About Match
Borussia Dortmund go into the game 2nd in the table on 9 points; FSV Mainz 05 sit 8th on 4 — a 5-point gap. Against a league average of 1.93 goals per team per game, Borussia Dortmund run at 2.67 scored and 0.67 conceded, FSV Mainz 05 at 2 and 1. A win would lift Borussia Dortmund to 12 points and up to 1st (other results unchanged).
Five consecutive wins precede this game for Borussia Dortmund, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 34 games: 22 Borussia Dortmund wins, 6 for FSV Mainz 05, 6 draws, at 2.85 goals per meeting. Only 41% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund stages the fixture, a ground that holds 81,365.