Match facts ahead of #BMGM05

Everything to know about the Bundesliga home game against 1. FSV Mainz 05 on Sunday (17:30 CEST).

Spectators

• Under the new Coronavirus regulations, BORUSSIA-PARK will be able to operate at full capacity for the final four home games of the season. Borussia are therefore able to welcome up to 54,042 spectators to all upcoming home games.
• A total of 42,300 tickets have been sold so far for the match against Mainz.

Head-to-head record:

• This will be the 32nd meeting between the sides in the Bundesliga, with the Foals leading the head-to-head record with 14 wins (also D9, L8).
• The Foals have scored 45 goals across these 31 games, with Mainz netting 32 – an average of 2.48 goals per Bundesliga match.
• Mainz have won just one of their last 11 Bundesliga games against Borussia – a 2-1 victory the last time the two sides met at BORUSSIA-PARK in 2020/21.

Statistics – presented by UNIBET:

• Borussia have taken seven of a possible nine points from their last three home games (3-2 vs. Augsburg, 2-2 vs. Wolfsburg, 2-0 vs. Hertha BSC).
• Alassane Plea, Marcus Thuram and Breel Embolo have started just three games together this season, on matchday 17 as well as both of the last two matchdays. The Foals have taken seven of a possible nine points from these three games.
• Alassane Plea is in top form at the minute. The Frenchman has scored four goals and assisted another four in his last eight games. Embolo and Thuram have each scored two goals over their last four games.
• Luca Netz has had three corners lead to goals, most recently to open the scoring in Bochum. Only Joshua Kimmich (7) and Vincenzo Grifo (5) have delivered more successful corners in the league this season.
• Mainz are one of the tough-tackling sides in the Bundesliga, and have committed a league-high 300 fouls so far. In comparison, the Foals have made the second-fewest fouls in the division, behind Bayern. Matthias Ginter has committed just six fouls this term – the second-fewest by any centre-back in the division.
• Mainz currently have 37 points, having last taken as many points at this stage in 2015/16 (41 back then). The Zerofivers also have a game in hand still.
• The Zerofivers have struggled for form on the road this term, having picked up points in just one of their last seven Bundesliga away games (1-1 in Freiburg on MD22).
• Jonathan Burkardt ended a run of 11 Bundesliga games without a goal last time out, scoring a brace against Arminia Bielefeld. He has now scored nine goals this season.

Officials

• Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the match officials will be announced on matchday by the DFB.

Social Media

• Fans can follow the match on social media using the hashtag #BMGM05, or by following Borussia’s English language accounts on Facebook and Twitter.