Highlights

Matchday 30

FINAL

MEWA ARENA

VfL Wolfsburg

89'

VavroDenis Vavro

KohrDominik Kohr

40'

LeeJae-sung Lee

37'

ArnoldMaximilian Arnold

F. Zwayer

MEWA ARENA

Mainz rue missed chances

The hosts had the opportunities to make sure of the three points, and that late Vavro equaliser - not entirely undeserved, it must be said - is a real hammer blow to their hopes of a top-four finish.

Full-time

90'

+ 3

The table now...

That equaliser has silenced the crowd in Mainz, and they'll not be any happier looking at the table - the hosts now drop from fourth to sixth, the Champions League to the Conference League.

90'

+ 3

Substitution

Arnaud Nordin

Jae-sung Lee

90'

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes

Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.

Nikolas Konrad Veratschnig35.96km/h

Mohamed El Amine Amoura34.83km/h

Patrick Wimmer34.83km/h

89'

Goal!! Mainz 2-2 Wolfsburg

A corner from the right for the visitors. It goes deep to the back post where Vavro leaps, and sends a header into the net off Zentner's thigh - we're all square, and what a big goal that could be in the race for the European places.

89'

Substitution

Silvan Widmer

Nikolas Veratschnig

89'

Denis Vavro

GOAL!

2:2

Goal probability

Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.

18 %

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

7.48 m

89'

The table

Mainz would go 4th ahead of Leipzig on goal difference as things stand in both games right now.

85'

Substitution

Lovro Majer

Mattias Svanberg

84'

Goalkeeper Efficiency of Kamil Grabara

Goalkeeper Efficiency

Goalkeeper Efficiency compares the number of saves a goalkeeper makes with his expected saves (xSaves). xSaves is calculated with the help of artificial intelligence. When a goalkeeper has a positive efficiency value, it means he has saved more shots than statistically expected.

1.7

Saves7

xSaves5.3

84'

Mainz dominating

And suddenly the hosts are rampant. So many chances coming...and also going. Bo Henriksen is left with his head in his hands as his team spurn chance after chance. He'll be hoping they don't pay for their profligacy.

81'

Caci keeps Grabara busy

Sano does well inside the Wolfsburg area, tees up Caci - the Frenchman forces a good stop from Grabara low to his left. It was an even better save than it appeared initially as it also took a touch on the way through.

77'

Amiri causing problems

The recently recalled Germany international breaks clear on the byline, right-hand side of the penalty area, but his cross is cut out by Tomás.

76'

Substitution

Andreas Hanche-Olsen

Dominik Kohr

76'

Substitution

Hyunseok Hong

Nelson Weiper

74'

Mainz stumbling forward

Amiri with a free-kick wide left...Kohr forces a corner...this is a welcome spell in the Wolfsburg penalty area for Mainz...Amiri's set-piece is headed clear. Mainz struggling to threaten Grabara on a regular basis since their quick fire brace of goals.

74'

Substitution

Jakub Kamiński

Jonas Wind

68'

Yellow card

Nikolas Veratschnig

68'

Yellow card

Tiago Tomás

Amiri's near-Olimpico

Amiri with a corner on the left-hand side, will bend it in with his right foot...fires it across with whip and real pace, Grabara has to leap high almost under his crossbar to prevent that finding the far corner of his net.

63'

Amoura raises pulses

Wimmer on the left, feeds the ball perfectly into the stride of Amoura, who is racing forward - he fires across goal, and wide of the far post. Another opportunity for the Wolfsburg forward.

63'

Substitution

Mattias Svanberg

Patrick Wimmer

63'

Substitution

Lukas Nmecha

Mohamed Amoura

63'

Substitution

Tiago Tomás

Kevin Paredes

61'

Jenz finds a post

Amiri's ball in from the left finds the head of Weiper, great header down for Jenz, who sends the ball goalwards with the sole of his boot. Grabara is beaten, but the ball ricochets off the outside of the Wolfsburg goalkeeper's left-hand post.

Hungry Wolves

Hasenhüttl clearly round the right words at the break - his side have been tremendous since the restart, completely dominating proceedings.

