Campbell's Acrobatic Volley Caps Elversberg's 4-1 Rout of Mainz

SV Elversberg's dream debut season in the Bundesliga continued on Friday night as the promoted side swept Mainz aside 4-1 at the Ursapharm-Arena, climbing to fifth place in the table with 13 points from eight matches. Felix Keidel set the tone after just seven minutes, curling a free kick around the Mainz wall and into the net for the opener. Francis Onyeka doubled the lead in the 26th minute, holding off the visiting defence before firing low past goalkeeper Robin Zentner, and Maurice Krattenmacher made it 3-0 in first-half stoppage time after a corner caused chaos in the Mainz box. Mainz thought they had a route back into the game in the second half, but substitute Ransford Königsdörffer's finish was ruled out for offside after a video review. United States international Cole Campbell then collected a cross on his chest and acrobatically volleyed home in stoppage time to make it 4-0, before Benedict Hollerbach grabbed a late consolation for Mainz. The visitors' miserable evening ended with Stefan Posch sent off in the fifth minute of stoppage time after a second yellow card, leaving Mainz in mid-table on 10 points.