Borussia Monchengladbach look to continue their rich vein of form as they travel to bottom of the table Mainz – a game you can watch live on BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer (Friday - 19:30 GMT kick-off).

These two sides have met 45 times in all competitions, with Gladbach winning 17 of these encounters (drawing 15 and losing 13). However, Mainz are undefeated in their last ten matches against Gladbach in the Bundesliga. The last time the Foals came away with all three points in this fixture was in the 20/21 season, a 3-2 win away from home.

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Mainz are currently bottom of the Bundesliga table, with only one win in their opening 12 games, a 4-1 away win against Augsburg. Since then, they have only picked up two points from their other eight league matches. This string of results has seen them part ways with head coach Bo Henriksen after 21 months in charge.

Mainz are also on an ongoing negative club record with no home win in 11 matches, their last coming in February with a 2-0 win over St Pauli. What we can expect from Mainz, however, is a feisty encounter, with them having the joint most red cards this season in the league with five sending offs alongside Hamburg.

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In contrast, Borussia Monchengladbach are one of the most in-form teams in the Bundesliga. They are undefeated in their last four matches, with ten points from a maximum 12. Only leaders Bayern Munich and highflyers Hoffenheim have matched this record in those games.

Gladbach have also kept a clean sheet in each of their last two matches. They have managed to stop their opponents from scoring on five separate occasions this season, and only the top three in the league have managed more with six clean sheets.

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Robin Zenter will be hoping to stop Gladbach’s goal threat. The German keeper has the highest save percentage of any keeper in the league this season. Despite this, he’s yet to register a clean sheet in the league. He’ll be hoping to achieve his first clean sheet and home win of the season on Friday night.

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Gladbach’s Haris Tabaković is one of the most in-form players in the Bundesliga currently, contributing four goals and two assists in their unbeaten run. He has the fourth most goal involvements in the league this season, with seven goals and two assists, and only trails Bayern’s front three, Kane, Olise and Diaz, for involvements.

5 December - Mainz 05 v Borussia Monchengladbach

12 December - Union Berlin v RB Leipzig

19 December - Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Monchengladbach

9 January - Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Dortmund

16 January - Werder Bremen v Eintracht Frankfurt

23 January - St. Pauli v Hamburger SV

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