57'

Amoura breaks clear

The Wolfsburg forward brilliantly bends his run to get on the end of a through ball right down the middle of the pitch. He bears down on Zentner, but his first touch is a little heavy and he then slips as Zentner comes out....the ball runs away as Amoura collapses to the pitch. No penalty, and the offside flag goes up anyway.

53'

Kohr on 99

That's the 99th booking of Dominik Kohr's Bundesliga career - he really caught Paredes.

51'

Yellow card

Dominik Kohr

49'

Pressure Handling

This Match Fact examines how successfully players perform under pressure. The percentage of "solved situations" indicates how often a player has freed himself from opponent pressure by dribbling, passing, scoring a goal or drawing a foul.

67%

Nelson Weiper

12 times under pressure

47'

Paredes effort

The Wolfsburg man is enjoying his first outing of the season - he sends another shot goal wards, but again gets too much sauce on it and it's over the bar.

Kick-off!

Half-time: Mainz 2-1 Wolfsburg

Mainz paid for a slow start, but have since looked like the team we've seen this season. They will feel they should have more than their two goals, though Wolfsburg - for whom Arnold and Amoura have been excellent - will share that sentiment.

Half-time

45'

+ 5

Amoura appeals

The busy forward bustles inside the penalty area, collides with Jenz and goes down looking for a penalty - he won't be getting one.

45'

+ 2

Paredes again

Maehle comes in from the left and his cross is hit powerfully but imprecisely by Paredes, who has his head in his hands after watching the ball sail well over the crossbar.

44'

Goal from a corner...at last

That was Mainz's first goal from a corner in 133 attempts this season.

43'

The Bundesliga table right now...

Mainz are back into the top four as things stand. How quickly things can change in football.

Goal! Mainz 2-1 Wolfsburg

Amiri stands over the ball waiting to take a corner from the Mainz left...he whips it in, Lee flicks on at the near post, and it strikes Kohr in a crowd....Grabara can't keep it out and Mainz have flipped this game on its head.

40'

Dominik Kohr

GOAL!

2:1

Goal probability

26 %

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

4.08 m

Goal! Mainz 1-1 Wolfsburg

Caci and Lee work some space nicely on the right side, Sano has it now, finds Amiri...he directs a neat ball in to Weiper, who slips a ball through to Lee - he bends a shot into the far corner and we're all square.

37'

Jae-sung Lee

GOAL!

1:1

Goal probability

30 %

Shot speed

Shot speed describes the maximum speed in km/h that a ball reaches in a shot on goal. The distance is measured from the location of the shot to the centre of the goal.

91.76 km/h

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

12.28 m

Amoura a real nuisance

The Algerian forward is causing all sorts of problems to the Mainz defence with his hard-running style.

32'

Win Probability

This Match Fact documents significant changes in the probability of victory for both teams during the course of the match. The value is based on actual match play and incorporates existing Match Facts such as Expected Goals, Skill and Set-Piece Dange

30.7 %

Now

58.4 %

31'

Arnold's sweet spot

The Wolfsburg captain is clearly feeling it today. Amoura latches onto the ball in the penalty area, turns away from Jenz and then tees up Arnold just outside the area - it's a powerful left-foot shot that Zentner has to turn over his crossbar with an acrobatic leap. It was certainly going in.

30'

Grabara into the net...

And with the ball too after he claimed a Caci high ball. But the Wolfsburg goalkeeper was unfairly bundled into his own goal by Burkardt, and ref Felix Zwayer awards a free-kick.

30'

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes

Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.

Mohamed El Amine Amoura34.83km/h

Nikolas Konrad Veratschnig34.21km/h

Kevin Alexander Paredes34.10km/h

27'

Lee goes close

Kohr swivels and clips a lovely ball over the Wolfsburg defence. Lee is on the move, leaps athletically to try and connect - he can't quite, but that was a great move from the hosts.

25'

Zentner injured?

The Mainz goalkeeper is lying on his front and the club physios are taking a close look at his right hamstring...he's back up now. Let's see how that fares.

23'

Paredes effort

The USMNT forward is just outside the box, but drills in a left-foot shot low - Zentner dives to his left, but watches the ball flash wide.

20'

Amoura again...and again

The Wolfsburg forward escapes the home backline, and forces Zentner to turn the ball behind...the resulting corner comes in, Zentner misses it, and Amoura heads wide - if it had been on target, he would have made it 2-0.

