Mainz 05 vs Borussia Dortmund 16.03.2022

Dortmund will be looking to exert more pressure on leaders Bayern in this away tie at Mainz. They kept pace with a crucial 1-0 over Armenia Bielefeld at the weekend thanks to Wolf’s 21st minute goal.

For Mainz, they will be hoping for a return to winning ways having lost 3-1 to Union Berlin last time out. With 34 points on the board, Mainz are 10th on the log, 10 points behind 4th placed Leipzig, but with a couple of games in hand. This means a string of good results can put the home side back in European contention.

Both teams have been involved in high scoring affairs lately and we predict the same to hold here

Main tip: Over 3.5 Goals (go to tip details)

Head-to-Head stats Mainz 05 vs Borussia Dortmund

We look at the last 33 meetings between these teams.

• Mainz  have 6 wins, Dortmund have 18 wins  with 9 matches ending in a draw
• On average these matches scored 2.61  goals per match
• Their last match ended 3-1  in favor of Dortmund

Latest results Mainz 05

• 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in 5 matches
• 5 goals scored in their last 5 matches, making an average of 1.00 goal  per match
• They lost 3 -1 to Union Berlin in their last game

Latest results Borussia Dortmund

• 2 wins, 2 draws and 1  loss in their last 5 matches
• 12 goals scored in their last 5 games, average of 2.40 goals per game
• Edged Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 in their last match

Bundesliga Standings and Latest Results

Mainz 05: rank 10th – 24 matches – 10 wins – 4 draws – 10 losses – 34 points.
Form Guide (most recent first): L-W-D-W-L

Dortmund: rank 2nd – 25 matches – 17 wins – 2 draws – 6 losses – 53 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-D-D-W-L

Possible squad Mainz 05

Mainz 05: Zentner; Bell, Hack, Niakhate; Widmer, Stach, Kohr, Martin; Burkardt, Onisiwo, Lee

Out: St. Juste (Injury), Tauer (Groin Injury)

Coach: Bo Svensson

Possible squad Borussia Dortmund

Dortmund: Kobel; Can, Passlack, Pongracic, Schulz; Dahoud, Witsel; Wolf, Hazard, Belllingham; Malen

Out: Akanji (calf), Haaland (groin), Morey (knee), Reyna (thigh), Schmelzer (knee), Zagadou (thigh), Hummels (Illness), Reus (Illness), Tigges (Ankle), Guerreiro (Illness)

Coach: Marco Rose

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on Over 3.5 Goals

Betway offers competitive odds for the bet “Over 3.5 Goals”
The odd of 2.60 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 48% chance that the game will have at least 4 total goals scored

Odds comparison for Over 3.5 Goals

Betway – odd 2.60
Helabet – odd 2.50

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2) Bet on 1st Half Over 1.5 Goals

• 2 of their last 4 games produced at least two goals in the opening half

Odds for this bet

1xBet offers competitive odds for “1st Half Over 1.5 Goals”

The odd of 2.43 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 41% chance that there will be at least two goals in the opening half of this game.

Odds comparisons for 1st Half Over 1.5 Goals

1xBet – odd 2.43
Betway – odd 2.40
Bet365 – odd 2.37

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