Borussia Monchengladbach vs Freiburg

1 December 2019 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Felix Zwayer

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Marcus Thuram 3’
Breel Embolo 46’, 71’
Patrick Herrmann 51’

Jonathan Schmid 6’
Lucas Höler 58’

Match summary

Borussia Monchengladbach beat Freiburg 4-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Marcus Thuram put Borussia Monchengladbach ahead in the 3rd minute and Jonathan Schmid equalised with a direct free kick in the 6th minute. In the second half, Breel Embolo put Borussia Monchengladbach back in front in the 46th minute, set up by Patrick Herrmann, Patrick Herrmann made it 3-1 in the 51st minute, set up by Breel Embolo, Lucas Höler pulled one back to make it 3-2 with a header in the 58th minute, set up by Christian Günter, and Embolo made it 4-2 in the 71st minute, set up by Florian Neuhaus.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Monchengladbach created 5.47 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Freiburg's 1.53 from 12. Breel Embolo hit the woodwork from the penalty spot for Borussia Monchengladbach.

Match stats

22 Shots 13

13 Shots on Target 5

2 Corners 3

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

5.29 xG 1.53

4.50 Non-penalty xG 1.53

19 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach Freiburg

Kick-off

Marcus Thuram

1-0

3’

6’

Jonathan Schmid

1-1

Half-time1-1

Breel Embolo
Assist: Patrick Herrmann

2-1

46’

Patrick Herrmann
Assist: Breel Embolo

3-1

51’

58’

Lucas Höler
Assist: Christian Günter

3-2

Breel Embolo
Assist: Florian Neuhaus

4-2

71’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Borussia Monchengladbach

Tony Jantschke
Patrick Herrmann
László Bénes

Freiburg

Dominique Heintz
Robin Koch

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 5.47 xGFreiburg 1.53 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Freiburg 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
Tony Jantschke	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ramy Bensebaini	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.13	2
Florian Neuhaus	MID	90		1	2	0.31	0.55	3
Denis Zakaria	MID	90			3	0.17	0.47	2
Patrick Herrmann	MID	90	1	1	4	1.03	0.65	2
László Bénes	MID	66			1	0.04	0.19	2
Marcus Thuram	MID	90	1		5	1.38	0.00	0
Breel Embolo	FWD	85	2	1	5	1.99	1.13	4
Christoph Kramer	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.04	1
Alassane Pléa	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.41	2
Jonas Hofmann	Sub	1			2	0.45	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mark Flekken	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominique Heintz	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Manuel Gulde	DEF	74			1	0.03	0.01	1
Nico Schlotterbeck	DEF	57			1	0.05	0.00	0
Jonathan Schmid	MID	90	1		1	0.17	0.46	1
Robin Koch	MID	90			2	0.56	0.00	0
Nicolas Höfler	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Günter	MID	90		1	1	0.01	0.63	3
Janik Haberer	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Lucas Höler	FWD	90	1		1	0.59	0.00	0
Nils Petersen	FWD	90			3	0.07	0.00	0
Roland Sallai	Sub	33			0	0.00	0.05	1
Kwon Chang-Hoon	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mike Frantz	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 62% Avg odds 1.55

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.37

Freiburg win 16% Avg odds 5.80

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach L W W W L

Freiburg L W D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-1 Freiburg, 15 Mar 19 Next meeting: Freiburg 1-0 Borussia Monchengladbach, 05 Jun 20 All Borussia Monchengladbach vs Freiburg 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.