PREVIEW | Mainz vs Borussia M´gladbach - team news, lineups, predictions

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·3 December 2025

PREVIEW | Mainz vs Borussia M´gladbach - team news, lineups, predictions

Mainz and Borussia M´gladbach clash this Friday at the Mewa Arena for matchweek 13 of the 1. Bundesliga.

Mainz currently have 6 points and lie in 18th position. In their last game, Mainz lost 4-0 against SC Freiburg (1. Bundesliga 2025/26).

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Borussia M´gladbach have won 13 points to date and are placed in 12th position. Last time out, Eugen Polanski's team slipped to a 1-2 defeat against FC St. Pauli (DFB Pokal 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Mainz winning 3-1.

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Mainz

Maxim Leitsch - Knock
Paul Nebel - Red Card Suspension
Anthony Caci - Hamstring Injury

Borussia M´gladbach

Jens Castrop - Ill
Florian Neuhaus - Muscular problems
Robin Hack - Unknown Injury
Nathan NGoumou - Fitness
Fabio Chiarodia - Torn Muscle Bundle
Jonas Omlin - Adductor Pain
Philipp Sander - Torn Muscle Fiber
Jan Urbich - Mononucleation

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Mainz ( vs SC Freiburg 2025-11-30): Lasse Riess, Danny da Costa, Stefan Bell, Kacper Potulski, Sota Kawasaki, Kaishu Sano, Lee Jae-sung, Phillipp Mwene, Paul Nebel, Arnaud Nordin, Benedict Hollerbach

Borussia M´gladbach ( vs FC St. Pauli 2025-12-02): Moritz Nicolas, Joe Scally, Nico Elvedi, Kevin Diks, Franck Honorat, Yannik Engelhardt, Kevin Stoger, Lukas Ullrich, Shuto Machino, Haris Tabakovic, Giovanni Reyna

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MANAGERS

Bo Henriksen has faced Borussia M'gladbach on three occasions, recording one win and two draws.

TEAMS

Away from home, Borussia M'gladbach has scored in four consecutive games.
Away from home, Borussia M'gladbach has gone two consecutive games without losing.
Away from home, Borussia M'gladbach has two consecutive victories.
Borussia M'gladbach currently has one defeat in the last six games.
Borussia M'gladbach is coming off two consecutive games without a win.
At home, Mainz currently has one defeat in the last five games.
At home, Mainz has scored in three consecutive games.
At home, Mainz has conceded goals in four consecutive games.
At home, Mainz has gone three consecutive games without losing.
Mainz currently has one win in the last eight games.
Mainz has conceded goals in eight consecutive games.
Mainz is coming off four consecutive games without a win.
Mainz is coming off two consecutive defeats.

HEAD TO HEAD

Mainz and Borussia M'gladbach have faced each other 45 times, with Borussia M'gladbach having the advantage: 17 wins, against 13 victories for Mainz.
At the Mewa Arena, there is no advantage between Mainz and Borussia M'gladbach: seven wins each in 22 games.
In the German League, there have been 38 matches between the two teams, with Mainz winning 11, 13 draws and 14 victories for Borussia M'gladbach.