Reeling team Borussia Monchengladbach (3-6-4, 13 points) will try to snap an eight-game winless streak as they clash with middling squad FSV Mainz 05 (5-6-2, 17 points) at their home field of Stadion im Borussia-Park on Sunday, Dec. 11 in a 2016-2017 Bundesliga season encounter.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 9:30 a.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Borussia Monchengladbach last won a match back in late September when the team blanked FC Ingolstadt, 2-0, at their home field. Since then, Die Fohlen has never tasted victory with five losses and three draws.
Head coach André Schubert's side is coming off a crushing 1-4 defeat in the hands of Borussia Dortmund on the road at the Signal Iduna Park last Saturday, as per Daily Mail Online.
Monchengladbach opened the scoring right in the sixth minute of the match with a right-footed shot from outside the box by Brazilian winger Raffael.
The score was immediately leveled by Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, though, who buried a shot from the center of the box off an assist by vice-captain Marco Reus.
The hosts netted three more goals to complete their three-goal haul as defender Lukasz Piszczek, Ousmane Dembélé, and Aubameyang scored in the 15th, 64th, and 68th respectively.
With the loss, Monchengladbach dropped to the 13th spot of the German top flight table, five points above the bottom three relegation zone.
Meanwhile, Mainz is also reeling as the team lost two consecutive games and three of their last four matches. They are currently 10th in the overall standings, nine points above the relegation area.
Die Nullfünfer was routed by defending champions Bayern Munich, 1-3, at their own home stadium of Coface Arena during the most recent fixture on Dec. 2, Goal reported.
Mainz netted the opening goal of the contest with a 4th-minute right-footer by Colombian striker Jhon Cordoba. Similar to Monchengladbach, it was also the first and last goal of Mainz in the match.
The Bavarians netted the next three goals with a brace by Robert Lewandowski and one goal by Arjen Robben to pull off the lopsided win.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a tough 2-1 victory for Mainz.
Borussia Monchengladbach starting lineup (3-4-3 formation): Sommer; Strobl, Christensen, Elvedi; Wendt, Dahoud, Kramer, Korb; Raffael, Hazard, Stindl
Mainz starting lineup (5-3-2 formation): Lossl; Hack, Bell, Brosinski, Balogun, Donati; Malli, Ramalho, Frei; Cordoba, Onisiwo