Signal Iduna Park hosted the match between Borussia Dortmund and their guest Mainz in the sixteenth week of the Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund managed to secure a disappointing draw (1-1) against the struggling Mainz.
Dortmund missed a penalty kick near the end of the first half and failed to score, as Jude Bellingham hit the post. After the break, Mainz scored from their first opportunity when Levin Öztunali received the ball in midfield, burst towards the Dortmund goal, dribbled past a defender, and took a powerful shot from 25 meters.
The post denied another chance for Mainz before Thomas Meunier equalized for the home side in the 73rd minute, scoring his first goal for Borussia Dortmund. A minute later, Marco Reus sent a penalty kick over the bar, and then the post denied another attempt from Mainz in the 78th minute, leading to an exciting finish to the match. Notably, with this result, Dortmund has 29 points, sitting in fourth place, while Bayern Munich leads the league with 33 points, hosting Freiburg tomorrow. Mainz is in seventeenth place with 7 points.
