Mainz 05 expected to fight losing battle when facing Borussia Dortmund

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Wed 17.June
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (81365 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Borussia Dortmund fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Mainz 05's 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Mainz are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Borussia Dortmund, who have the most clean sheets (14) in Bundesliga, have performed here at Signal-Iduna-Park this season with 11 wins from 15 Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.

Borussia are confident in defense, having played 198 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Borussia in their previous game, a Bundesliga match away at Fortuna Düsseldorf (placed 16th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Borussia won a home game hosting Hertha BSC (1-0).

The victory against Fortuna Düsseldorf came after Erling Braut Haaland's winning goal. The Borussia Dortmund manager L. Favre was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 61st minute. A late climax in the match against Fortuna Düsseldorf as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by Erling Braut Haaland.

There will be little rest for Borussia after this match as they are travelling to RB Leipzig for a Bundesliga game in only three days.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Borussia is on fire here. A stunning 46 from 15 league matches. Borussia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Signal-Iduna-Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches.

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Mainz 05 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (35) away in Bundesliga, on their Bundesliga travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Mainz in their previous game, as they lost their Bundesliga-match, hosting Augsburg, 0-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Eintracht Frankfurt with the score of 2-0.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Mainz 05's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won one of these as expected, zero of them by at least two goals. Mainz managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Werder Bremen in just three days.

Mainz 05 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 15 away games so far. For Mainz, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Mainz 05 - Borussia 0-4 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Borussia Dortmund victories, one draw and two Mainz 05 wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Borussia DortmundJ. Sancho
J. Sancho
17 goals
Mainz 05R. Quaison
R. Quaison
12 goals
BorussiaE. Håland
E. Håland
11 goals

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Mainz 05 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Borussia Dortmund Mainz 05
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
20 11 3 Won W 0 5 9
6 3 2 Drew D 0 2 4
5 1 0 Lost L 4 8 18
82 46 20 Scored S 2 24 39
35 11 6 Conceded C 21 35 63
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
81% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 81%
74% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 68%
61% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 53% 45%
29% 40% 80% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 19%
48% 33% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 55%
45% 60% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 13%
10% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 35%
 
5.8 6.5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.8 5.2
3 2.3 1.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 7.1 6.2
1.3 0.8 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
425 238 97 Total Shots T S 48 198 434
179 98 40 Shots on Target S O 19 68 139
46% 47% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 35% 28%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Borussia Dortmund has the fewest conceded goals (11) at home
  • Borussia Dortmund has the most clean sheets (14)
  • Borussia Dortmund has the most clean sheets (9) at home
  • Borussia Dortmund has the most scored goals in the second half (56)
  • Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of Mainz 05.
  • Borussia Dortmund have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Mainz 05 has the most conceded goals (35) away
  • Mainz 05 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mainz 05 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 31 23 4 4 92 31 16 12 2 2 50 14 15 11 2 2 42 17 61 73
2 Borussia Dortmund 31 20 6 5 82 35 15 11 3 1 46 11 16 9 3 4 36 24 47 66
3 RB Leipzig 31 17 11 3 77 32 15 7 7 1 36 17 16 10 4 2 41 15 45 62
4 Bayer Leverkusen 31 17 6 8 57 41 15 7 4 4 28 21 16 10 2 4 29 20 16 57
5 Borussia M'gladbach 31 17 5 9 58 38 15 10 2 3 35 20 16 7 3 6 23 18 20 56
6 Wolfsburg 31 12 10 9 44 38 16 4 7 5 19 19 15 8 3 4 25 19 6 46
7 Hoffenheim 31 12 7 12 42 52 16 6 1 9 22 37 15 6 6 3 20 15 -10 43
8 Freiburg 31 11 9 11 41 43 15 7 2 6 17 16 16 4 7 5 24 27 -2 42
9 Schalke 04 31 9 12 10 36 48 16 5 7 4 19 23 15 4 5 6 17 25 -12 39
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 31 11 5 15 53 56 15 6 4 5 31 24 16 5 1 10 22 32 -3 38
11 Hertha BSC 31 10 8 13 44 55 16 5 3 8 21 32 15 5 5 5 23 23 -11 38
12 Köln 31 10 5 16 48 59 16 6 3 7 27 26 15 4 2 9 21 33 -11 35
13 Augsburg 31 9 8 14 42 57 15 5 5 5 26 24 16 4 3 9 16 33 -15 35
14 Union Berlin 31 10 5 16 37 54 15 6 3 6 20 20 16 4 2 10 17 34 -17 35
15 Mainz 05 31 9 4 18 39 63 16 4 2 10 15 28 15 5 2 8 24 35 -24 31
16 Fortuna Düsseldorf 31 6 10 15 33 61 16 4 5 7 17 27 15 2 5 8 16 34 -28 28
17 Werder Bremen 31 7 7 17 35 64 15 1 3 11 9 34 16 6 4 6 26 30 -29 28
18 Paderborn 31 4 8 19 34 67 16 2 2 12 20 43 15 2 6 7 14 24 -33 20

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 31 23 4 4 92 31 16 12 2 2 50 14 15 11 2 2 42 17 61 73
2 Borussia Dortmund 31 20 6 5 82 35 15 11 3 1 46 11 16 9 3 4 36 24 47 66
3 RB Leipzig 31 17 11 3 77 32 15 7 7 1 36 17 16 10 4 2 41 15 45 62
4 Bayer Leverkusen 31 17 6 8 57 41 15 7 4 4 28 21 16 10 2 4 29 20 16 57
5 Borussia M'gladbach 31 17 5 9 58 38 15 10 2 3 35 20 16 7 3 6 23 18 20 56
6 Wolfsburg 31 12 10 9 44 38 16 4 7 5 19 19 15 8 3 4 25 19 6 46
7 Hoffenheim 31 12 7 12 42 52 16 6 1 9 22 37 15 6 6 3 20 15 -10 43
8 Freiburg 31 11 9 11 41 43 15 7 2 6 17 16 16 4 7 5 24 27 -2 42
9 Schalke 04 31 9 12 10 36 48 16 5 7 4 19 23 15 4 5 6 17 25 -12 39
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 31 11 5 15 53 56 15 6 4 5 31 24 16 5 1 10 22 32 -3 38
11 Hertha BSC 31 10 8 13 44 55 16 5 3 8 21 32 15 5 5 5 23 23 -11 38
12 Köln 31 10 5 16 48 59 16 6 3 7 27 26 15 4 2 9 21 33 -11 35
13 Augsburg 31 9 8 14 42 57 15 5 5 5 26 24 16 4 3 9 16 33 -15 35
14 Union Berlin 31 10 5 16 37 54 15 6 3 6 20 20 16 4 2 10 17 34 -17 35
15 Mainz 05 31 9 4 18 39 63 16 4 2 10 15 28 15 5 2 8 24 35 -24 31
16 Fortuna Düsseldorf 31 6 10 15 33 61 16 4 5 7 17 27 15 2 5 8 16 34 -28 28
17 Werder Bremen 31 7 7 17 35 64 15 1 3 11 9 34 16 6 4 6 26 30 -29 28
18 Paderborn 31 4 8 19 34 67 16 2 2 12 20 43 15 2 6 7 14 24 -33 20

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