SV Elversberg rout 10-man Mainz 4-1 at the Ursapharm-Arena

Felix Keidel opened the scoring with a free kick inside seven minutes, and SV Elversberg never let Mainz back into the game from there. Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka made it two before the half-hour, Maurice Krattenmacher added a third right on half-time, and substitute Cole Campbell volleyed in a fourth in the dying seconds to complete a 4-1 win.

Mainz's afternoon got worse as it went on. Benedict Hollerbach's stoppage-time consolation did little to soften a result that also saw Stefan Posch sent off in the 90th minute, his second yellow card of the match, leaving the visitors to finish with ten men.

Match facts

• 7' — Felix Keidel (Elversberg) — free kick
• 26' — Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka (Elversberg), assist David Mokwa
• 45'+1' — Maurice Krattenmacher (Elversberg)
• 90' — Cole Campbell (Elversberg), assist Nicholas Mickelson — volley
• 90'+2' — Benedict Hollerbach (Mainz)
• 90'+5' — Stefan Posch (Mainz) — second yellow, sent off

A response to a rough patch

Elversberg had lost their previous match 0-4 at RB Leipzig, so this is a significant bounce-back — their biggest winning margin of the season and a result that snaps a run of three defeats in their last four. Keidel's set-piece opener set the tone for a performance with more composure in front of goal than the newly-promoted side has shown for most of the campaign.

Mainz's afternoon unravels

For Mainz, it is a second straight defeat after losing 3-4 at home to Bayer Leverkusen, and a result that undoes the goodwill built up by a 1-0 win at Schalke the previous weekend. Twenty-two fouls and a red card tell their own story about a side that lost its discipline as the scoreline ran away from it.

What's next

SV Elversberg move to 13 points, up into the top half of the table. 1. FSV Mainz 05 stay on 10 points as matchday 8 continues elsewhere.