Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz faced each other in the 23rd game week of the German Bundesliga.
The home team won the game at the BayArena 2-1.
The goals that gave Leverkusen victory were scored by Granit Xhaka in the 3rd minute and Robert Andrich in the 68th minute.
Dominik Kohr scored Mainz’s only goal in the 7th minute.
Jessic Ngankam from the visiting team received a straight red card in the 80th minute and left his team with 10 men.
With this result, Bayer Leverkusen continued their unbeaten lead and increased their points total to 61.
Mainz stayed at 15 points.
THE NEW RECORD HOLDER: XABI ALONSO
After failing to lose 33 games in a row, Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen team broke the record for the longest unbeaten streak in German football history.
