Mainz - Matchday 9's opening game between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund promises to be quite the crowd-puller, and not just because it represents a first visit back to the Coface Arena for BVB coach Thomas Tuchel, who sat in the dugout at Mainz for five seasons between 2009 and 2014.

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