Borussia Dortmund 1-2 FSV Mainz 05: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 May 2018

Result

Borussia Dortmund 1-2 FSV Mainz 05

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 May 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Borussia Dortmund 1-2 FSV Mainz 05: match report

Borussia Dortmund lost to FSV Mainz 05 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 5 May 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

Ridle Baku opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goal came from Maximilian Philipp (16'). FSV Mainz 05 scored through Ridle Baku (4') and Yoshinori Muto (13').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards; FSV Mainz 05 received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 3rd on 55 points from 32 and FSV Mainz 05 14th on 33 points from 32. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 4th with 55 points, and FSV Mainz 05 14th with 36.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-3-3 and FSV Mainz 05 in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Abdou Diallo of FSV Mainz 05 (8.3), ahead of Maximilian Philipp (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Borussia Dortmund wins, 1 draw and 1 for FSV Mainz 05.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Ridle BakuFSV Mainz 05 · 0-1
  • 13'Goal · Yoshinori MutoFSV Mainz 05 · 0-2
  • 16'Goal · Maximilian PhilippBorussia Dortmund · 1-2
  • 30'Yellow card · Ridle BakuFSV Mainz 05
  • 41'Yellow card · Julian WeiglBorussia Dortmund
  • 54'Yellow card · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund
  • 67'Yellow card · Yoshinori MutoFSV Mainz 05
  • 77'Yellow card · Sokratis PapastathopoulosBorussia Dortmund
  • 85'Yellow card · Stefan BellFSV Mainz 05

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 8, draws 1, FSV Mainz 05 1.

Team news

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-3-3)

Roman Bürki, Łukasz Piszczek, Sokratis, Ömer Toprak, Manuel Akanji, Mario Götze, Julian Weigl, Marco Reus, Christian Pulisic, Maximilian Philipp, Jadon Sancho

FSV Mainz 05 line-up (4-3-3)

Florian Müller, Daniel Brosinski, Stefan Bell, Alexander Hack, Abdou Diallo, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Nigel de Jong, Ridle Baku, Levin Öztunali, Yoshinori Muto, Pablo de Blasis