Borussia Dortmund – Mainz: Yellow Wall on a title mission 
Friday night, Signal Iduna Park lights up for a crucial date in the title race. Dortmund welcome Mainz with one clear aim: keep the heat on Bayern. In a stadium where the Yellow Wall forgives little, the Black and Yellows know a slip-up will hurt.
Borussia Dortmund: aiming higher 
Last season left a half-finished taste. Fourth, well off the title hunt, Dortmund drifted through the end without really shaping the top of the table. This time the tone is different.
Second with 48 points after 21 games, the Ruhr club remain on Bayern’s heels. Six points back — nothing you can’t catch at this stage. The run is promising: two straight Bundesliga wins, at Wolfsburg and versus Heidenheim, have kick-started the engine after a frustrating European night against Inter.
At home Dortmund often cranks it up. Tough in the duels, quick in transition, varied in attack. When Brandt finds space and Guirassy makes the box his, they get very hard to stop. In a title fight, games like this have to be handled.
Mainz: a fragile balance 
Mainz don’t share the same ambitions. Survival is the priority, even if last season hinted at more with a tidy sixth place. Reality is harsher this time around.
Fourteenth with 21 points, the club only have a slim gap above the drop zone. Still, recent form is interesting: three league wins in a row, against Wolfsburg, Leipzig and Augsburg. That streak buys belief.
But going to Dortmund changes the script. Mainz will have spells of soaking pressure and must be surgical on the break. The slightest defensive slip-up could be punished in an atmosphere that never lets up.
Probable lineups
Borussia Dortmund :
Kobel ; Sule, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson ; Bellingham, Nmecha ; Svensson, Brandt, Beier ; Guirassy
Mainz :
Batz ; Posch, Bell, Kohr, da Costa ; Sano, Widmer ; Lee Jae-Sung, Amiri, Silas ; Tietz
Football Prediction Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz
Borussia Dortmund to win
Mainz arrive on a roll, but the gap in quality is obvious. Dortmund are playing for the title, at home, with forwards who can kill a game in an instant.
If the Black and Yellows set the tempo from the off, they should grind Mainz down. A controlled, comfortable win — possibly without conceding — looks the likeliest outcome.
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