On Wednesday evening, Dortmund host Mainz at Signal Iduna Park, as the visitors look for vital points to keep themselves out of the Bundesliga relegation zone.
Dortmund look to be fighting a losing battle in the race for the Bundesliga title. They head into gameweek 32 knowing that arch-rivals Bayern Munich only need to win one of their last three league games to win their eighth straight title.
🗯️ #Favre über den Torrekord: "Wir wollen immer nach vorne spielen. 82 Tore bis jetzt sind schon eine Marke! Jetzt haben wir noch drei Spiele und auch da wollen wir Tore schießen. Aber: Der Sieg - auch wenn es nur ein 1:0 ist - hat immer noch Vorrang."#BVBM05 pic.twitter.com/73cdq25dhn— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) June 15, 2020
🗯️ #Favre über den Torrekord: "Wir wollen immer nach vorne spielen. 82 Tore bis jetzt sind schon eine Marke! Jetzt haben wir noch drei Spiele und auch da wollen wir Tore schießen. Aber: Der Sieg - auch wenn es nur ein 1:0 ist - hat immer noch Vorrang."#BVBM05 pic.twitter.com/73cdq25dhn
BVB’s recent form has been decent despite the inevitability of losing out to Bayern, as they have won nine of their last ten matches in the German top-flight. The one exception was that 1-0 defeat against Bayern, which all but ended the title race.
Lucien Favre’s team have become renowned for their attacking play in recent seasons. However, it has been at the other end of the field that the home side have improved of late, as they have kept clean sheets in four of their last six league outings.
Mainz are suddenly in a highly precarious position in the Bundesliga table. Achim Beierlorzer’s team are now just three points clear of both the last relegation berth and the relegation play-off spot.
A run of just one win in their last seven Bundesliga outings has led the visitors to their dangerous position in the table. Last time out, they suffered a 1-0 home defeat against Augsburg, which was their second defeat in three league outings.
The result last time continued a trend of low-scoring in recent Mainz games, as their last four league matches have now produced under 2.5 goals.
Mainz have experienced mixed fortunes on their travels this season in the German top-flight. However, they are undefeated in three away games in the Bundesliga, having recorded one win and two draws.
Forebet predicts that Dortmund will further deepen Mainz’s relegation worries by beating the visitors in a low-scoring encounter.