Rarely has the description “changeable” applied to something as much as Borussia Dortmund’s performances this season. In the Champions League with truly convincing performances and the surprising group win in the “group of death” against Paris, Milan and Newcastle. In the Bundesliga there are always completely inexplicable playful revelations like against Stuttgart or Bayern.
Seven months after the “championship trauma”, FSV Mainz 05 is now once again a guest at Signal Iduna Park. And the mood at BVB could hardly be more different than the last meeting. In May the “as good as master”, now instead of Christmas the alarm bells are ringing in black and yellow. They are already five points behind in fourth place in the Champions League. Not to mention Bayer Leverkusen. The league leaders now have an impressive 13 point lead over self-proclaimed championship candidates Dortmund. So the bowl is almost gone, and they were quietly eliminated from the DFB Cup against VfB Stuttgart. At least against Mainz, 17th in the table, we urgently need a three-pointer in order to celebrate a somewhat harmonious end to the football year.
It remains to be seen what face BVB will show against the 05ers. But one thing is certain: the fans can be there on television. Because unlike most other Bundesliga games, not only the pay TV channel Sky is broadcasting the game. Even viewers without pay television can watch the game. The free TV channel Sat.1 will broadcast the encounter live and in full length – both on TV and in the live stream on the “ran.de” platform. The broadcast begins at 7:30 p.m. with the preliminary reports, the match kicks off at 8:30 p.m.
Matthias Opdenhövel will lead the evening as moderator together with expert Stefan Kuntz. Commentators for the game are Wolff-Christoph Fuss and Andrea Kaiser.
Alternatively, Sky customers can also follow the game as usual on the pay channel and in the channel’s own live stream “Wow”. The broadcast on Sky starts at 8:15 p.m. The game can also be seen as part of the conference.
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