Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Monchengladbach

21 August 2021 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Deniz Aytekin

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

Yann Sommer 3’ (og)
Patrik Schick 8’
Moussa Diaby 55’
Nadiem Amiri 87’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Borussia Monchengladbach. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Sommer's own goal put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 3rd minute and Patrik Schick made it 2-0 in the 8th minute, set up by Moussa Diaby. In the second half, Moussa Diaby made it 3-0 in the 55th minute, set up by Mitchel Bakker and Nadiem Amiri made it 4-0 in the 87th minute, set up by Florian Wirtz.

There was little between the sides on chances: Bayer Leverkusen created 1.95 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Borussia Monchengladbach 1.66 from 11. Lars Stindl had a penalty saved for Borussia Monchengladbach.

Match stats

13 Shots 11

6 Shots on Target 6

7 Corners 3

4 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.95 xG 1.66

1.95 Non-penalty xG 0.90

7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Monchengladbach

Kick-off

Yann Sommer
Own goal

1-0

3’

Patrik Schick
Assist: Moussa Diaby

2-0

8’

Half-time2-0

Moussa Diaby
Assist: Mitchel Bakker

3-0

55’

Nadiem Amiri
Assist: Florian Wirtz

4-0

87’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen

Mitchel Bakker
Moussa Diaby
Kerem Demirbay
Paulinho

Borussia Monchengladbach

Christoph Kramer
Hannes Wolf

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 1.95 xGBorussia Monchengladbach 1.66 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
Jeremie Frimpong	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.74	1
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Odilon Kossounou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.38	1
Mitchel Bakker	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.08	1
Charles Aránguiz	MID	87			1	0.05	0.07	1
Exequiel Palacios	MID	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Diaby	MID	90	1	1	2	0.10	0.10	1
Kerem Demirbay	MID	84			0	0.00	0.05	1
Paulinho	MID	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrik Schick	FWD	84	1		6	1.59	0.06	1
Robert Andrich	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nadiem Amiri	Sub	19	1		2	0.19	0.00	0
Joel Pohjanpalo	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Wirtz	Sub	6		1	0	0.00	0.13	1
Julian Baumgartlinger	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yann Sommer	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Lainer	DEF	45	0	0.00	0.00	0
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthias Ginter	DEF	66	0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Scally	DEF	90	2	0.03	0.05	1
Christoph Kramer	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Neuhaus	MID	90	3	0.36	0.00	0
Jonas Hofmann	MID	90	3	0.41	0.10	2
Lars Stindl	MID	90	3	0.86	0.02	1
Alassane Pléa	MID	66	0	0.00	0.05	2
Marcus Thuram	FWD	19	0	0.00	0.00	0
Hannes Wolf	Sub	71	0	0.00	0.29	1
Ramy Bensebaini	Sub	45	0	0.00	0.27	1
Patrick Herrmann	Sub	24	0	0.00	0.00	0
Luca Netz	Sub	24	0	0.00	0.07	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 42% Avg odds 2.27

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.57

Borussia Monchengladbach win 31% Avg odds 3.10

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen W D D L D

Borussia Monchengladbach W L L W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen, 06 Mar 21 Next meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen, 15 Jan 22 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.