Match facts ahead of #BMGM05

Everything to know ahead of Friday’s Bundesliga home game (20:30 CEST) against 1. FSV Mainz 05.

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

• This will be the 35th meeting betweeen Borussia and Mainz in the Bundesliga. The Foals lead the head-to-head between the sides, with 14 wins, in addition to 10 draws and 10 defeats.
• The Zerofivers are currently unbeaten in their last five league visits to Mönchengladbach (W3, D2), having lost each of their five games away against the Foals prior to this.
• FSV won 1-0 in the most recent encounter between the sides at BORUSSIA-PARK, with Aarón Martín scoring a direct free-kick.

STATISTICS:

• Borussia celebrated their first win of the season in Bochum last weekend (3-1). Mainz, meanwhile, are still winless in 2023/24, having lost each of their last four games.
• The Foals are yet to pick up points at home this season. However, they have already hosted three of the four Bundesliga sides competing in the Champions League this season in Bayer Leverkusen (3-0 loss), Bayern München (2-1 loss) and RB Leipzig (1-0 loss). Mainz are yet to take any points on their travels in 2023/24, meaning that at least one of these negative runs will come to an end this Friday.
• Borussia have scored three times from corners this term – a league best. The Zerofivers are still yet to score in this manner.
• Alassane Plea was involved in three goals in the 3-1 win against Bochum last time out (2 goals, 1 assist), making him our Man of the Match. The Frenchman also ended a run of 23 Bundesliga games without a goal.

OFFICIALS:

• Sven Jablonski will be the referee for Friday’s match. The assistant referees will be Lasse Koslowski and René Rohde, alongside fourth official Frank Willenborg. Tobias Stieler and Holger Henschel will be on duty as the video assistant referees.

SOCIAL MEDIA

• The game hashtag is #BMGM05. We will keep you up to date with everything happening in the game on social media.
• An overview of Borussia’s channels: Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube