Match facts ahead of #M05BMG

Everything you need to know before the Foals travel to face Mainz on Saturday (15:30 CEST).

Spectators:

  • The city of Mainz has decided to limit the number of fans permitted to attend the match from the initial tally of 250 to only 100. As such, only employees, team staff and a select number of guests of honour will be permitted inside the stadium.

Head-to-head record:

  • This will be the 29th Bundesliga meeting between the sides. The Foals have the edge with 13 wins to Mainz’s seven. The fixture has finished in a draw on eight occasions.
  • Borussia are unbeaten against Mainz in eight Bundesliga games (W6, D2), and have won all of their last four against the Zerofivers.
  • Last season, Gladbach won 3-1 in both Bundesliga meeting with Mainz. The Foals came back from 1-0 down on each occasion.
  • Mainz’s last win against Borussia was nearly five years ago on 29th January 2016. Christian Clemens scored the winner as Mainz won 1-0 at home.

Statistics – provided by UNIBET:

  • Borussia have taken five points from the first four matches this season. They had seven points at this stage in both of their previous two campaigns.
  • Gladbach have dropped points on two occasions this season already, drawing 1-1 against both Union and Wolfsburg after having taken a 1-0 lead. The Foals have already dropped as many points from winning positions as they did across the whole of last season. In 2019/20, Borussia won 20 out of 22 games in which they took the lead. 
  • Borussia have not managed to keep a clean sheet in the second half of any of their games this season, with five of the six goals they’ve conceded coming after the break. Four of these goals have come in the final 15 minutes of matches.
  • Jonas Hofmann’s ninth Bundesliga season is shaping up to be his best ever. The former Mainz man has had a hand in four of Borussia’s goals in 2020/21 (3 assists, 1 goal).
  • Alassane Plea missed the match against Wolfsburg last time out due to the birth of his first child. Now, the Frenchman returns in time to face his favourite opponents. Plea has won all four of his matches against Mainz and has been directly involved in six goals in those games (3 goals, 3 assists).
  • For the second time in their Bundesliga history, the Zerofivers have no points after four matches. They last did the same over 15 years ago under head coach Jürgen Klopp in 2005/06. Back then, Mainz lost their first five games of the season but still managed to stay up after finishing 11th.
  • Mainz have only gone in front once this season, but only managed to keep their lead for 32 minutes before falling to a 4-1 defeat against Stuttgart on matchday 2.
  • Jan-Moritz Lichte is the second Mainz head coach after Sandro Schwarz to have lost his first two Bundesliga games in charge. No Mainz head coach has ever gone without a win in their first three Bundesliga games in charge, or has ever lost their first three.

Officials:

  • Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the DFL will confirm the officials on the day of the match.

Social Media:

  • Fans can follow the game online using the hashtag #M05BMG or by following Borussia’s English-language social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter.

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