16'

Amoura chance

Sano is caught in possession and Amoura bursts goal wards...Zentner forces him wide and red shirts flood back to eventually snuff out the danger, but another scare for the hosts.

15'

Arnold too ambitious

A free-kick some 35 metres out, slightly left of centre, Arnold is behind it...and goes for goal! He's not too far wide, but that wasn't going to trouble Zentner.

13'

Mainz response

The hosts have bounced back strongly from the blow of that early goal, but Wolfsburg have shown they have the tools to cause Mainz serious problems.

10'

Amiri goes close

Back in the side today, Amiri looks determined to make an impact - he flashes a long-range effort just over the crossbar. That was very firmly hit.

Weiper chance

Zentner knocks the ball forward - Weiper is in behind the visiting defence, tries to lob Grabara, but the Wolfsburg 'keeper is right on top of him and can block his effort.

Jenz goes close

Amiri bends in an enticing ball from the left, Jenz lunges but the defender, who's on loan from Wolfsburg, can't quite connect.

Goal! Mainz 0-1 Wolfsburg

That's dampened the atmosphere, but even the Mainz fans will have to admit that was quite some strike from the visiting captain: a crisp hit from more than 30 metres and Zentner is well beaten to his left.

Maximilian Arnold

GOAL!

0:1

Goal probability

2 %

Shot speed

Shot speed describes the maximum speed in km/h that a ball reaches in a shot on goal. The distance is measured from the location of the shot to the centre of the goal.

110.49 km/h

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

31.04 m

Kick-off!

Tremendous atmosphere

A rousing rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone as the teams line up in the tunnel.

Paredes return

After returning to the bench for the last three league games, Paredes makes his first appearance of the 2024/25 season having recovered from a foot injury that has plagued the USMNT forward for months.

Burkardt back

With Mwene (thigh) and Nebel (suspended) out, Amiri and the influential Burkardt are back for the hosts - the latter regains the captain's armband too.

Wolfsburg line-up

Wolfsburg: Grabara - Fischer, Vavro, Kouliarakis, Mæhle - Dárdai, Arnold (c), Wimmer - Paredes, Wind, Amoura  Subs: Pervan, Nmecha, Tomás, Bialek, Kaminski, Behrens, Majer, Svanberg, Neininger

Mainz line-up

Zentner - Da Costa, Jenz, Kohr - Veratschnig, Sano, Amiri, Caci - Weiper, Lee - Burkardt (c),   Subs: Ries, Batz, Nordin, Sieb, Hong, Maloney, Hanche-Olsen, Widmer

Hasenhüttl on facing Mainz

"We're still the fourth-strongest team away from home. That gives us the strength we need for the turnaround. I hope we can turn this situation around. It will be difficult in Mainz, but we've proven time and again that we can hold our own in this kind of atmosphere."

Henriksen on Mainz's European hopes

"Last year, we had something to lose. Now, we can only win and achieve something big. We need to take these emotions with us into the game on Saturday."

Probable line-ups

Who’s set to play this weekend? Who’s going to miss out? Keep up to date with all the latest team news right here!

Wolfsburg's latest centurion?

If Wind (l.) features against Mainz, it will be the Dane's 100th appearance in the Bundesliga to date. Although the forward is without a goal in 10 Bundesliga games, his brace did prove decisive when these sides last met as Wolfsburg came back from three goals behind to win 4-3.

Records at odds with one another

Mainz have only won one of their last eight home games against Wolfsburg. However, Mainz have not lost any of their last eight Bundesliga games over the Easter weekend.

Ups and downs

Despite having recently gone four Bundesliga games in a row without a win for the first time under Bo Henriksen, Mainz are still unbeaten in their last 10 home Bundesliga games. The only longer streak in a single season dates back to the 2009/10 season, but Mainz have the opportunity to smash that this season.

2:03

Watch: Wolfsburg 2-3 RB Leipzig - highlights

A Xavi brace for Leipzig helped the visitors to a 3-2 win, extending Wolfsburg's winless streak in the Bundesliga to five games.

2:03

Watch: Hoffenheim 2-0 Mainz - highlights

UEFA Champions League chasers Mainz were undone by an impressive display from Hoffenheim on Matchday 29 of the 2024/25 Bundesliga campaign.

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