Borussia Dortmund face Mainz 05 at Signal Iduna Park as number one in the Bundesliga standings, with the outsiders highly motivated to spring a surprise this coming Saturday.
Borussia Dortmund are currently number one with 70 points and will be very eager to hang to that position at the very least. Qualifying for the Champions League would naturally boost the club coffers and bring excitement to Signal Iduna Park.
Mainz 05 got hammered in their latest outing, and could still be rattled this coming Saturday. If so, Borussia Dortmund are in with a good chance of lashing out yet another defeat for the visitors.
Borussia Dortmund are in eminent form in the goal scoring department, banging in 34 goals in their previous ten matches. This creates an average of 3.4 goals per game. They held on for a clean sheet in threeof these, conceding 14 goals for an average of 1.4 per game.
Mainz 05 are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 14 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.4 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 19 goals, and while Mainz 05 claimed one clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.9 goals per match.
Borussia Dortmund beat Mainz 05 in their last two meetings, as they followed up a 1-0 win with a 2-1 victory.
Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz 05 Prediction
Borussia Dortmund Form
In their last three outings, Borussia Dortmund won 6-0 against Wolfsburg, beat B. M'gladbach by 5-2 and hammered Augsburg 0-3. Borussia Dortmund took six wins in their last six Bundesliga matches on home soil, as they scored 25 and let in five goals.
Mainz 05 Form
Mainz 05 were unable to pick up a single point in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 2-3 by Schalke 04. Next up, Eintracht won 3-0, before losing 1-4 against VfB Stuttgart. Mainz 05, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn two and lost two in their last six away in the Bundesliga.
Anything but a home win for Borussia Dortmund will be a massive surprise, and with goals flowing freely Mainz 05 could be in for a hammering.
Borussia Dortmund won ten matches, scored 33 goals and conceded 19 in their last 15 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. This earned them 31 points. Mainz 05 took three wins from their last 15 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They collected 13 points, scored 17 goals and conceded 30. Borussia Dortmund have a record of 22 wins, four draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Mainz 05 enjoy a record of 12 wins, nine draws and 12 defeats in the Bundesliga.
Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz 05 Stats
- B. Dortmund have won the last 12 home matches in a row
- B. Dortmund have not lost 22 of the last 24 home matches
- B. Dortmund have won 11 of the last 12 home matches and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- B. Dortmund have won 11 of the last 12 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- B. Dortmund have scored in 22 of the last 24 home matches
- Mainz 05 have conceded in 11 of the last 12 away matches
- Mainz 05 have scored in 12 of the last 14 matches
- In 6 of the last 7 Mainz 05 matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Mainz 05 away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Mainz 05 have lost the last 3 matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 2.5
Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz 05 Squads
Borussia Dortmund Squad
Edin Terzic will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Mainz 05 from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):
Alexander Meyer (0/7), Gregor Kobel (0/26), Luca Unbehaun (0/0), Marcel Lotka (0/0), Antonios Papadopoulos (0/0), Julian Ryerson (1/29), Mateu Morey (0/0), Mats Hummels (1/29), Nico Schlotterbeck (4/28), Nico Schulz (0/0), Niklas Suele (1/28), Raphael Guerreiro (3/26), Soumaila Coulibaly (0/1), Tom Rothe (0/2), Abdoulaye Kamara (0/0), Emre Can (2/26), Felix Passlack (0/3), Giovanni Reyna (7/21), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (3/15), Jude Bellingham (8/31), Julian Brandt (9/31), Justin Njinmah (0/0), Mahmoud Dahoud (0/9), Marco Reus (6/24), Marius Wolf (1/24), Salih Oezcan (0/26), Thomas Meunier (0/10), Anthony Modeste (2/18), Donyell Malen (9/25), Julien Duranville (0/0), Karim Adeyemi (6/23), Sebastien Haller (9/18), Youssoufa Moukoko (7/25).
Mainz 05 Squad
Here is the full team squad of Mainz 05. The 43 year-old Bo Svensson will select his starting lineup from the following players:
Finn Dahmen (0/7), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/26), Aaron Caricol (5/27), Alexander Hack (0/19), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/16), Anthony Caci (2/30), Danny da Costa (0/23), Maxim Leitsch (0/9), Silvan Widmer (2/26), Stefan Bell (0/29), Anton Stach (1/29), Aymen Barkok (0/22), Dominik Kohr (3/29), Edimilson Fernandes (0/31), Eniss Shabani (0/1), Jae-Sung Lee (7/33), Leandro Barreiro (4/30), Philipp Schulz (0/0), Brajan Gruda (0/2), Delano Burgzorg (0/13), Jonathan Burkardt (1/11), Karim Onisiwo (9/30), Ludovic Ajorque (6/17), Marcus Ingvartsen (10/27), Marlon Mustapha (0/5), Nelson Weiper (2/9).
Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz 05 Team News
The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Borussia Dortmund, as they prepare to meet Mainz 05, since nine could be missing.
Emre Can, Thomas Meunier, Mats Hummels, Anthony Modeste, Marius Wolf, Tom Rothe, Abdoulaye Kamara, Mateu Morey and Sebastien Haller are missing from the squad, Borussia Dortmund will field against Mainz 05on Saturday.
Mainz 05 face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Saturday against Borussia Dortmund.
Names like Anton Stach, Jonathan Burkardt, Maxim Leitsch and Marlon Mustapha most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Borussia Dortmund.
Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz 05 Lineups
Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz 05 H2H
Borussia Dortmund beat Mainz 05 in their last two meetings, as they followed up a 1-0 win with a 2-1 victory. Borussia Dortmund beat Mainz 05 seven times in the last ten meetings. Their latest meeting handed Borussia Dortmund a 2-1 win against their opponent on Saturday. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/5.
Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz 05 Results
In seven of the previous ten matches between Borussia Dortmund and Mainz 05 both teams scored.
Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz 05 Betting Tips
Ludovic Ajorque shows decent form right now for Mainz 05, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Bundesliga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Borussia Dortmund, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Sebastien Haller also look a nice prospect as he scored six goals in his last six Bundesliga matches.
Signal Iduna Park witnessed Borussia Dortmund winning ten times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing zero and losing zero as well. Mainz 05 claimed three wins, four draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Mainz 05 have been generous visitors, conceding in nine of their previous 10 games away from home. Borussia Dortmund pulled off three clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at Signal Iduna Park.
Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in the ten encounters most recent outings between Borussia Dortmund and Mainz 05. More than two goals came out seven times, as Borussia Dortmund scored 1.9 goals on average, with Mainz 05 pulling off one goal on average. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Borussia Dortmund’s last ten home matches across the tournaments. They scored an average of 3.2 goals in the process. Over 2.5 goals came up in seven of Mainz 05's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.
