Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz

30 March 2025 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Daniel Schlager

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Maximilian Beier 39’, 72’
Emre Can 42’

Paul Nebel 76’

Match summary

Borussia Dortmund saw off Mainz 3-1. Borussia Dortmund led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Maximilian Beier put Borussia Dortmund ahead in the 39th minute, set up by Karim Adeyemi and Emre Can made it 2-0 with a header in the 42nd minute, set up by Nico Schlotterbeck. In the second half, Beier made it 3-0 with a header in the 72nd minute, set up by Nico Schlotterbeck and Paul Nebel pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 76th minute, set up by Nadiem Amiri.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Dortmund created 2.70 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Mainz's 0.67 from 12.

Match stats

18 Shots 12

7 Shots on Target 3

6 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.70 xG 0.65

2.70 Non-penalty xG 0.65

11 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Borussia Dortmund Mainz

Kick-off

Maximilian Beier
Assist: Karim Adeyemi

1-0

39’

Emre Can
Assist: Nico Schlotterbeck

2-0

42’

Half-time2-0

Maximilian Beier
Assist: Nico Schlotterbeck

3-0

72’

76’

Paul Nebel
Assist: Nadiem Amiri

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Borussia Dortmund

Nico Schlotterbeck
Yan Couto

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Borussia Dortmund 2.70 xGMainz 0.67 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Mainz attacking Borussia Dortmund attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Gregor Kobel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Waldemar Anton	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.35	1
Emre Can	DEF	90	1		1	0.11	0.00	0
Nico Schlotterbeck	DEF	90		2	4	0.11	0.53	3
Salih Özcan	MID	81			1	0.09	0.00	0
Yan Couto	MID	64			0	0.00	0.11	2
Pascal Groß	MID	90			1	0.12	0.00	0
Julian Brandt	MID	81			1	0.06	0.23	3
Julian Ryerson	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Maximilian Beier	FWD	90	2		4	1.75	0.18	2
Karim Adeyemi	FWD	90		1	4	0.34	0.96	1
Daniel Svensson	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.09	1
Niklas Süle	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carney Chukwuemeka	Sub	9			1	0.09	0.12	1
Ramy Bensebaini	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robin Zentner	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moritz Jenz	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Danny da Costa	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andreas Hanche-Olsen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anthony Caci	MID	90			1	0.14	0.03	1
Silvan Widmer	MID	68			1	0.04	0.00	0
Nadiem Amiri	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.15	4
Kaishu Sano	MID	90			1	0.02	0.02	1
Paul Nebel	MID	90	1		2	0.15	0.00	0
Jae-Sung Lee	MID	68			2	0.11	0.00	0
Jonathan Burkardt	FWD	73			1	0.08	0.13	2
Nikolas Veratschnig	Sub	22			1	0.03	0.00	0
Hong Hyun-Seok	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.14	1
Nelson Weiper	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arnaud Nordin	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Armindo Sieb	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Dortmund win 58% Avg odds 1.66

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.12

Mainz win 19% Avg odds 4.92

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Borussia Dortmund L W W L L

Mainz W W W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Mainz 3-1 Borussia Dortmund, 09 Nov 24 Next meeting: Mainz 0-2 Borussia Dortmund, 27 Sep 25 All Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.