Gladbach will have taken plenty of confidence from beating Bochum, who are the only team in the Bundesliga to have accrued as few points as Mainz so far this season, and we can envisage making it two straight wins on Friday.
Svensson's side have enough individual quality within their squad to turn things round sooner rather than later, but they may need the upcoming international break to regroup and help some of their injured players recover before that happens.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Mainz 05 win with a probability of 44.92%. A win for Borussia Monchengladbach had a probability of 31.82% and a draw had a probability of 23.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Mainz 05 win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (7.29%) and 0-2 (6.34%). The likeliest Borussia Monchengladbach win was 2-1 (7.48%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.44%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 6.5% likelihood.