Week 25 features a match on Sunday Mar 6th, where Borussia Dortmund and Mainz 05 will play a match in Mainz in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Mainz 05 is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Union Berlin. Genki Haraguchi struck first for Union Berlin in the 8th minute, then Sheraldo Becker added another in the 56th minute. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while borussia Dortmund sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Augsburg. Thorgan Hazard struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 35th minute on a feed from Mahmoud Dahoud, then in the 78th minute, Arne Maier sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee squeezing out at least the one point for Augsburg. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On the 16th of October, Borussia Dortmund hosted Mainz 05 at the Signal-iduna-park in their last match together. Borussia Dortmund was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Marco Reus struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 3rd minute, then Erling Braut Håland added another in the 54th minute on a penalty.
Marco Reus has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Borussia Dortmund. Karim Onisiwo and Moussa Niakhaté are the top scorers for Mainz 05 in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Bo Svensson’s squad will be without Jeremiah St. Juste, while Erling Braut Håland, Marco Reus, Mate Morey, Emre Can, Marcel Schmelzer and Giovanni Reyna are unavailable to play for Borussia Dortmund.