Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Monchengladbach

18 January 2025 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Harm Osmers

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Florian Wirtz 32’, 62’ (pen)
Patrik Schick 74’

Tim Kleindienst 90+1’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen beat Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1. Bayer Leverkusen led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Florian Wirtz put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 32nd minute, set up by Granit Xhaka. In the second half, Wirtz made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 62nd minute, Patrik Schick made it 3-0 in the 74th minute, set up by Florian Wirtz, and Tim Kleindienst pulled one back to make it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Luca Netz.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 2.08 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Borussia Monchengladbach's 0.47 from 7.

Match stats

10 Shots 7

5 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.08 xG 0.47

1.33 Non-penalty xG 0.47

8 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Monchengladbach

Kick-off

Florian Wirtz
Assist: Granit Xhaka

1-0

32’

Half-time1-0

Florian Wirtz
Penalty

2-0

62’

Patrik Schick
Assist: Florian Wirtz

3-0

74’

90+1’

Tim Kleindienst
Assist: Luca Netz

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Borussia Monchengladbach

Stefan Lainer
Tomás Cvancara

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Bayer Leverkusen 2.08 xGBorussia Monchengladbach 0.47 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Borussia Monchengladbach attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arthur	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Edmond Tapsoba	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Grimaldo	DEF	83			1	0.09	0.20	2
Robert Andrich	MID	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	83		1	0	0.00	0.33	1
Nathan Tella	MID	65			1	0.06	0.00	0
Florian Wirtz	MID	83	2	1	2	1.08	0.55	2
Martin Terrier	MID	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrik Schick	FWD	90	1		4	0.78	0.00	0
Piero Hincapié	Sub	83			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremie Frimpong	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Exequiel Palacios	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonas Hofmann	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aleix García	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Moritz Nicolas	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Lainer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Ko Itakura	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukas Ullrich	DEF	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tomás Cvancara	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Weigl	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Philipp Sander	MID	89			1	0.02	0.07	3
Rocco Reitz	MID	83			1	0.04	0.00	0
Robin Hack	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tim Kleindienst	FWD	90	1		3	0.35	0.00	0
Kevin Stöger	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alassane Pléa	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luca Netz	Sub	13		1	0	0.00	0.28	1
Fabio Chiarodia	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Shio Fukuda	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 76% Avg odds 1.26

Draw 15% Avg odds 6.25

Borussia Monchengladbach win 9% Avg odds 10.59

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen W W W W W

Borussia Monchengladbach D W W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen, 23 Aug 24 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Borussia Monchengladbach, 21 Sep 25 All Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Monchengladbach meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.