In this week 22 match on the 20th of February, Borussia M’gladbach will host Mainz 05 at Stadion Im Borussia-park in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Borussia M’gladbach sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Wolfsburg. Neither Wolfsburg nor Borussia M’gladbach could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 17 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 17th placed Mainz 05, recorded a 2-2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen. Lucas Alario struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 14th minute, then Patrik Schick added another in the 84th minute on a feed from Demarai Gray . Mainz 05 looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
Borussia M’gladbach and Mainz 05 last played eachother at the Opel Arena on Saturday Oct 24th. Borussia M’gladbach took the match by a score of 3 to 2. Lars Stindl scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 15th minute, but Jean-Philippe Mateta got the equalizer for Mainz 05 in the 23rd minute , but fortunately for Borussia M’gladbach it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win.
Moussa Niakhaté has been the most effective weapon for Mainz 05 lately. The French defender has netted three goals in his last five matches. For Borussia M’gladbach, their top scorers are Nico Elvedi and Alassane Pléa, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Borussia M’gladbach will be without Denis Zakaria, Marcus Thuram, Valentino Lazaro, Famana Quizera and Reitz, while Pierre Kunde, Daniel Brosinski and Robin Quaison are unavailable to play for Bo Svensson’s team.