Borussia Monchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen

23 May 2020 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Sören Storks

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Marcus Thuram 52’

Kai Havertz 7’, 58’ (pen)
Sven Bender 81’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Kai Havertz put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Karim Bellarabi. In the second half, Marcus Thuram equalised in the 52nd minute, set up by Alassane Pléa, Havertz put Bayer Leverkusen back in front from the penalty spot in the 58th minute, and Sven Bender made it 1-3 with a header in the 81st minute, set up by Kerem Demirbay.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 3.77 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Borussia Monchengladbach's 2.28 from 18.

Match stats

16 Shots 13

6 Shots on Target 7

6 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.27 xG 3.47

2.27 Non-penalty xG 2.71

6 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

7’

Kai Havertz
Assist: Karim Bellarabi

0-1

Half-time0-1

Marcus Thuram
Assist: Alassane Pléa

1-1

52’

58’

Kai Havertz
Penalty

1-2

81’

Sven Bender
Assist: Kerem Demirbay

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Borussia Monchengladbach

Ramy Bensebaini

Bayer Leverkusen

Moussa Diaby

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 2.28 xGBayer Leverkusen 3.77 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	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yann Sommer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Lainer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90			2	0.16	0.00	0
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ramy Bensebaini	DEF	90			4	0.23	0.35	1
Florian Neuhaus	MID	90			2	0.50	0.06	2
Tobias Strobl	MID	77			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jonas Hofmann	MID	90			0	0.00	0.13	3
Breel Embolo	MID	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Thuram	MID	79	1		3	0.69	0.51	2
Alassane Pléa	FWD	90		1	3	0.49	0.36	2
Lars Stindl	Sub	79			2	0.13	0.00	0
László Bénes	Sub	13			1	0.05	0.21	2
Oscar Wendt	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.33	1

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	0.09	1
Sven Bender	DEF	90	1		2	0.66	0.00	0
Aleksandar Dragovic	DEF	82			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daley Sinkgraven	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Charles Aránguiz	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Kerem Demirbay	MID	90		1	4	1.18	0.97	2
Karim Bellarabi	FWD	67		1	1	0.06	0.59	3
Kai Havertz	FWD	90	2		4	1.69	0.09	2
Moussa Diaby	FWD	90			2	0.15	0.09	1
Leon Bailey	Sub	23			1	0.03	0.06	1
Julian Baumgartlinger	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 38% Avg odds 2.48

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.74

Bayer Leverkusen win 36% Avg odds 2.65

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach D W L W W

Bayer Leverkusen W W D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 Borussia Monchengladbach, 02 Nov 19 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 4-3 Borussia Monchengladbach, 08 Nov 20 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.