xabi Alonso and a final push for Patrik Schick in the Golden Boot race
A win in their next outing would officially crown them German champions for the 34th time
Leverkusen missed a golden opportunity to close the gap on the Bundesliga leaders
This marks their fourth consecutive win under coach Bo Henriksen
RB Leipzig suffered a disappointing 2-1 home defeat
Vincenzo Grifo and Ritsu Doan were the heroes of the day
This victory allowed Hoffenheim to extend their lead to 7 points over Heidenheim and Bochum
Bayern Munich extended their winning streak to seven games with a commanding 3-0 victory over Werder Bremen
Borussia Dortmund failed to secure a win in their recent Bundesliga match against Werder Bremen
In the 16th round of the German Bundesliga Leipzig hosted Bremen Werder
Frankfurt, who recently came close to the first place in the Bundesliga, suffered their second consecutive defeat
Mainz shocked Bayern Munich in the home match of the 14th round
Wolfsburg won their fifth match in a row and fourth in the Bundesliga season
In the tenth round of the German Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund travelled to Mainz
