Mainz snatched a 1-1 draw at Nuremberg on Friday after an equalizer from Shinji Okazaki denied the home side its first Bundesliga victory of the season.
Park Joo-ho sent a long ball forward for Japan striker Okazaki to shoot inside the far post in the 75th minute.
It was the visiting side's first real chance of the second half, with Nuremberg missing a host of opportunities to extend its lead after Per Nilsson opened the scoring with a deflected header in the fifth minute.
Mainz strikers Nicolai Mueller and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting both missed great chances to win it in the closing minutes, before teammate Peter Sliskovic was sent off for a dangerous challenge in the 90th.
Nuremberg remains second last before the rest of the 15th round of games.
