Borussia Dortmund-Mainz is a match in the thirty-fourth day of the Bundesliga and is played on Saturday at 15:30: TV, formations, predictions.
In the Ruhr city, daydreaming has been going on for a week now. Everything this time around is in the hands of Borussia Dortmund, who today have a great chance to put an end to Bayern Munich’s unchallenged dominance in the Bundesliga.
On the final day of the German top flight, the Gialloneri only need to get the better of a Mainz side with no goals left and just four defeats in a row to return to the coveted Meisterschale 11 years on and follow in the footsteps of Klopp and Lewandowski’s Borussia, the last to win the German title in a Schwarzgelben shirt before the Bavarian’s long ‘dictatorship’, which lasted exactly a decade. Edin Terzic and his men returned to the top of the table last Sunday, taking advantage of Thomas Tuchel’s team’s resounding misstep, which collapsed at home against Leipzig. Dortmund made the most of the assist, and the pressure didn’t let up, with Bellingham and his team-mates crushing Augsburg 0-3 at home the following day to take their third win in a row – a total of 14 goals scored in the last three matches – and their seventh consecutive result.
Borussia one step closer to victory
The situation, with ninety minutes to go, is as follows: Borussia Dortmund 70, Bayern Munich 68. A win would make the Gialloneri champions, but a draw would mean a different story: then the Bavarians would be in the game, and at the same time they would have to face Cologne, another team with nothing left to say.
Ajorque
If the two teams were to finish level on points, in fact, Bayern Munich would prevail thanks to the better goal difference, an unbridgeable gap for Terzic’s men (+39 versus +53). Therefore, only success is contemplated in a Signal Iduna Park full to capacity, which will be sold out – more than 80,000 spectators are expected – in the hope of witnessing the triumph of its favourites, one step away from what would be the ninth title in the club’s history. In front of their own public, Borussia Dortmund have been relentless: 14 wins, one draw and one defeat. And Mainz? For the red-and-whites, this Bundesliga seems already archived. They have lost for four days in a row, in which they have conceded a total of 13 goals and scored only three.
The Prediction
The Mainz seen in the last few days of the championship cannot even think of creating any problems for this Borussia Dortmund side, who are inches away from glory. Let’s assume a big win for the Gialloneri, who will score between three and six goals, taking advantage of a defence that is looking shaky from all sides.
Borussia Dortmund-Mainz matchday squad
- BORUSSIA DORTMUND (4-3-3): Kobel; Wolf, Süle, Hummels, Ryerson; Brandt, Emre Can, Bellingham; Malen, Haller, Adeyemi.
- MAINZ (3-4-2-1): Zentner; Hanche-Olsen, Bell, Fernandes; da Costa, Barreiro, Kohr, Caci; Stach, Ingvartsen; Onisiwo.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-0
