Borussia Monchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen

26 August 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Christian Dingert

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Victor Boniface 18’, 53’
Jonathan Tah 45+6’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won comfortably, 3-0 away at Borussia Monchengladbach. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-0 at half-time.

Victor Boniface put Bayer Leverkusen ahead with a header in the 18th minute, set up by Álex Grimaldo, Jonathan Tah made it 0-2 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Jonas Hofmann, and Boniface made it 0-3 in the 53rd minute, set up by Florian Wirtz.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 3.67 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Borussia Monchengladbach's 1.76 from 12.

Match stats

13 Shots 24

2 Shots on Target 10

5 Corners 8

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.76 xG 3.65

1.76 Non-penalty xG 3.65

11 Deep Completions 26

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

18’

Victor Boniface
Assist: Álex Grimaldo

0-1

45+6’

Jonathan Tah
Assist: Jonas Hofmann

0-2

Half-time0-2

53’

Victor Boniface
Assist: Florian Wirtz

0-3

Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Borussia Monchengladbach

Ko Itakura
Tomás Cvancara

Bayer Leverkusen

Jonathan Tah
Jeremie Frimpong
Victor Boniface

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 1.76 xGBayer Leverkusen 3.67 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jonas Omlin	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Franck Honorat	DEF	85	1	0.05	1.03	6
Maximilian Wöber	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Marvin Friedrich	DEF	90	4	0.72	0.00	0
Ko Itakura	DEF	90	1	0.27	0.00	0
Joe Scally	DEF	90	1	0.01	0.00	0
Nathan N'Goumou Minpol	MID	73	0	0.00	0.01	1
Julian Weigl	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Neuhaus	MID	73	0	0.00	0.00	0
Alassane Pléa	MID	90	1	0.01	0.01	1
Tomás Cvancara	FWD	85	3	0.67	0.05	1
Robin Hack	Sub	17	0	0.00	0.00	0
Rocco Reitz	Sub	17	0	0.00	0.05	1
Yvandro Borges Sanches	Sub	5	0	0.00	0.00	0
Grant-Leon Ranos	Sub	5	1	0.03	0.00	0
Lukas Ullrich	Sub	1	0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Edmond Tapsoba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90	1		1	0.13	0.00	0
Odilon Kossounou	DEF	87			0	0.00	0.07	1
Jeremie Frimpong	MID	76			1	0.07	0.72	4
Álex Grimaldo	MID	90		1	1	0.08	0.54	3
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			1	0.05	0.08	1
Exequiel Palacios	MID	76			2	0.04	0.00	0
Florian Wirtz	MID	90		1	1	0.03	1.85	10
Jonas Hofmann	MID	87		1	5	0.50	0.21	3
Victor Boniface	FWD	90	2		11	2.18	0.00	0
Robert Andrich	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arthur	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Hlozek	Sub	3			1	0.58	0.00	0
Josip Stanisic	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gustavo Puerta	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 22% Avg odds 4.28

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.05

Bayer Leverkusen win 54% Avg odds 1.79

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach W L D W D

Bayer Leverkusen L D D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Borussia Monchengladbach, 21 May 23 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Borussia Monchengladbach, 27 Jan 24 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.