"The visitors made a breakthrough at MEWA Arena after 27 minutes as Svensson slotted the ball past Robin Zentner to finish off a free-flowing counter-attack from Nico Kovac's side. It was another swift breakaway before half-time that saw Dortmund double their advantage. Adeyemi used his electrifying pace to get the edge of the box and played a give-and-go with Brandt before finding the bottom-left corner."
"Mainz went close to pulling a goal back on the hour mark, but Maxim Leitsch's header from a corner was thwarted in impressive fashion by Gregor Kobel in the Dortmund goal. Any hope of a comeback seemed to fade away seven minutes later as Zentner was shown a straight red card for fouling Adeyemi outside the box and denying a clear goal-scoring opportunity."
Borussia Dortmund defeated Mainz 05 2-0 away to maintain an unbeaten start in the Bundesliga. Julian Brandt supplied two assists, setting up Daniel Svensson's 27th-minute opener and Karim Adeyemi's second before half-time. Adeyemi used his pace and a give-and-go with Brandt to finish the second. Maxim Leitsch had a header saved by Gregor Kobel, and Robin Zentner was sent off for fouling Adeyemi and denying a clear goalscoring opportunity. Dortmund recorded a fourth consecutive league clean sheet, posted 1.47 xG from four shots on target versus Mainz's 0.31, and led at half-time for a Bundesliga-record tenth consecutive match.
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