Pre-Match Analysis: Borussia Dortmund going life-or-death against Mainz 05 | OneFootball

The pressure is on for the Black-and-Yellows as a tough couple of weeks approach with life-or-death matchups that could dictate this season's destiny. Coming up, Borussia Dortmund will face Mainz 05 at the Signal Iduna Park to attempt to return to the good old winning habits at home. While the last memories of this match are not the happiest for BVB fans (I probably don't need to say more so we all can keep our sanity intact), Niko Kovač and company will try to erase the past and take this team to a brighter future.

However, it will not be a walk in the park for Borussia Dortmund. The last home win in the league happened one month ago against Union, while Mainz is currently six-straight games without a loss in the Bundesliga, holding 3rd in the table. Their last league loss was against Werder Bremen away on January 31st. As BVB will need to break various negative streaks in order to take the three points heading into this weekend, Mainz are likely in their best shape in years; therefore, the Yellow Wall has got to be a factor coming into this matchup. Here is the pre-match analysis for Matchday 27: