Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz – Preview, Prediction and Betting Tips 19/12/2023

Borussia Dortmund and Mainz face each other on the afternoon of this Tuesday, December 19, 2023, starting at 4:30 pm, in a game valid for the 16th round of the German Bundesliga. The match will be played at the Signal Iduna Park stadium, in the city of Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund

The home team arrives for this match confident in asserting control of the field in their favor, as well as the enormous technical disparity in relation to their opponent, to be able to find their way back to victory after five consecutive matches without winning.

However, Borussia Dortmund will have to deal with the absence of Moukoko, Nmecha, Ryerson, Duranville and Adeyemi, who are injured and remain out of action for the “Yellow Wall”.

Rated with wide favoritism on betting sites, the team did well to advance to the stage in first place in the considered “Group of Death” of the Champions League, but suffered an early elimination from the German Cup and recently drew 1-1 with Augsburg n the Bundesliga.

There were 3 draws and only 2 defeats in the last 5 games officially played this season, drawing with Augsburg, Paris Saint Germain and Bayer Leverkusen, in addition to losing to RB Leipzig and also to Stuttgart.

The club is currently in fifth place in the German elite league table, with 26 points achieved so far, five behind Stuttgart, which opens the access zone to the Champions League.

Playing as home team, at Signal Iduna Park, the Borussia Dorrtmund team recorded a recent campaign with 6 wins, 2 draws and only 2 defeats in the last 10 matches played.

Mainz

And on the visitors’ side there is the Mainz squad, which in turn is completely focused on the Bundesliga, however, it is going through a dark moment having gone through five consecutive rounds without winning and is at serious risk of relegation if it does not perform better from now on.

In the last round, Mainz had the advantage of playing at home against Heidenheim and ended up getting the worst of it by losing 1-0, making it their third match in a row without even finding the net.

There were 3 draws and 2 defeats in the last 5 officially played games of the season, drawing with Cologne, Hoffenheim and Darmstadt, in addition to losing to Heidenheim and also to Freiburg.

Currently, the team is in 17th and penultimate place in the Bundesliga, with just 9 points won, one less than Union Berlin, the first team outside the relegation zone.

Playing as a visitor, the Mainz team has a recent record with only 1 win, 5 draws and 4 defeats in the last 10 matches played.

Conclusion:

In addition to having the second worst campaign in the Bundesliga, Mainz also suffers from the high number of absences in its squad which is not as deep as Dortmund’s, given the large difference in investment between the two clubs and this tends to weigh in favor of of Dortmund, who is fighting to get back into the G-4.