Two clubs in the bottom half of the Bundesliga table will do battle today in a league match between Borussia Dortmund and Mainz 05. The first-division clash scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET will be held at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund and can be live streamed here (requires free trial registration). Additional TV coverage can be found on GolTV.
What They're Saying
Borussia Dortmund midfielder (via Bundesliga): "The 3-0 win against Freiburg and Marco Reus' contract extension will hopefully give us momentum in the relegation battle."
Mainz 05 manager kasper Hjulmand: "We'll be the underdogs in Dortmund, but I have faith in the quality of our team."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Reus signed an extension to remain with Dortmund until 2019. The 25-year-old has two goals and an average of 2.6 key passes in 10 league appearances.
Borussia Dortmund's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Weidenfeller; Schmelzer, Hummels, Subotic, Piszczek; Sahin, Gundogan; Reus, Kagawa, Kampl; Aubameyang
Mainz 05's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Kapino; Bengtsson, Bungert, Bell, Brosinski; Baumgartlinger, Gries; Hofmann, Malli, Clemens; Okazaki
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (lineups and statistics via WhoScored).
Standings
|
Rnk |
Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
+/- |
Pts |
|||
|
1 |
FC Bayern München |
20 |
15 |
4 |
1 |
45 |
9 |
36 |
49 |
|||
|
2 |
VfL Wolfsburg |
20 |
12 |
5 |
3 |
41 |
19 |
22 |
41 |
|||
|
3 |
Schalke 04 |
20 |
10 |
4 |
6 |
31 |
22 |
9 |
34 |
|||
|
4 |
FC Augsburg |
20 |
11 |
1 |
8 |
28 |
24 |
4 |
34 |
|||
|
5 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
20 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
27 |
17 |
10 |
33 |
|||
|
6 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
20 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
30 |
22 |
8 |
32 |
|||
|
7 |
Hoffenheim |
20 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
31 |
33 |
-2 |
26 |
|||
|
8 |
Werder Bremen |
20 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
32 |
41 |
-9 |
26 |
|||
|
9 |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
20 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
38 |
41 |
-3 |
25 |
|||
|
10 |
Hannover 96 |
20 |
7 |
4 |
9 |
23 |
30 |
-7 |
25 |
|||
|
11 |
1. FC Köln |
20 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
19 |
23 |
-4 |
24 |
|||
|
12 |
Hamburger SV |
20 |
6 |
5 |
9 |
14 |
22 |
-8 |
23 |
|||
|
13 |
FSV Mainz 05 |
20 |
4 |
10 |
6 |
25 |
26 |
-1 |
22 |
|||
|
14 |
Hertha BSC |
20 |
6 |
3 |
11 |
26 |
38 |
-12 |
21 |
|||
|
15 |
SC Paderborn |
20 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
21 |
34 |
-13 |
20 |
|||
|
16 |
Borussia Dortmund |
20 |
5 |
4 |
11 |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
19 |
|||
|
17 |
SC Freiburg |
20 |
3 |
9 |
8 |
21 |
30 |
-9 |
18 |
|||
|
18 |
VfB Stuttgart |
20 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
20 |
35 |
-15 |
18 |
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