In a weekend match on Fri Nov 5th, in week 11, Mainz 05 hosts Borussia M’gladbach in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Mainz 05 sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Arminia Bielefeld. Jae-Sung Lee struck first for Mainz 05 in the 25th minute, then in the 42nd minute, Prietl sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jacob Laursen. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Borussia M’gladbach recorded a 2-1 win against Bochum. Alassane Pléa struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 12th minute on a feed from Joe Scally, then Jonas Hofmann added another in the 40th minute. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Borussia M’gladbach is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Breel Embolo and Jonas Hofmann each having 3 goals in their last 5. Mainz 05 is fortunate enough to have Jonathan Burkardt in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals
Ádám Szalai and Jeremiah St. Juste are unavailable to play for Mainz 05, while Christoph Kramer, Mamadou Doucouré, Tony Jantschke, Ramy Bensebaini, Stefan Lainer and Jordan Beyer are unavailable to play for Adolf Hütter’s team.