Match facts ahead of #M05BMG

Everything you need to know as the Foals travel to 1. FSV Mainz 05 on Friday evening (20:30 CET).

Spectators

• 25,000 fans will be allowed into the MEWA Arena in Mainz (Photo: DFL/Getty Images/Alexander Scheuber) for matchday eleven in the Bundesliga. Borussia have been allocated 2,197 tickets which are all sold out.
• Fans attending the stadium must be able to provide proof of vaccination or recovery from Covid-19.

Head-to-head

• 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Borussia will meet for the 31st time in the Bundesliga on Friday. The Foals have the better record in matches between the two sides, winning 14 of the previous 30 matches. Mainz have won eight times and there have been eight draws.
• In those matches, Borussia have scored 44 goals overall, whilst Mainz have scored 31, meaning that there have been 2.5 goals on average in Bundesliga matches between the teams.
• Borussia have won their last three away matches in Mainz in the Bundesliga
• Borussia are unbeaten in five games away from home against the Zerofivers (4W, 1D).
• The Foals have never lost in Mainz after taking the lead (5W, 2D).
• Mainz have only one once against Mönchengladbach in the last ten attempts in the Bundesliga. This happened to be the most recent meeting in February 2021 which finished 2-1 in Mönchengladbach.

Statistics – presented by UNIBET

• The Foals have had 155 shots on goal in the Bundesliga so far this season – only Bayern have had more (184).
• Centre-backs Matthias Ginter (71%) and Nico Elvedi (69%) are two of the top four players in the league in terms of winning individual challenges.
• Alassane Plea scored one and assisted another on matchday ten against Bochum, and he could make his 100th appearance in the Bundesliga on Friday.
• Under head coach Bo Svensson, Mainz have taken 49 points from 30 matches in the league.
• FSV have been stable defensively this season and only Freiburg have conceded fewer goals (7) than Mainz (10).
• Borussia have won more corners than any other team in the league so far (58).
• Only Hertha BSC (51) have put in fewer crosses than Mainz this season (61).
• Finisher: Jonathan Burkardt has scored in three Bundesliga games in a row for the first time.
• FSV coach Bo Svensson played in 32 Bundesliga games for Borussia and scored twice in a period from January 2006 until 2008.

Referee

• Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the DFB will announce the officials for the game at short notice ahead of kick off.

Social Media

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