Borussia Monchengladbach vs Mainz

25 January 2020 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Felix Zwayer

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Alassane Pléa 24’, 76’
Florian Neuhaus 88’

Robin Quaison 12’

Match summary

Borussia Monchengladbach came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Mainz. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Robin Quaison put Mainz ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Moussa Niakhate and Alassane Pléa equalised in the 24th minute, set up by Oscar Wendt. In the second half, Pléa put Borussia Monchengladbach in front in the 76th minute, set up by Patrick Herrmann and Florian Neuhaus made it 3-1 in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Monchengladbach created 3.00 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Mainz's 0.89 from 13.

Match stats

15 Shots 12

5 Shots on Target 9

6 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

3.00 xG 0.89

3.00 Non-penalty xG 0.89

14 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach Mainz

Kick-off

12’

Robin Quaison
Assist: Moussa Niakhate

0-1

Alassane Pléa
Assist: Oscar Wendt

1-1

24’

Half-time1-1

Alassane Pléa
Assist: Patrick Herrmann

2-1

76’

Florian Neuhaus

3-1

88’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Borussia Monchengladbach

Breel Embolo

Mainz

Ronael Pierre Gabriel
Bote Baku
Daniel Brosinski

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 3.00 xGMainz 0.89 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Mainz 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
Fabian Johnson	DEF	88			0	0.00	0.13	1
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.48	2
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oscar Wendt	DEF	90		1	1	0.08	0.59	1
Christoph Kramer	MID	90			1	0.02	0.03	1
Denis Zakaria	MID	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Patrick Herrmann	MID	90		1	1	0.36	0.44	3
Lars Stindl	MID	74			0	0.00	0.10	1
Marcus Thuram	MID	74			4	0.79	0.07	1
Alassane Pléa	FWD	90	2		5	1.53	0.96	2
Florian Neuhaus	Sub	16	1		1	0.01	0.00	0
Breel Embolo	Sub	16			1	0.13	0.00	0
Jonas Hofmann	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robin Zentner	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ronael Pierre Gabriel	DEF	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Niakhate	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.07	1
Alexander Hack	DEF	82			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aarón Martín	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.01	1
Bote Baku	MID	90			2	0.03	0.13	2
Jeremiah St. Juste	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Karim Onisiwo	MID	90			2	0.41	0.07	1
Jean-Paul Boëtius	MID	90			2	0.08	0.08	1
Robin Quaison	MID	90	1		3	0.16	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Daniel Brosinski	Sub	43			1	0.02	0.35	1
Leandro Barreiro Martins	Sub	22			1	0.08	0.00	0
Levin Öztunali	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 60% Avg odds 1.59

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.45

Mainz win 19% Avg odds 5.11

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach W L W D L

Mainz L L W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Mainz 1-3 Borussia Monchengladbach, 24 Aug 19 Next meeting: Mainz 2-3 Borussia Monchengladbach, 24 Oct 20 All Borussia Monchengladbach vs Mainz 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.