Week 5 brings us a match on Sep 4th where Borussia M’gladbach will host Mainz 05 in a Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 6th placed Borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Bayern München. Marcus Thuram scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 43rd minute, then Leroy Sané got the equalizer for Bayern München in the 83rd minute on a feed from Jamal Musiala squeezing out at least the one point for Bayern München. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Mainz 05 is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 29th minute, then Jeremie Frimpong added another in the 39th minute on a feed from Moussa Diaby In the end, Mainz 05 was frustrated by Bayer Leverkusen’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Bayer Leverkusen ended the match with the shutout victory. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws apiece.
Karim Onisiwo has been the most effective weapon for Mainz 05 lately. The Austrian attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches. Borussia M’gladbach is glad to have Marcus Thuram in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored six goals
Lars Stindl and Ramy Bensebaini are unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach, while Bo Svensson’s Mainz 05 squad will be without Marcus Ingvartsen.