Mainz - Borussia Dortmund Football prediction

Mainz and Borussia Dortmund play in the Coface Arena in a Bundesliga round of the 12th round. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 5 games. In fact, the last time they faced in this stadium was 12-12-2017, in a game by the Bundesliga that ended the victory of Borussia Dortmund by (0-2). The goals of the match were scored by S. Papastathopoulos (55 ') and S. Kagawa (89') for Borussia Dortmund. Although this is a game between 9 and 1 of the overall ranking, it is actually a game between the 4th place in the home games and the 2nd as a visitor.

Analysis of Mainz
The home team is currently in 9th place with 15 points earned after 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, won at home to Werder Bremen by (2-1). In the last match, he won off to Freiburg by (1-3). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 11 points, against only 4 in their games as a visitor. In the last game that played, for the Friendly, won the Kickers offenbach off by (1-2). In the last 6 home games for the championship, Mainz have won 3, 2 draws and 1 loss, having won 11 points out of 18. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 11 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 5 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. In the last 7 home matches in all competitions there are 1 highlights: scored 3 of his 6 goals in minutes (76'-90 ').

Mainz are only medalists in the Bundesliga but have gone up from the standings in the last rounds, come from 2 consecutive victories and are looking for 3 more points to move away from the bottom of the standings and try to get closer to the European qualifying zone next season. The team is characterized by the huge imbalance among the offensive sectors of the defensive, having scored only 10 goals, being the third worst attack of the competition, and suffered only 12, having the second defense less leaked, being a team that likes to play more closed and exploiting the counterattacks, but has difficulties in the breeding sector. Playing at home, as the match on Saturday, Mainz has been acting poorly, won only 1 of his last 4 games and it is worth noting that he did not score goals in 2 of them, again showing his offensive problems, since he can not beat even against his supporters For the clash against Borussia Dortmund, coach Schwarz should maintain the lineup of the last round where he won an excellent away win in action.
Analysis of Borussia Dortmund
The visiting team is currently in 1st place with 27 points, after 8 wins and 3 draws. In the penultimate match, he won away to Wolfsburg by (0-1). In the last match, won at home to Bayern Munich by (3-2). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 16 points, against only 11 in their games as a visitor. In the last game he played for the Friendly, he beat Lotte away by (2-3). In the last 5 away games for the league Borussia Dortmund has won 3 and 2 draws, having won 11 points out of 15.

For this competition, do not lose as a visitor makes 5 games. His attack has scored regularly, having scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 11 games for the Bundesliga, he suffered the first goal 5 times but managed to turn the score in 4. There are 1 periods in the last 20 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he scored 15 of his 37 goals between the minutes (76 ' -90 ').

Borussia Dortmund make excellent campaigning in the Bundesliga, comes from a great victory over their rival Bayern Munich and goes in search of 3 more points to try to maintain the good gap of 4 points for second place. The team is characterized by an excellent balance between the offensive and defensive sectors, having scored 33 goals, being the best attack of the competition, and suffered only 12, having the second defense less leaked, being a team that creates numerous opportunities per game, but do not neglect back where it is very organized and solid. Playing away from home, like the match on Saturday, Borussia Dortmund has the best advantage of the national team, is the only team unbeaten and it is worth mentioning that he has the best defense in this type of situation with only 3 goals taken in 5 matches, 3 of them did not score goals. For the clash against Mainz, coach Lucien Favre must repeat the lineup of the last round where he had great performance in victory over the strongest Bayern Munich.