Mainz 05 vs. Borussia Dortmund | Bundesliga | Pre Match
Mainz 05 vs. Borussia Dortmund
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1. FSV Mainz 05 are unbeaten in their last three Bundesliga games against Borussia Dortmund (W1, D2), something they have only managed once before (6 games from 2005 to 2010). The first meeting in this current run was a 2-2 draw in Dortmund on matchday 34 in 2022/23 that cost BVB the title. Following a 3-0 home win in the last meeting, Mainz could now record back-to-back Bundesliga victories over Dortmund for the first time.
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1. FSV Mainz 05 are winless in three Bundesliga games, claiming just two of a possible nine points. It’s their joint longest wait for a win in the league under Bo Henriksen. The last time they went longer without victory was in their final 11 games under Jan Siewert in 2023/24 (D6, L5).
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Borussia Dortmund have won all five of their home games in the Bundesliga this season but none of their four away matches. Should they fail to win in Mainz, they would become the second side this century to have zero wins in their first five away games and five wins from their first five home games (after Gladbach in 2013/14) – this last happened to BVB in 1967/68.
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1. FSV Mainz 05 are without a win from their first five home games in the Bundesliga this season (D2, L3). They have only previously started a top-flight campaign with more winless home games in 2020/21 (9). Only VfL Bochum (1) have picked up fewer points on home turf than Mainz this season (2).
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Borussia Dortmund have lost each of their last five competitive away games for the first time since 2006/07 (6 in a row under Bert van Marwijk, Jürgen Röber and Thomas Doll back then). The last time they had their current return of just one point from their first four away games of a Bundesliga season was in 1989/90.
