DORTMUND
Weidenfeller
Grosskreutz, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer
Bender, Sahin
Kuba, Leitner, Gotze
Lewandowski
MAINZ
Wetklo
Pospech, Svensson, Noveski, Diaz
Baum'er, Soto, Risse, Ivanschitz
Parker, Szalai
With a place in the Champions League for the coming season all but guaranteed, and a crucial home semi-final clash in this year's edition against Real Madrid on the horizon, Jurgen Klopp may well decide to rest several stars to ensure they arrive in peak condition. Marco Reus, currently suffering a thigh strain, is one player almost certain to start from the bench against Mainz.
Coming off the back of two straight defeats, and having won just twice in the whole of 2013, Mainz will hope for an improvement in the final encounters of the season, safely ensconced in mid-table. Shawn Parker came off the bench in a 2-1 reverse to Hamburg, and could get the nod from the start on Saturday afternoon.
DID YOU KNOW?
Borussia Dortmund had to give up their dreams of recording a third-successive Bundesliga title, after Bayern Munich claimed the title with six games to spare two weeks ago.
A win on Saturday, however, would guarantee the second-placed team a spot in the Champions League next year; five games from the end, they lie 12 points clear of Schalke (in fourth) and with a far superior goal difference.
With 72 goals scored, BVB could still beat their tally for 2012-13, where they netted 80 times on the way to the title. The real drop has been in defence; 35 goals conceded this year, compared to just 22 at the end of 2011-12.
Mainz are another club still entertaining hopes of European football, sitting just three points off the Europa League places in ninth.
On the other hand, they are close enough to the relegation fight to still need four more points to be absolutely safe from the drop.
While Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski (22) leads the Bundesliga scoring charts, Mainz have their own high-scoring representative: Hungarian Adam Szalai, with 13 goals so far.
Prediction
Dortmund will almost inevitably have one eye on Jose Mourinho's men, but even still they should have more than enough to take down an out of form Mainz outfit and record a comfortable victory.
Editor's Prediction
Dortmund 3-1 Mainz
