M'gladbach stay bottom after fourth straight defeat
M'gladbach have 0 points from 4 games, with 16 conceded and a goal difference of -10 after a 3-4 loss to Mainz.
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M'gladbach lost again on Saturday 19 September, beaten 3-4 at home by Mainz on matchday 4. It is a fourth defeat in four Bundesliga games, and it leaves them bottom of the table on 0 points.
The numbers are grim. 6 scored, 16 conceded, a goal difference of -10. No wins, no draws, 4 losses. That is the entire season so far.
What makes the position stranger is the shape of it. The home record reads 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats, while the away record is 0 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats. One of those lines belongs to a side in trouble. The other belongs to a side that has not won a single away game in a long time.
Can a team sitting 18th with 0 points be saved by home form alone? On this evidence, no.
The sequence is 4L, and the last five results read WLLLL. There is no cushion anywhere in it.
Around them, the division is not waiting. Dortmund lead on 12 points with a goal difference of +7. Bayern are second on 10, and their goal difference of +12 is the best in the league. Freiburg sit third on 10. Then come Augsburg and Leverkusen, both on 7 points, separated only by goal difference.
Mainz are the ones who did the damage, and they now sit 6th on 7 points with a goal difference of +4. Phillip Tietz has 4 goals for them, level at the top of the scoring charts with Michael Olise, Younes Ebnoutalib, Patrik Schick and Yuito Suzuki.
Next for M'gladbach is a trip to 1. FC Köln on Sunday 11 October, matchday 5. Four games, four defeats, 16 goals against. Something has to change, and it has to change away from home.