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Watch: Şahin: "We have to defend better"

Borussia Dortmund manager Nuri Şahin spoke to bundesliga.com following his side's Matchday 10 loss to Mainz.
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Watch: Brandt: "We need to do our homework"

Borussia Dortmund's Julian Brandt spoke to bundesliga.com about the Black-Yellows disappointing away form.
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Mainz 3-1 Borussia Dortmund

Dortmund succumb to their fourth consecutive away defeat while Mainz claim their first home success of the season! Emre Can's early red card was a pivotal moment, but Mainz exploited their advantage by dominating the second period to take a comfortable 3-1 win.
Full-time
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Three minutes of stoppage time indicated

Mainz are making all the running.
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Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes

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Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
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Emre Can
Emre Can32.86km/h
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Dominik Kohr
Dominik Kohr31.76km/h
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Felix Nmecha
Felix Nmecha31.72km/h
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Mainz looking for a fourth

Burkardt, Amiri and Hong all fire shots in quick succession as Dortmund scramble to turn behind for a corner.
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Zentner booked

The Mainz goalkeeper gets a yellow card for timewasting.
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Nod to Nebel

The Mainz fans give Paul Nebel a rousing ovation as he leaves the field, with their homegrown midfielder scoring his first senior goal today.
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Schlotterbeck shoots wide

That was a chance for Dortmund to get back into it! A free-kick is floated into the box from the left and Nico Schlotterbeck turns to meet a knock-down, flashing his shot just wide.
80'

Mainz make their first change

Widmer replaces da Costa for the final ten minutes.
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Mainz moving it nicely

Some intricate play on the edge of the Dortmund area before the visitors clear and probe with a strong break from Couto and Guirassy. The Mainz defend holds firm, however.
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Deserved lead

Mainz have eleven shots so far and Dortmund just two.
Goal attempts
4off target
7on target
0off target
2on target
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Two more changes

Teenagers Cole Campbell and Almugera Kabar are on for the final phase.
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Amiri sneaks through

A clever corner is cut short by Caci for Amiri, who bursts into the box on the right and has a free shot at Meyer's target, but the Dortmund goalkeeper saves.
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Momentum with Mainz

Mainz continue to have the majority of the play. Dortmund are in a tricky spot tactically, as they would dearly love to mount a late comeback, but it would take a huge improvement and with their ten men they risk leaving space for the hosts to exploit.
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Malen forces Zentner into save

Dortmund do come forward for the first time in some while, with the ball turned out to Malen on the right. The substitute flashes a shot from a tight angle that Zentner saves.
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Two Mainz corners

Amiri swings two corners in quick succession dangerously into the near post from the left. Lee threatens from the first before it is turned behind, and the second is punched clear.
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Nebel across the goalmouth

Mainz continue to attack with the scorer of the third goal flashing a ball across that runs out past the far post.
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Triple change

Şahin reacts by bringing on three fresh faces - can the trio aid a Dortmund side who have been well off the pace in the second half so far?
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Substitution

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Sano tries to sneak through

Kaishu Sano receives the ball in the box as Mainz hunt further goals - but runs the ball out of play.
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Nebel nets!

Paul Nebel strikes his first goal for Mainz! Mwene takes a great ball floated out to the left, jigs inside and lays the ball across classily for the Mainz youth product to slam home.
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Paul Nebel

GOAL!

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Paul Nebel
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31 %
Distance to Goal
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Distance to Goal
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8.17 m
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Meyer denies Mwene

A misplaced Sabitzer pass finds Mwene from around 30 yards out and he charges towards the edge of the box and sets up a shot - which is on course for the bottom corner until Meyer turns it around.
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Two fouls and one red card

Emre Can's sending off was one of just two fouls Dortmund have made so far.
Fouls committed
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Amiri takes aim

The Mainz midfielder shoots on target from around 20 yards out, but without enough power to test Alexander Meyer.
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Off we go again

Mainz restart in pole position to claim their first home win of the season.
Kick-off!
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Half-time: Mainz 2-1 Dortmund

The hosts are in front at the end of a dramatic first-half. Emre Can's sending off threw everything up into the air after a relatively tight opening, and Jae-sung Lee pounced before conceding a penalty that Guirassy levelled from. Although Dortmund remained a danger with ten men, a sharp attack saw Mainz retake the lead in stoppage time and leave Nuri Şahin's side with an uphill task to reverse their poor away form today.
Half-time
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Burkardt blasts Mainz back in front!

