SV Elversberg vs FSV Mainz 05 4-1

SV Elversberg beat FSV Mainz 05 4-1 after racing into a three-goal lead before the break and adding a late fourth. Benedict Hollerbach’s stoppage-time reply for Mainz only cut the margin after SV Elversberg had already put the game beyond reach.

Felix Keidel opened the scoring in the 7th minute, Francis Onyeka made it 2-0 in the 26th minute from David Mokwa’s assist, and Maurice Krattenmacher added a third in the first minute of first-half stoppage time. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Mainz made four changes on 63 minutes and briefly thought they had a way back when Ransford Königsdörffer had a goal ruled out by VAR two minutes later. SV Elversberg then made two changes on 77 minutes and two more on 88 minutes, before Cole Campbell, who came on in the 77th minute, scored on 90 minutes from Nicholas Mickelson’s assist, with Mickelson having entered in the 68th minute. Hollerbach, who came on in the 63rd minute, pulled one back two minutes into stoppage time, but it only left the score at 4-1.

SV Elversberg had 54% of the possession and 410 passes to Mainz’s 334, while also finishing with 13 shots to 10 and 6 on target to 2. Mainz won 11 corners to 5 and had the higher xG at 1.21 to 1.02, while SV Elversberg committed only 8 fouls to 22 and did not go offside, compared with Mainz’s 2 offsides. The home side made 1 save and Mainz 2.

Phillipp Mwene was booked in the 4th minute and Danny da Costa in the 33rd for Mainz, while Ransford Königsdörffer was booked on 75 minutes and Stefan Posch on 85 minutes before his red card in the fifth minute of stoppage time.