Bundesliga (Week 3) : Mainz 05 beats Bayer 3-1
GERMANY, Sep. 9, 2017 (AMP) — Bundesliga / Match day 3: After losing 0-1 to Hannover 96 on August 26 and 1-0 to Stuttgart on August 26, the O-Fives returned to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen this Saturday.
Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Dominik Kohr opened the score in the 22nd minute, before seeing Mainz catch up in the 45th minute thanks to Muto Yoshinori. 1-1 at half time. The O-Fives eventually won the game in the second period with two more goals by Diallo ('57) and Serdar Suat ('71).
1. FSV Mainz 05 climbed to 12nd place with 3 points from 3 games, tie on points with FC Schalke 04, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Bundesliga table (as of September 9, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Hannover 96 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Augsburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Mönchengladbach | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Wolfsburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Schalke 04 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Mainz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Hertha Berlin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Stuttgart | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | SC Freiburg | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 1 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | FC Köln | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
Fixtures and Results : Bundesliga 2017-2018
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Overview
1. FSV Mainz 05
- Position: 12 +4
- Best performance of the season:Mainz 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen (9 Sep.)
- Previous game:Stuttgart 1-0 Mainz (26 Aug.)
- Next game:Bayern Munich - Mainz (16 Sep.)
Bayer Leverkusen
- Position: 16 -2
- Previous game:Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Hoffenheim (26 Aug.)
- Next game:Bayer Leverkusen - SC Freiburg (17 Sep.)
Mainz
3:1
Bayer Leverkusen
3:1 (1:1)
- 9 September 2017
- 15:30
- Mainz
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Borussia Dortmund | 7 |
| 2 |  Hannover 96 | 7 |
| 3 |  Bayern Munich | 6 |
| 4 |  RB Leipzig | 6 |
| 5 |  Hamburger SV | 6 |
Week 3 Results
| Friday 8 September 2017 | ||||
| Hamburger SV | 0-2 | RB Leipzig | |
| Saturday 9 September 2017 | ||||
| Mainz | 3-1 | Bayer Leverkusen | |
 | Wolfsburg | 1-1 | Hannover 96 | |
 | Augsburg | 3-0 | FC Köln |  |
 | SC Freiburg | 0-0 | Borussia Dortmund | |
 | Mönchengladbach | 0-1 | Eintracht Frankfurt |  |
 | Hoffenheim | 18:30 | Bayern Munich | |
| Sunday 10 September 2017 | ||||
 | Hertha Berlin | 15:30 | Werder Bremen |  |
 | Schalke 04 | 18:00 | Stuttgart |  |