Match Report
Mainz overwhelmed HSV 5-0 on 6 September 2026. Sheraldo Becker opened the scoring in the 19th minute for Mainz, set up by Kaishu Sano, to make it 1-0. Philipp Mwene added to the tally in the 41st minute for Mainz, set up by Sheraldo Becker, to make it 2-0. Phillip Tietz added to the tally 48 minutes into the game for Mainz, set up by Sheraldo Becker, to make it 3-0. Phillip Tietz added to the tally late on, in the 83rd minute for Mainz, set up by Jae-sung Lee, to make it 4-0. Ransford Königsdörffer added to the tally in the 91st minute for Mainz, set up by Philipp Mwene, to make it 5-0. Anthony Caci (31'), Zakaria El Ouahdi (36'), Philipp Mwene (85') and Sheraldo Becker (90') were booked. Ransford Königsdörffer scored after coming off the bench. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Mainz 106 points stronger than HSV. 2 goals came after the 80th minute. On current ratings the model puts Mainz at around 2.57 goals in this pairing; they scored 5 here. Mainz won this pairing for the first time in our records, after 2 meetings without a win.