Borussia Monchengladbach vs 1. FSV Mainz 05, Bundesliga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Borussia Monchengladbach vs 1. FSV Mainz 05 — Bundesliga at Borussia-Park.
- Borussia Monchengladbach 34 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
- 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 games · 40 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Tobias Welz
- Assistant 1 Dr. Martin Thomsen (Germany)
- Assistant 2 Patrick Kessel
23 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Bayern Munchen 34 89 2 Borussia Dortmund 34 73 3 RB Leipzig 34 65 4 VfB Stuttgart 34 62 5 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 34 61 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 59 7 SC Freiburg 34 47 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 44 9 FC Augsburg 34 43 10 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 40 11 1. FC Union Berlin 34 39 12 Borussia Monchengladbach 34 38 13 Hamburger SV 34 38 14 1. FC Koln 34 32 15 SV Werder Bremen 34 32 16 VfL Wolfsburg 34 29 17 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 34 26 18 FC St. Pauli 1910 34 26 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 19 Apr 1. FSV Mainz 05 H 1–1 D 11 Apr RB Leipzig A 0–1 L 04 Apr 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 H 2–2 D 21 Mar 1. FC Koln A 3–3 D 13 Mar FC St. Pauli 1910 H 2–0 W 06 Mar FC Bayern Munchen A 1–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 19 Apr Borussia Monchengladbach A 1–1 D 12 Apr SC Freiburg H 0–1 L 04 Apr TSG 1899 Hoffenheim A 2–1 W 22 Mar Eintracht Frankfurt H 2–1 W 15 Mar SV Werder Bremen A 2–0 W 07 Mar VfB Stuttgart H 2–2 D Season Stats
Borussia Monchengladbach 1. FSV Mainz 05 #12 Position #10 38 Points 40 34 Played 34 9 / 11 / 14 W / D / L 10 / 10 / 14 42 Scored 44 53 Conceded 53 -11 GD -9 1.12 PPG 1.18 26% Win % 29% Key Stats
69% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history38% Clean Sheets
Borussia Monchengladbach this season12% Clean Sheets
1. FSV Mainz 05 this seasonBorussia Monchengladbach are 12th (38 pts). 1. FSV Mainz 05 are 10th (40 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Borussia Monchengladbach0-152/–16-302/231-45–/146-60–/–61-751/276+4/2■ Scored ■ Conceded1. FSV Mainz 050-154/116-301/131-453/146-601/261-75–/176+2/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Borussia Monchengladbach to score. At the same time, 1. FSV Mainz 05 does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' It looks surprising Borussia Monchengladbach does not make any changes. Nikolas Veratschnig has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 7' Borussia Monchengladbach is taking the lead after the goal scored by Joseph Scally on 7.
- 12' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 17' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 21' 1. FSV Mainz 05 player sees a card in front of him.
- 22' That looks like a foul for a card for Anthony Caci.
- 27' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 27 minutes.
- 32' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering 1. FSV Mainz 05 that had 426 games and scored 322 goals.
- 37' 1. FSV Mainz 05 is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 42' The travelling 1. FSV Mainz 05 supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 47' Borussia Monchengladbach started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 47.
- 52' Stefan Posch has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 57' Jens Castrop needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 62' 1. FSV Mainz 05 seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 66' 1. FSV Mainz 05 manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Philipp Mwene is hanging Nikolas Veratschnig on the field on 66 minute.
- 71' The Borussia Monchengladbach manager makes a substitution. Kevin Diks departs to be replaced by Fabio Chiarodia.
- 72' The Borussia Monchengladbach manager makes a substitution. Kevin Stoger departs to be replaced by Gio Reyna.
- 76' The 1. FSV Mainz 05 manager makes a substitution. Anthony Caci departs to be replaced by Silvan Widmer.
- 81' Supporters expect more eagerness from Phillip Tietz, as he is very good at scoring at Borussia-Park with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 82' A meaty challenge results in booking for Haris Tabakovic on 82.
- 82' The supporters are chanting for Nelson Weiper. He replaces Danny da Costa on 82 minute.
- 87' Another change for Borussia Monchengladbach made on 87 minute. Haris Tabakovic leaves to be changed by Kota Takai.
- 89' That looks like a foul for a card for Nico Elvedi.
- 90' Borussia Monchengladbach receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Borussia Monchengladbach Lineups
3-5-1-1Starting XI
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- 33
- 7
- 4
- 29
- 16
- 15
- 27
- 17
- 6
- 38
Bench
- 9
- 25
- 18
- 13
- 23
- 2
- 26
- 14
- 36
Coach Eugen Polański1. FSV Mainz 05 Lineups
3-1-4-2Starting XI
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23
Sheraldo Becker ↓ Armindo Sieb 66'
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19
Anthony Caci ↓ Silvan Widmer 76'
- 31
- 10
- 4
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21
Danny da Costa ↓ Nelson Weiper 82'
- 33
- 20
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Paul Nebel ↓ William Boving 76'
- 22
- 6
Bench
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2
Philipp Mwene ↑ 66'
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30
Silvan Widmer ↑ 76'
- 25
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11
Armindo Sieb ↑ 66'
- 1
- 24
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44
Nelson Weiper ↑ 82'
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14
William Boving ↑ 76'
- 48
Coach Urs Fischer -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jonas Hofmann 4 Alassane Plea 3 Florian Neuhaus 3 Nadiem Amiri 2 Stefan Lainer 2 Jean-Philippe Mateta 2 Lars Stindl 2 Joseph Scally 2 Head to Head
Borussia Monchengladbach Form
2026-04-19 Borussia Monchengladbach 1–1 1. FSV Mainz 05 D 2026-04-11 RB Leipzig 1–0 Borussia Monchengladbach L 2026-04-04 Borussia Monchengladbach 2–2 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 D 2026-03-21 1. FC Koln 3–3 Borussia Monchengladbach D 2026-03-13 Borussia Monchengladbach 2–0 FC St. Pauli 1910 W 2026-03-06 FC Bayern Munchen 4–1 Borussia Monchengladbach L1. FSV Mainz 05 Form
2026-04-19 Borussia Monchengladbach 1–1 1. FSV Mainz 05 D 2026-04-12 1. FSV Mainz 05 0–1 SC Freiburg L 2026-04-04 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1–2 1. FSV Mainz 05 W 2026-03-22 1. FSV Mainz 05 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt W 2026-03-15 SV Werder Bremen 0–2 1. FSV Mainz 05 W 2026-03-07 1. FSV Mainz 05 2–2 VfB Stuttgart D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.26 Borussia Monchengladbach xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.26 1. FSV Mainz 05 xGI would bet for: Borussia Monchengladbach or 1. FSV Mainz 05 71%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.52Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 25% 75% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Borussia Monchengladbach or Draw 66%Draw or 1. FSV Mainz 05 63%Borussia Monchengladbach or 1. FSV Mainz 05 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Borussia Monchengladbach win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 10.1%0 – 1 9.1%1 – 0 9%1 – 2 7.8%2 – 1 7.7%0 – 2 6.2%2 – 0 6.2%2 – 2 5%1 – 3 3.3%3 – 1 3.3%0 – 3 2.6%Asian Handicap — Borussia Monchengladbach
Handicap Borussia Monchengladbach covers Push 1. FSV Mainz 05 covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 10% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 19% 65% -0.5 35% — 65% +0.5 65% — 35% +1 65% 19% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 10% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Borussia Monchengladbach keeps clean sheet 29% ✓1. FSV Mainz 05 keeps clean sheet 29% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.