Mainz 05 vs RB Leipzig LIVE: Bundesliga result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Mainz 05 take on RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga today.
Bayern Munich remain the team to beat in the German top flight with Julian Nagelsmann's juggernaut side 31-time winners of the competition.
Boasting some of the best players in the world such as Sadio Mane, Thomas Muller and Manuel Neuer they are always favourites to retain their league crown.
Rivals Borussia Dortmund traditionally push them the closest and have won the title five times, most recently back in 2012 under Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
Borussia Mönchengladbach were a force in the Seventies winning the league five times but are without a champion team since while Werder Bremen, Hamburg and Stuttgart are all multi-time winners too.
RB Leipzig are the newest kids on the block and backed by energy drinks manufacturer Red Bull are now threatening to challenge for a first title of their own.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Mainz 05 vs RB Leipzig
Offside, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Stefan Bell tries a through ball, but Delano Burgzorg is caught offside.
Mainz 05 vs RB Leipzig
Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Stefan Bell replaces Edimilson Fernandes.
Mainz 05 vs RB Leipzig
Goal! 1. FSV Mainz 05 1, RB Leipzig 1. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcel Halstenberg with a cross.
Mainz 05 vs RB Leipzig
Substitution, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen replaces Emil Forsberg.
Mainz 05 vs RB Leipzig
Alexander Hack (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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