45th minute: GOOOAAALLL for SVW! Pizarro converts from the spot to rewrite the history books. Junuzovic had controlled the ball with his chest on the edge of the box before being wrestled to the ground by Baumgartlinger. The new record Bundesliga goalscorer for Werder kept his cool to send the keeper the wrong way from twelve yards and ensure it’s 1-1 at the break.
52nd minute: Werder with early momentum in the second 45. Once again it’s Junuzovic with the first shot of the half. Bartels and Grillitsch do well to win the ball back and the former feeds the Austrian, but he doesn’t connect with his shot from the edge of the box properly.
60th minute: Fine save from Wiedwald! Jhon Cordoba turns Brosinski’s cross from the right goalwards, but our number one reacts superbly to push it away.
75th minute: Into the closing stages and the Green-Whites are still searching for the killer pass needed to open up Mainz. There’s not much space to work with in and around the box, but there’s still enough time to make something happen.
81st minute: Fritz has a pop from distance, but his effort flies high and away from goal. Ujah and Lorenzen have since come on for Öztunali and Pizarro to give some fresh legs to the SVW attack.
86th minute: First Gebre Selassie with the chance, then Bartels - neither of them find the target though. Werder are pushing for the winner, but have to be wary of Mainz’s counterattacks.
90th minute: Full time! Werder fought hard, but it wasn’t to be. SVW and Mainz share the points in Bremen.
Summary: Having dominated the stats, a draw perhaps isn’t quite enough for Werder. Nevertheless, Skripnik’s men were set up well against a fairly conservative Mainz side, albeit without creating too many concrete goalscoring opportunities. When called upon, Felix Wiedwald was on hand to ensure the Zerofivers didn’t steal the three points with their counterattacks in the second half.