Head-to-Head: FSV Mainz 05 vs SV Elversberg

FSV Mainz 05 vs SV Elversberg is a German cup matchup built around narrow margins and a clear challenger’s role. Elversberg drew 2–2 with Mainz in August 2021 before losing the penalty shootout, while Mainz won 1–0 at Elversberg in August 2023. The fixed results show Elversberg can force a fight, but Mainz have held the decisive edge; a future meeting will test that balance again.

Past matches, FSV Mainz 05 vs SV Elversberg

12 August 2023 1st Round

SV Elversberg

0 - 1

FSV Mainz 05

URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde
8 August 2021 1st Round

SV Elversberg

2 - 2

FSV Mainz 05

URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde

Match center

SV Elversberg

0 - 1

12 August 2023

FSV Mainz 05

Starting eleven

Substitutes SV Elversberg

19
D
21
F
26
D
30
F
35
D
22
F
28
G
14
D
11
M

FSV Mainz 05 Substitutes

D
3
M
14
M
24
F
44
M
43
M
4
M
45
G
1
G
33

Match events

45'

90'

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13'

L. Pinckert Marcel Correia
58'

P. Stock W. Faghir
64'

A. Sicker K. Conrad
70'

Manuel Feil Yellow Card
73'
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L. Ajorque Penalty
80'

Maurice Neubauer Yellow Card
80'

S. van den Berg A. Caci
80'

T. Krauß Lee Jae-Sung
83'

Manuel Feil Yellow Card
83'

Manuel Feil Red Card
90' +6

Sepp van den Berg Yellow Card
90' +2

Stefan Bell Yellow Card
90' +5

M. Papela L. Barreiro
90' +1

N. Weiper L. Ajorque

Stats for this game

Matchup FSV Mainz 05 VS SV Elversberg

Elversberg make Mainz work

The DFB-Pokal meetings provide a compact but revealing profile. On 8 August 2021, Elversberg and Mainz drew 2–2 after extra time at Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde, with Mainz advancing 8–7 on penalties. On 12 August 2023, the same venue hosted another cup meeting, and Mainz won 1–0. The scorelines show two forms of resistance: Elversberg once pushed the tie beyond 120 minutes, then kept the later contest to a single-goal margin. Mainz’s advantage is clear, but progression has required concentration.

Why the cup setting matters

Elversberg’s route is to preserve the courage and organisation that can keep a stronger opponent from settling. Mainz must turn its higher platform into a lead without allowing the tie to remain vulnerable deep into the occasion. A future meeting will ask whether Elversberg can convert resistance into another genuine route through, or whether Mainz manage the key moments earlier. That possibility gives this pairing its appeal: the hierarchy is visible, yet the knockout setting leaves the challenger one decisive sequence away from changing the story.