§ Bundesliga · 2025-26 · Matchday 5

FSV Mainz 05 0–2 Borussia Dortmund

  • Zentner 67'
  • Svensson 27'
  • Adeyemi 40'

27 September 2025

The match in data

Borussia Dortmund beat FSV Mainz 05 2–0 on 27 September 2025, on matchday 5 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.

Player of the match: Kaishu Sano (FSV Mainz 05), rated 55, thanks above all to 3 completed dribbles and 6 final-third passes. Sano produced 1.0 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.

For Borussia Dortmund, the highest-rated player was Nico Schlotterbeck, with 59.

Robin Zentner was sent off at 67'.

55
Player of the match

Kaishu Sano

FSV Mainz 05 · 90'

Produced 1.02× and cost 0.64× their position's average

Added
  • 3 completed dribbles 4.0×
  • 6 final-third passes 1.1×
  • 8 recoveries 1.8×
Took away
  • 2 times dribbled past 2.5×
  • 6 misplaced passes 0.8×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

FSV Mainz 05
PlayerPositionMinRating
Silvan Widmer Defender 90 64
Stefan Bell Defender 27 59
Kaishu Sano ★ Midfielder 90 55
Armindo Sieb Forward 80 54
Arnaud Nordin Forward 27 50
Andreas Hanche-Olsen Defender 69 49
Nadiem Amiri Midfielder 80 47
Danny da Costa Defender 90 45
Paul Nebel Midfielder 90 37
Maxim Leitsch Defender 63 36
Phillipp Mwene Defender 90 35
Jae-sung Lee Midfielder 63 32
Robin Zentner Goalkeeper 67 no rating
Lasse Rieß Goalkeeper 21 no rating
Lennard Maloney Midfielder 10 no rating
Nelson Weiper Forward 10 no rating
Borussia Dortmund
PlayerPositionMinRating
Nico Schlotterbeck Defender 90 59
Waldemar Anton Defender 90 55
Felix Nmecha Midfielder 77 54
Karim Adeyemi Forward 68 54
Gregor Kobel Goalkeeper 90 46
Carney Chukwuemeka Midfielder 22 46
Julian Brandt Midfielder 90 44
Ramy Bensebaini Defender 90 44
Marcel Sabitzer Midfielder 77 43
Daniel Svensson Defender 90 34
Yan Couto Midfielder 69 34
Maximilian Beier Forward 87 32
Julian Ryerson Defender 21 23
Jobe Bellingham Midfielder 13 no rating
Pascal Groß Midfielder 13 no rating
Fábio Silva Forward 3 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Borussia Dortmund player recovered the most balls?

Felix Nmecha, with 7 recoveries. Next: Waldemar Anton 4, Nico Schlotterbeck 4.

Felix Nmecha anchored Borussia Dortmund's midfield work with 7 ball recoveries in the 0–2 victory. Waldemar Anton and Nico Schlotterbeck followed behind with 4 recoveries each.

Which FSV Mainz 05 player completed the most dribbles?

Kaishu Sano, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Phillipp Mwene 1, Danny da Costa 1.

Kaishu Sano stood out as FSV Mainz 05's primary ball carrier, completing 3 successful dribbles. Phillipp Mwene and Danny da Costa managed just 1 each.

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

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FSV Mainz 05 0–2 Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga 2025-26. Player of the match: Kaishu Sano, 55
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.