Mainz host Bayer Leverkusen in matchday 5 of the Bundesliga

FSV Mainz 05 will host Bayer Leverkusen on 10 October 2026 at 16:30 Damascus time, in a clash between the two sides in matchday 5 of the Bundesliga for the 2026/27 season. The match will be broadcast on Shahid and MBC Action.

Mainz arrive at this meeting after mixed results in their last five matches, having beaten Borussia Monchengladbach away 4-3 on 19 September 2026, before losing at home to Eintracht Frankfurt 1-3 on 12 September 2026. They also won away against Hamburg 5-0 on 6 September 2026, drew 0-0 at home with Paderborn on 29 August 2026, and finished with an away win over Heidenheim 2-0 on 16 May 2026.

Bayer Leverkusen, meanwhile, produced better results in their recent matches, beating Leipzig at home 2-0 on 20 September 2026, and also beating Celje at home 2-0 on 16 September 2026, before drawing away with Augsburg 2-2 on 12 September 2026. They beat Union Berlin at home by a big score of 4-0 on 5 September 2026, while suffering an away defeat to Elversberg 2-3 on 29 August 2026.

In previous meetings between the two sides, they drew 1-1 on 28 February 2026 when Bayer Leverkusen were hosting. Before that, Bayer Leverkusen beat Mainz 4-3 away on 18 October 2025, and the two sides drew 2-2 on 17 May 2025 at Mainz's ground. Bayer Leverkusen also beat Mainz 1-0 on 14 January 2025 and 2-1 on 23 February 2024, with the last two matches played at Leverkusen's ground.

Mainz will be without a number of players for this match, namely Dominik Kohr, Robin Zentner, Anthony Caci, B. Nebel, Otto Reuby and Silvan Dominic Widmer due to injury, in addition to Silas Katompa Mvumpa for other reasons.

For their part, Bayer Leverkusen will miss the efforts of M. Kulbreth and Guela Mahou Lewis Doue due to injury, while K. Eichhorn is absent through illness.

In the standings, Bayer Leverkusen sit in fifth place with 7 points from 4 matches, having won 2, drawn 1 and lost 1, scoring 10 goals and conceding 5. Mainz come in sixth place also with 7 points from 4 matches, with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, having scored 10 goals and conceded 6.