FSV Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund will play on Sunday the 6th of March at 3:30 pm in the 25th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be staged in Mainz at the OPEL ARENA.
FSV Mainz 05 sits in the 9th position in the league with 34 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against FC Union Berlin in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 10 times, draw 4 times, and lost 10 times.
Borussia Dortmund sits in the 2nd position in the league with 50 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against FC Augsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far, it has won 16 times, drawn twice, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FSV Mainz 05
FSV Mainz 05 has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 70.83%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (17 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times) and 3-1-4-2 (once).
Bo Svensson is expected to play against Borussia Dortmund with the following players: R. Zentner, M. Niakhate, S. Bell, N. Tauer, A. Martín Caricol, L. Barreiro Martins, A. Stach, S. Widmer, J. Lee, J. Burkardt and K. Onisiwo.
If this will be the line-up, the projected average age of FSV Mainz 05 would be 26.18.
F. Dahmen and J. St. Juste will definitely miss the match.
Bo Svensson will not be able to have the presence of A. Hack and D. Kohr who are both suspended.
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 (7 times or 29.17% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-1-3-2 (once) and 4-3-2-1 (once).
Marco Rose is expected to play against FSV Mainz 05 with the following players: G. Kobel, E. Can, M. Hummels, M. Pongracic, R. Guerreiro, M. Dahoud, A. Witsel, J. Bellingham, T. Hazard, J. Brandt and D. Malen.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 27.00.
Marco Rose will probably not be able to employ M. Akanji, M. Morey Bauzà, D. Zagadou, E. Håland and G. Reyna because of injury.
T. Meunier and M. Schmelzer will definitely miss the match.