Match facts ahead of #M05BMG

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the Foals’ Bundesliga away game at 1. FSV Mainz 05 on Saturday (15:30 CET).

HEAD-TO-HEAD

• Borussia and Mainz are set to meet for the 36th time in the Bundesliga. The Foals have had the better of the previous clashes: They have won 14 games, whilst the 05ers have triumphed on ten occasions. Additionally, there have been eleven draws.
• Mainz are unbeaten in six Bundesliga games against Mönchengladbach (three wins, three draws). Bo Henriksen’s side had lost five consecutive games against Borussia prior to that.
• Mönchengladbach and Mainz drew 2-2 in the return fixture. Florian Neuhaus put the Foals ahead (22’), before Brajan Gruda (24’) and Ayman Barkok turned the game around. However, Joe Scally popped up with a late equaliser (88’).

STATISTICS

• Borussia picked up their first win of the second half of the season when they beat VfL Bochum 5-2. It was the first time that the Foals have scored five goals in a game under head coach Gerardo Seoane, whilst they have scored the sixth most goals in the league so far this season (41).
• The Foals scored from a corner for the tenth time this season against Bochum – this is the most of any team in the league. On the other hand, Mainz have only conceded one goal from a corner so far this season – this is also the fewest out of any side in the Bundesliga.
• Borussia have picked up seven points away from home this season, whilst they have failed to win any of their last eight away games.
• Ko Itakura and Nico Elvedi are set to return to the side following one-game suspensions. Joe Scally and Manu Koné are currently one yellow card away from a suspension. Dominik Kohr has already received nine yellow cards for the hosts and is the first player in the Bundesliga to be at risk of picking up a second one-game suspension of the season.
• Mainz are currently on 15 points following their unlucky defeat in Leverkusen (2-1 loss). The 05ers have never had so few points on the board after 23 games.

OFFICIALS

• Robert Schröder will referee the game.
• Norbert Grudzinski and Jan Seidel will be his assistants, whilst the fourth official is Patrick Alt. Dr. Felix Brych and Guido Kleve are the Video Assistant Referees.

SOCIAL MEDIA

• The match hashtag is #M05BMG. We’ll keep you up to date on everything to do with the game on social media.
• An overview of Borussia’s channels: Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube