The positive tie was settled with a goal to match, in the first half of Bayer Leverkusen’s confrontation with its guest, Mainz, which is currently being held at the Bay Arena, in the opening matches of the 23rd round of the German League.
Bayer Leverkusen took the lead with the first goal through Granit Xhaka, 3 minutes after the start of the match, with a missile shot that the Mainz goalkeeper failed to stop.
The Mainz team succeeded in achieving a quick equalizer through player Dominik Kohr, in the eighth minute.
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Bayer Leverkusen leads the German League table with 58 points collected from 22 matches, 8 points behind Bayern Munich, who is in second place with 50 points, while Mainz enters the match in 17th place with 15 points and is trying to escape the downward spiral.
The Leverkusen team, under the leadership of its young coach, Xabi Alonso, achieved victory in its last league match against Heidenheim, with two goals to one, and Mainz also achieved victory in its last match against Augsburg, with a clean goal.
Bayer Leverkusen maintained its unbeaten record during 32 consecutive matches played in all tournaments during the current 2023-2024 season, achieving 28 victories in addition to 4 draws.
This season, Bayer Leverkusen has the longest unbeaten series in all competitions for a team that plays in the German League on par with Bayern.
The statistics published by the global “Opta” network revealed that Bayer Leverkusen did not lose in the last 32 consecutive competitive matches, equaling the record for a German League team in the record of consecutive unbeaten, which was previously achieved only by Bayern Munich in the period from 2019 to 2020 under the leadership of Hansi Flick.
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