Overview

• Kickoff is today at 15:30 local time at the MEWA Arena, with live coverage on Sky and DAZN’s conference only.
• Mainz are without Anthony Caci until year-end and miss Dominik Kohr through suspension.
• Niko Kovač reaches his 200th Bundesliga game as a head coach, carrying a club-best 2.11 points per match with Dortmund.
• Karim Adeyemi enters in form after direct involvement in four of Dortmund’s last six competitive goals, including the winner against Wolfsburg.
• Mainz seek to build on a 4:1 win at Augsburg but have gone seven Bundesliga home matches without a victory, while Dortmund have kept three straight clean sheets with Niko Schlotterbeck back.