Mainz 05 vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th November 2024

When Borussia Dortmund come to MEWA Arena for the Bundesliga match this coming Saturday, Mainz 05 will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Placed 13th in the table Mainz 05 have amassed ten points after nine matches. On 16 points, Borussia Dortmund rank fiveth with nine matches played this season.

We are bound to see an exciting game this coming Saturday as both Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund are looking to add some much-needed points to their respective accounts.

Mainz 05 go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.5 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 15 times, while conceding 14. That amounts to an average of 1.4 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Borussia Dortmund show off splendid stats in their last ten matches, where they hit the target 2.1 times on average per game. They scored 21 goals and conceded 15, an average of 1.5 a game. They held on for a clean sheet in three of these.

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Mainz 05 came away as 3-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Saturday.

Mainz 05 vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction

Mainz 05 Form

Mainz 05 failed to win any of their last three matches, though they managed to draw against Borussia Moenchengladbach in a 1-1 match, before coming up short against Bayern Munich in a 0-4 defeat. Most recently, they settled for a 0-0 draw against Freiburg. Mainz 05 just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Bundesliga matches at the MEWA Arena. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded eight goals.

Borussia Dortmund Form

Borussia Dortmund went unbeaten through their last three matches, which began with a 0-0 draw against Wolfsburg. A 2-1 win against RB Leipzig followed, before they beat Sturm Graz by 1-0. Borussia Dortmund are winless in their last six away games in the Bundesliga, in which they drew one and lost five. They conceded 16 goals while scoring four themselves.

Borussia Dortmund are favourites to claim a win, when visiting Mainz 05, and we like the price on offer for the visitors. The away win is our preferred choice on Saturday.

Mainz 05 fought their way to zero wins and one points from their last two games against teams inside the top six. They were on target zero times in these matches, but also let in two goals. Mainz 05 have a record of two wins, four draws and three defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Borussia Dortmund are looking at five wins, one draw and three defeats in the Bundesliga.

Mainz 05 vs Borussia Dortmund Squads

Mainz 05 Squad

The 49-year-old coach of the home team, Bo Henriksen, will select the lineup against Borussia Dortmund from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Daniel Batz (0/0), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/9), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/4), Anthony Caci (0/9), Danny da Costa (0/1), Maxim Leitsch (1/8), Moritz Jenz (0/6), Philipp Mwene (0/9), Silvan Widmer (0/7), Stefan Bell (0/4), Aymen Barkok (0/4), David Mamutovic (0/0), Dominik Kohr (0/8), Hyun-Seok Hong (0/7), Jae-Sung Lee (1/8), Kaishu Sano (0/9), Nadiem Amiri (2/8), Nikolas Veratschnig (0/2), Armindo Sieb (2/9), Ben Bobzien (0/0), Gabriel Vidovic (0/1), Jonathan Burkardt (5/9), Karim Onisiwo (0/3), Nelson Weiper (0/5), Paul Nebel (0/7).

Borussia Dortmund Squad

Below is the full team squad of Borussia Dortmund. The manager Sahin will pick his starting XI against Mainz 05 from these players:

Alexander Meyer (0/1), Gregor Kobel (0/8), Marcel Lotka (0/0), Almugera Kabar (0/1), Julian Ryerson (1/8), Nico Schlotterbeck (0/8), Niklas Suele (0/5), Ramy Bensebaini (1/9), Waldemar Anton (0/8), Yan Couto (0/4), Emre Can (2/9), Felix Nmecha (1/9), Giovanni Reyna (0/1), Jamie Gittens (2/9), Julian Brandt (0/9), Kjell Waetjen (0/1), Marcel Sabitzer (0/8), Pascal Gross (0/9), Cole Campbell (0/2), Donyell Malen (2/8), Julian Hettwer (0/0), Julien Duranville (0/1), Karim Adeyemi (2/5), Maximilian Beier (1/8), Serhou Guirassy (5/7).

Mainz 05 vs Borussia Dortmund Team News

Borussia Dortmund have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Mainz 05 at MEWA Arena. Ramy Bensebaini is suspended from the Borussia Dortmund squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Mainz 05 vs Borussia Dortmund Lineups

Mainz 05 vs Borussia Dortmund H2H

The last time the pair played each other Mainz 05 came away as 3-0 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind on Saturday. All in all, Borussia Dortmund have a fine reading on Mainz 05 in previous seasons with a 5-3-2 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Borussia Dortmund to win this match at best price odds of 21/20.

Mainz 05 vs Borussia Dortmund Results

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten matches between Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 11/8 with bookies.

Mainz 05 vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Serhou Guirassy has been hitting the net regularly and now has five goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up this coming Saturday, it is because Borussia Dortmund bank on him to build on these numbers against Mainz 05. The latter relies on Jonathan Burkardt, who found the target four times in six games.

Mainz 05 claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing five. Borussia Dortmund won three of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost six of the games in this run. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. Mainz 05 managed a clean sheet in one of their games at home, Borussia Dortmund kept a clean sheet in two of their last 10.

The last ten encounters between Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund saw over 2.5 goals scored six times, with Mainz 05 averaging 1.2 goals a game. Borussia Dortmund scored 1.7 goals on average in these, as both teams scored six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Mainz 05, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in eight of the last ten matches that Borussia Dortmund played across all tournaments. They scored 2.1 times on average in the process.