Borussia M.Gladbach vs Mainz 05 — Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 19 September 2026

Bundesliga·Saturday, 19 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 9.9 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Borussia M.Gladbach

31%

Draw

25%

Mainz 05

44%

pick · result

Final score

3–4

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Mainz 05 win 43.6% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Mainz 05 win. Expected goals 1.42–1.71 against 3–4 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals60%7 scored
Both teams score63%yes
Borussia M.Gladbach clean sheet18%no
Mainz 05 clean sheet24%no
Borussia M.Gladbach score 2+41%yes
Mainz 05 score 2+51%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.2084
1X2 Brier score0.4792
Probability on the result43.6%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (11.4%), 1–2 (9.0%), 2–1 (7.6%). It finished 3–4.

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Borussia M.Gladbach

29 AugAvs RasenBallsport Leipzig0–3L
5 SeptHvs Elversberg3–4L
12 SeptAvs Freiburg0–5L
19 SeptHvs Mainz 053–4L
11 OctAvs FC Cologne1–2L

Mainz 05

29 AugHvs Paderborn0–0D
6 SeptAvs Hamburg5–0W
12 SeptHvs Eintracht Frankfurt1–3L
19 SeptAvs Borussia M.Gladbach4–3W
10 OctHvs Bayer Leverkusen3–4L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatBorussia M.Gladbach
(Home · 4 matches)
Mainz 05
(Away · 4 matches)
BTTS rate75.0%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate75.0%75.0%
Clean sheet25.0%50.0%
Avg goals4.254.50

Home stats use Borussia M.Gladbach's home record; away stats use Mainz 05's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.