Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Monchengladbach

8 November 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Harm Osmers

Full time 4 – 3

Half-time: 2–2

Lucas Alario 27’, 41’
Leon Bailey 68’
Julian Baumgartlinger 82’

Lars Stindl 18’ (pen), 29’
Valentino Lazaro 90+4’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to win 4-3 at home to Borussia Monchengladbach. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Lars Stindl put Borussia Monchengladbach ahead from the penalty spot in the 18th minute, Lucas Alario equalised in the 27th minute, set up by Moussa Diaby, Stindl put Borussia Monchengladbach back in front in the 29th minute, set up by Marcus Thuram, and Alario equalised with a header in the 41st minute, set up by Florian Wirtz. In the second half, Leon Bailey put Bayer Leverkusen in front in the 68th minute, set up by Moussa Diaby, Julian Baumgartlinger made it 4-2 from a corner in the 82nd minute, set up by Nadiem Amiri, and Valentino Lazaro pulled one back to make it 4-3 in stoppage time, set up by Patrick Herrmann.

Borussia Monchengladbach can feel hard done by, creating 3.25 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 1.54 from 13.

Match stats

15 Shots 15

5 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 2

4 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.54 xG 3.02

1.54 Non-penalty xG 2.26

9 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Monchengladbach

Kick-off

18’

Lars Stindl
Penalty

0-1

Lucas Alario
Assist: Moussa Diaby

1-1

27’

29’

Lars Stindl
Assist: Marcus Thuram

1-2

Lucas Alario
Assist: Florian Wirtz

2-2

41’

Half-time2-2

Leon Bailey
Assist: Moussa Diaby

3-2

68’

Julian Baumgartlinger
Assist: Nadiem Amiri

4-2

82’

90+4’

Valentino Lazaro
Assist: Patrick Herrmann

4-3

Full-time4-3

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen

Lukas Hradecky
Lars Bender
Florian Wirtz
Moussa Diaby

Borussia Monchengladbach

Ramy Bensebaini
Breel Embolo

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 1.54 xGBorussia Monchengladbach 3.25 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
Lars Bender	DEF	89			0	0.00	0.00	0
Edmond Tapsoba	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Sven Bender	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wendell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Baumgartlinger	MID	90	1		1	0.48	0.00	0
Nadiem Amiri	MID	90		1	2	0.05	0.56	2
Florian Wirtz	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.33	5
Leon Bailey	FWD	90	1		3	0.48	0.11	2
Lucas Alario	FWD	84	2		3	0.31	0.00	0
Moussa Diaby	FWD	90		2	2	0.11	0.51	3
Karim Bellarabi	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.02	1
Aleksandar Dragovic	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yann Sommer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Lainer	DEF	78			1	0.01	0.00	0
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ramy Bensebaini	DEF	90			2	0.43	0.87	2
Christoph Kramer	MID	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Neuhaus	MID	50			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonas Hofmann	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Lars Stindl	MID	90	2		5	1.65	0.05	1
Marcus Thuram	MID	84		1	3	0.54	0.42	2
Breel Embolo	FWD	67			1	0.03	0.02	1
Hannes Wolf	Sub	40			1	0.51	0.00	0
Valentino Lazaro	Sub	23	1		1	0.06	0.00	0
Alassane Pléa	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
László Bénes	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.03	1
Patrick Herrmann	Sub	6		1	0	0.00	0.06	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 34% Avg odds 2.78

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.52

Borussia Monchengladbach win 39% Avg odds 2.47

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen D D W W W

Borussia Monchengladbach D W D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen, 23 May 20 Next meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen, 06 Mar 21 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.