Borussia Monchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen

25 August 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Christian Dingert

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

Jonas Hofmann 55’ (pen)
Fabian Johnson 58’

Match summary

Borussia Monchengladbach won 2-0 at home to Bayer Leverkusen. It was goalless at half-time.

Jonas Hofmann put Borussia Monchengladbach ahead from the penalty spot in the 55th minute and Fabian Johnson made it 2-0 in the 58th minute, set up by Raffael.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Monchengladbach created 3.38 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 1.06 from 14. Thorgan Hazard had a penalty saved for Borussia Monchengladbach.

Match stats

17 Shots 13

7 Shots on Target 3

9 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.34 xG 1.06

1.83 Non-penalty xG 1.06

10 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Jonas Hofmann
Penalty

1-0

55’

Fabian Johnson
Assist: Raffael

2-0

58’

Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Borussia Monchengladbach

Matthias Ginter

Bayer Leverkusen

Benjamin Henrichs
Dominik Kohr

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 3.38 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.06 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
Louis Beyer	DEF	90			2	0.19	0.02	1
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Tony Jantschke	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oscar Wendt	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tobias Strobl	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonas Hofmann	MID	90	1		5	0.96	0.44	1
Florian Neuhaus	MID	88			1	0.02	0.09	1
Thorgan Hazard	FWD	90			1	0.76	0.16	3
Raffael	FWD	79		1	4	0.68	0.64	3
Fabian Johnson	FWD	83	1		1	0.46	0.00	0
Alassane Pléa	Sub	11			1	0.05	0.14	1
Patrick Herrmann	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Zakaria	Sub	2			1	0.14	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ramazan Özcan	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Henrichs	DEF	64	0	0.00	0.00	0
Aleksandar Dragovic	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90	1	0.07	0.00	0
Wendell	DEF	90	1	0.02	0.01	1
Dominik Kohr	MID	90	2	0.06	0.06	1
Kai Havertz	MID	90	0	0.00	0.04	1
Julian Brandt	MID	90	0	0.00	0.16	2
Kevin Volland	MID	77	2	0.16	0.34	1
Leon Bailey	MID	77	4	0.45	0.13	4
Lucas Alario	FWD	90	3	0.17	0.04	1
Isaac Thelin	Sub	26	1	0.12	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	Sub	13	0	0.00	0.08	1
Karim Bellarabi	Sub	13	0	0.00	0.12	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 34% Bet365 odds 2.80

Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.50

Bayer Leverkusen win 39% Bet365 odds 2.45

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 Borussia Monchengladbach, 19 Jan 19 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.