The hosts lead again thanks to a brilliant break! Danny da Costa charges down the right and cuts a fantastic ball to the near post where Burkardt slams it on his first touch past Meyer and in.
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Jonathan Burkardt
Goal probability
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Goal probability
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47 %
Distance to Goal
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Distance to Goal
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6.64 m
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Three minutes of stoppage time indicated

Having fallen behind, the ten men of Dortmund are now pressing to take the lead before the break.
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Kohr booked

Dominik Kohr sees a yellow card for fouling Guirassy outside the area - that is, interestingly, his 100th card in the Bundesliga (94 yellows and 6 reds).
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Lee looks for another

Amiri swings a corner from the left superbly to the near post and Lee bursts forward to get a powerful header in that zips over.
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Guirassy gets Dortmund back level

A confident penalty is blasted into the left by the Dortmund sharpshooter - and we're back level!
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Serhou Guirassy

GOAL!

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Serhou Guirassy
Goal probability
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Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
77 %
Distance to Goal
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Distance to Goal
The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.
11 m
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Penalty to Dortmund!

Minutes after scoring, Jae-sung Lee trips Serhou Guirassy in the box and Dortmund will have a chance to level.
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Lee sends Mainz in front!

A cross from the left is headed away to the right by Nmecha, and Caci sticks it back into the box where Lee is free to head in from right in front of the goal line - that's the third successive home tie against Dortmund he has scored in!
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Jae-sung Lee

GOAL!

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Jae-sung Lee
Goal probability
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Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
65 %
Distance to Goal
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Distance to Goal
The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.
3.73 m
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Good ball in from Groß

Groß crosses the free-kick from deep following the foul on Brandt. It arks dangerously towards the target and all the way through to Zentner, who saves.
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Yellow for Nebel

The Mainz midfielder kicks the ball away after Brandt is fouled and sees yellow.
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Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
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Emre Can
Emre Can32.86km/h
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Felix Nmecha
Felix Nmecha31.72km/h
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Serhou Guirassy
Serhou Guirassy31.17km/h
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Lee close-range header

After Schlotterbeck also gets a card - a yellow one - for his protests, the free-kick resulting from Can's challenge is whipped in from the left and Lee gets a head to it from close range. Meyer reacts well to reach up and save.
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Can has to walk

The Dortmund captain meets Jae-Sung Lee's ankle with a sliding challenge just outside the area and is shown a straight red card.
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Chances at a premium

There has been a good tempo to Dortmund's play, yet they are without a shot yet. Mainz have hit the only two efforts of the game so far.
Goal attempts
2off target
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0off target
0on target
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Bell beats Guirassy

Great defending from Stefan Bell to take the ball from Serhou Guirassy's feet when Dortmund launched a quick attack.
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Foul throw

Caci goes over the sideline before delivering his throw-in into the box - and the referee declares a foul throw, giving Dortmund the ball instead.
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Burkardt blazes over

A big chance for Mainz to take the lead! The ball is slipped through the defence superbly to the Mainz marksman, who only has Meyer to beat but flashes over the bar.
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Ball Recovery Time

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Ball Recovery Time gives the time in seconds in which it takes a team to win back the ball following a loss of possession. It also allows conclusions to be drawn about a team's style of play. Only time when the ball is in play is counted (i.e. no breaks in play such as for goal-kicks, throw-ins etc).
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9.2 s
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Caci seeks Burkardt

Mainz try to spring the Dortmund defence open on the break, with Caci slipping a pass through for Jonathan Burkardt - but there is too much on it, and it runs straight to Alexander Meyer.
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Sabitzer heads wide

Jamie Gittens is looking very lively on the left so far and does superbly to wriggle his way into the box and chip a cross for Marcel Sabitzer, who meets it at the near post but sends it across the goalmouth and wide.
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Zentner under pressure

The Mainz goalkeeper controls a long ball on the edge of his box before clearing it into touch - he was under pressure from Serhou Guirassy but kept his cool to avoid losing possession in a perilous position.
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Dortmund bossing the ball

The visitors are circulating the ball around nicely as the game takes shape - but Mainz are chasing them down with intent.
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Mainz mean business

Mwene feeds Caci on the left, and the French full-back clips a cross in that Emre Can clears.
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Off we go

Dortmund kick us off as they hunt their first away win of 2024/25.
Kick-off!

You'll Never Walk Alone

Both sets of fans sing along to their anthem as the players assemble in the tunnel.
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Dortmund warm-up

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Mainz warming up

Can they keep their run of three unbeaten encounters with Dortmund going?

