Borussia Monchengladbach will be looking to build on their first win when they host Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga. While Mainz enters the contest with just one point after six games. They are currently in last place in the Bundesliga.
Preview (Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Mainz 05)
Gerardo Seoane took over as Gladbach’s manager from Daniel Farke in the summer. He would have been the most relieved when his team overcame VfL Bochum 3-1 away. Seoane’s team had lost each of its first five league games under his management. Alassane Plea scored twice to give the visitors a dominating lead at the interval. Florian Neuhaus gave the visitors an early lead in the 27th minute. With 22 minutes of regular time left in a game, Anthony Losilla managed to pull one back. Die Fohlen held strong to secure all three points.
This left the former Bayer Leverkusen manager in a difficult situation. Nevertheless, Seoane and his team will face increased pressure in the coming months. They finished 10th in each of the previous two campaigns. A A mid-table finish is likely to be their realistic goal once more. After finally snapping their losing streak, they will enter their match against Mainz on Friday with a lot more confidence. Their most recent setback, a 3-0 loss to in-form Leverkusen, was their fifth in six games. The only time they have avoided defeat in the Bundesliga thus far this year was a 1-1 draw against 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt at home in late August.
The former Denmark international should have plenty of time to turn things around thanks to Svensson’s prior stellar work since taking the position in January 2021, especially since teams like FC Koln, Bochum, newly promoted sides Heidenheim and SV Darmstadt 98, and others, are unlikely to put together strong runs of form and pull ahead of them in the standings. Svensson and his team, though, won’t want to rely on favors from others to get better. They will see their trip to Monchengladbach on Friday as a good opportunity to get their first league win of the season.
Team News
Theoson Siebatcheu and Nico Elvedi, who were taken off during their team’s triumph against Bochum due to injuries, are both questionable for the hosts, while Jonas Omlin is unquestionably out with a shoulder injury. If Siebatcheu and Elvedi were to be ruled out on Friday, Tomas Cvancara and Marvin Friedrich would likely start in their place from the start of the match, but Seoane will give them both every opportunity to recuperate in time in the hopes of naming an unchanged starting XI. Meanwhile, owing to injury, Mainz will be without Phillipp Mwene, Nelson Weiper, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Maxim Leistch, Silvan Widmer, and Jonathan Burkardt, leaving Svensson with even less choices for lineup changes.
He does, however, have forward options to choose from, including former Aston Villa winger Anwar El Ghazi, Marco Richter, and Ludovic Ajorque, should he want to increase his team’s offensive production after scoring just two goals over four straight losses in recent weeks. Due to a knock, Karim Onisiwo also poses a selection uncertainty, thus they might be required. They are the only Bundesliga team with as few points as Mainz thus far this season. Gladbach will have gained a great deal of confidence from their victory over Bochum. We anticipate them adding another victory on Friday. The squad of Svensson’s team contains enough talented individuals to quickly turn things around.
Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 Mainz 05
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