Borussia Dortmund recorded back-to-back Bundesliga away wins for the first time since late August as BVB bounced back from a goal down to beat Mainz 2-1.Mainz and Borussia Dortmund were hopeful of turning around some patchy recent Bundesliga form as the 05ers were winless in five league matches, while BVB ended a two-match losing streak with a narrow 4-3 win against Augsburg on Saturday. Immediately, Mainz showed their attacking intentions and ended their nine-match run without scoring a first-half goal at home against Dortmund when Jae-Sung Lee met Edimilson Fernandes’ corner with a powerful header past Gregor Kobel after just 90 seconds.The tables had turned as Dortmund usually found themselves as the fast-starters after scoring in the opening 20 minutes in four of their last six matches. But BVB soon lived up to their reputation when Julian Ryerson equalised on four minutes as his left-footed strike took a huge deflection off Fernandes and flew into the net. The leveler gave Dortmund confidence to push for a second and Niklas Süle’s 25-yard effort tested the palms of Dahmen before Karim Adeyemi fired over the bar from close range.Desperate to avoid a third consecutive 1-1 draw, Mainz started strongly after halftime, taking the game to Dortmund and Marcus Ingvartsen came closest with two headers that went just over the crossbar. Aware his side were losing a grip on the game, Edin Terzić made a host of substitutions and two super-subs combined for the winner in the 92nd minute when Sébastien Haller’s knock down was tapped in by Giovanni Reyna as the forward scored the winner for a second consecutive match.GOL | Mainz 1-2 Borussia Dortmund⚽ Giovanni Reynapic.twitter.com/z8zsTojyj5— VAR Tático (@vartatico) January 25, 2023 Mainz will be downhearted after holding out for so long, but their home woes continue, with just one victory at Mewa Arena this season. Dortmund will hope that another late Reyna winner will give them momentum to stay in the Champions League spots as successive league wins helped Terzić side move up to third place.BUNDESLIGA – ROUND 17TuesdaySchalke – RB Leipzig 1-6 (0-4)/Kozuki 56 – Silva 7,44, Henrichs 15, Werner 45+2, Olmo 83, Poulsen 89/Bayern Munich – Koln 1-1 (0-1)/Kimmich 90 – Skhiri 4/Hertha – Wolfsburg 0-5 (0-3)/Svanberg 4, Arnold 31 pen, Wind 34, Baku 72, Marmoush 86/Hoffenheim – Stuttgart 2-2 (1-1)/Kramaric 11, 90+4 – Guirassy 45+3, Endo 77/WednesdayMainz – Dortmund 1-2 (1-1)/Lee Jae-Sung 2 – Ryerson 4, Reyna 90+3/22:30: (3.15) Augsburg (3.50) M’ gladbach (2.35)22:30: (1.48) Leverkusen (4.50) Bochum (7.75)22:30: (2.60) Freiburg (3.40) Eintr.Frankfurt (2.85)22:30: (2.95) Werder (3.20) Union Berlin (2.65)***odds are subject to change***