Recognition for Mainz's title-winners

Mainz's amputee team were recently crowned winners of their own version of the Bundesliga - and the victorious team are in the ground today to have their achievement recognised by the home fans.
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Dortmund players out

Could this be the scene of their first away win of the season?
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More on that Mainz team

There is one change for Mainz with Danny da Costa (pictured) in for Maxim Leitsch. Mainz also have serious injury issues with three central defenders currently out (Hanche-Olsen, Jenz and Leitsch). They will field their oldest starting XI under Bo Henriksen today at an average age of 28.5)
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More on that Dortmund team

Nuri Şahin makes one change to the side that beat Leipzig last Saturday, with Ramy Bensebaini suspended and the fit again Julian Ryerson (pictured) taking his place. The Dortmund bench is again notable for its inexperience, with Donyell Malen the only seasoned Bundesliga pro on it as a consequence of the club's injury crisis.

Mainz starting XI

Zentner - Kohr, Bell, Caci - Da Costa, Sano, Amiri (c), Mwene - Nebel, Lee - Burkardt

Mainz subs

Rieß, Widmer, Barkok, Hong, Veratschnig, Gleiber, Onisiwo, Sieb, Weiper

Dortmund starting XI

Meyer - Groß, Can (c), Schlotterbeck, Ryerson - Nmecha, Sabitzer - Beier, Brandt, Gittens - Guirassy

Dortmund subs

Lotka, Couto, Mané, Kabar, Lührs, Paulina, Campbell, Azhil, Malen
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Burkardt and Amiri the Mainz dangermen

The home outfit's quest for the win will be led be five-goal Burkardt, and he will be supported by midfielder Amiri, who has two goals and two assists to his name in the Bundesliga this season.

Dortmund's injury struggles

The list of Dortmund players currently on the sidelines is a long one. Karim Adeyemi, Waldemar Anton, Gregor Kobel, Ramy Bensebaini, Julien Duranville, Giovanni Reyna, Niklas Süle and Kjell Wätjen are all unavailable today for a number of reasons, while it remains to be seen whether Yan Couto will be fit to appear.
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A trend to be broken?

Picking a winner here is difficult considering the two teams' respective form. On the one hand, Mainz have not won any of their five Bundesliga home games this season, with only 18th-placed Bochum (one) picking up fewer points at their own ground than Mainz's two. Meanwhile, Dortmund have lost each of their previous five away matches in all competitions, their worst run in 18 years.

Tale of the tape

Mainz are currently on their second-longest unbeaten against Dortmund, having avoided defeat in each of their past three meetings. Dortmund's last triumph over the Zerofivers came in January 2023, when they won 2-1. Overall, at least, Dortmund have had the upper hand, winning on 20 occasions to Mainz's six.

Dortmund prevail in Champions League

The Black-Yellows weren't at their irresistible best on Tuesday against Sturm Graz, but Donyell Malen's late strike was enough to secure all three points. As it stands, BVB are in the top eight at the halfway point of the League phase, which would be enough to see them qualify directly for the round of 16 should they stay there.
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Henriksen on Dortmund

"It will be important for us not to give too much away at the back. Also, if we're a bit smarter in attack and we make the most of our opportunities, we have a good chance [of winning]."
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Şahin on Mainz

"Away from home, the energy has to come from within us. We have to win our games away from home, otherwise we won't achieve what we want to. If we pull it off at the weekend, we'll be back in contention. We can catch up at the top again, only if the boys are at their limit."
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Probable line-ups

Who’s set to play this weekend? Who’s going to miss out? Keep up to date with all the latest team news right here!

Eyes on Guirassy

Serhou Guirassy has five goals in as many appearances against Mainz, including a hat-trick at the Mewa Arena last season, albeit all for former club VfB Stuttgart. The BVB No.9 only has a better record in meetings with Wolfsburg (six goals in three appearances).
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Watch: Mainz 3-0 Borussia Dortmund - previous meeting

The 05ers were comfortable victors the last time these two met in May. They're unbeaten in the last three meetings, but have won just six of 36 in total.
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Watch: Freiburg 0-0 Mainz - highlights

Mainz continued their fine away form with a point at Freiburg last time out. They're unbeaten on the road in four this season, but winless in five at home.
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Watch: Borussia Dortmund 2-1 RB Leipzig - highlights

Dortmund recovered from a three-game losing streak in all competitions to beat Leipzig on Matchday 9.
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