Wednesday sees hosts Mainz play Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga 1 clash at MEWA Arena. Kickoff set for 16th March 2022 20:30 EAT.
Mainz 05 sits 10th in the Bundesliga table with 34 points from 24 matches. In the last five fixture, two wins, two losses and one draw was recorded. Mainz has seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 11 goals.
Bo Svensson’s side won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 3-1 Bundesliga 1 defeat in their last game against Union Berlin. In that match, Mainz had 52% possession, 15 shots with 1 on target and a goal scored by Delano Burgzorg (90′). FC Union Berlin got shots with 3 of them on target and goals scored by Genki Haraguchi (8′), Sheraldo Becker (56′) and Taiwo Awoniyi (75′).
Marco Rose’s side currently sits second in the Bundesliga table with 53 points from 25 matches. In the last five matches, three wins one draw and one loss has been recorded. In the previous six games a total of 7 goals have been recorded for visitors. Borussia Dortmund will have an opportunity to close the gap on Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.
The visitor’s side is hoping to continue with their winning ways following a 1-0 Bundesliga 1 win over Arminia Bielefeld in their most recent match. In that match, Borussia Dortmund had 59% possession, 19 shots with 3 of them on target and a goal scored by Marius Wolf (21′). Arminia Bielefeld got 12 shots with 5 on target.
Mainz vs Borussia Dortmund head to head
These two teams have had 33 head to head encounters since 2004. Dortmund has won 19 times, Mainz 6 wins and they have drawn eight times.
- Dortmund 3-1 Mainz 16/10/21
- Mainz 1-3 Dortmund 16/05/21
- Dortmund 1-1 Mainz 16/01/21
- Dortmund 0-2 Mainz 17/06/20
- Dortmund 0-2 Mainz 11/01/20
Home
- Union Berlin 3-1 Mainz
- Mainz 3-2 Leverkusen
- Freiburg 1-1 Mainz
- Mainz 2-0 Hoffenheim
- Mainz 0-1 Frankfurt
Away
- Dortmund 1-0 Bielefeld
- Augsburg 1-1 Dortmund
- Rangers 2-2 Dortmund
- Dortmund 6-0 M´gladbach
- Dortmund 2-4 Rangers
Mainz team news
Bo Svensson will be without the services of Jeremiah St. Juste due to injury.
Borussia Dortmund team news
Marco Rose will miss the services of Raphaël Guerreiro , Marcel Schmelzer , Thomas Meunier , Marco Reus (Ill), Dan-Axel Zagadou , Youssoufa Moukoko ,Steffen Tigges and Mateu Morey Bauzà due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
Borussia Dortmund has not lost to Mainz in away games against them for the last 6 league games. An impressive run and is undefeated in their previous 4 league matches away from home while Mainz has not registered a win against Borussia Dortmund in their last 3 matches in the league.
- Borussia Dortmund win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5