Borussia Monchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen

23 August 2024 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Robert Schröder

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Nico Elvedi 59’
Tim Kleindienst 85’

Granit Xhaka 12’
Florian Wirtz 38’, 90+11’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won 3-2 away at Borussia Monchengladbach, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Granit Xhaka put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 12th minute and Florian Wirtz made it 0-2 in the 38th minute. In the second half, Nico Elvedi pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 59th minute, Tim Kleindienst equalised in the 85th minute, and Wirtz won it in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 3.79 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Borussia Monchengladbach's 1.89 from 14. Florian Wirtz had a penalty saved for Bayer Leverkusen.

Match stats

14 Shots 25

7 Shots on Target 9

2 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.52 xG 3.24

1.52 Non-penalty xG 2.31

5 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

12’

Granit Xhaka

0-1

38’

Florian Wirtz

0-2

Half-time0-2

Nico Elvedi

1-2

59’

Tim Kleindienst

2-2

85’

90+11’

Florian Wirtz

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Borussia Monchengladbach

Stefan Lainer

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.

Borussia Monchengladbach 1.89 xGBayer Leverkusen 3.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bayer Leverkusen attacking Borussia Monchengladbach attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jonas Omlin	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Scally	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ko Itakura	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.52	1
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90	1	2	1.24	0.07	1
Luca Netz	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.03	1
Julian Weigl	MID	90		1	0.02	0.05	2
Rocco Reitz	MID	75		3	0.23	0.00	0
Franck Honorat	MID	90		2	0.09	0.04	1
Kevin Stöger	MID	90		0	0.00	0.08	2
Alassane Pléa	MID	75		0	0.00	0.00	0
Tim Kleindienst	FWD	90	1	4	0.27	0.00	0
Tomás Cvancara	Sub	15		0	0.00	0.06	1
Philipp Sander	Sub	15		0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Lainer	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan N'Goumou Minpol	Sub	1		1	0.02	0.00	0
Fabio Chiarodia	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Edmond Tapsoba	DEF	90		1	0.03	0.00	0
Piero Hincapié	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90		3	0.14	0.00	0
Jeremie Frimpong	MID	90		1	0.44	0.00	0
Álex Grimaldo	MID	90		4	0.62	0.24	4
Granit Xhaka	MID	90	1	2	0.05	0.66	5
Robert Andrich	MID	86		1	0.02	0.06	1
Florian Wirtz	MID	90	2	4	1.61	0.57	3
Jonas Hofmann	MID	69		1	0.09	0.00	0
Victor Boniface	FWD	86		5	0.57	0.12	2
Martin Terrier	Sub	21		2	0.12	0.00	0
Amine Adli	Sub	4		1	0.09	0.00	0
Aleix García	Sub	4		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 19% Avg odds 5.09

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.46

Bayer Leverkusen win 60% Avg odds 1.60

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach L D D D L

Bayer Leverkusen D D W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Borussia Monchengladbach, 27 Jan 24 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 Borussia Monchengladbach, 18 Jan 25 All Borussia Monchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen 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.