Borussia Monchengladbach vs Mainz

21 October 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Sören Storks

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Jonas Hofmann 21’, 53’, 63’
Thorgan Hazard 58’

Match summary

Borussia Monchengladbach won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Mainz. Borussia Monchengladbach led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jonas Hofmann put Borussia Monchengladbach ahead in the 21st minute, set up by Thorgan Hazard. In the second half, Hofmann made it 2-0 in the 53rd minute, set up by Thorgan Hazard, Thorgan Hazard made it 3-0 in the 58th minute, set up by Alassane Pléa, and Hofmann made it 4-0 in the 63rd minute, set up by Florian Neuhaus.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Monchengladbach created 3.01 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Mainz's 0.48 from 14.

Match stats

16 Shots 13

8 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.01 xG 0.47

3.01 Non-penalty xG 0.47

8 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach Mainz

Kick-off

Jonas Hofmann
Assist: Thorgan Hazard

1-0

21’

Half-time1-0

Jonas Hofmann
Assist: Thorgan Hazard

2-0

53’

Thorgan Hazard
Assist: Alassane Pléa

3-0

58’

Jonas Hofmann
Assist: Florian Neuhaus

4-0

63’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Mainz

Aarón Martín
Jean-Paul Boëtius

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 3.01 xGMainz 0.48 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
Michael Lang	DEF	82			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.10	1
Oscar Wendt	DEF	90			2	0.12	0.18	2
Tobias Strobl	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Jonas Hofmann	MID	90	3		5	1.88	0.21	2
Florian Neuhaus	MID	71		1	0	0.00	0.49	1
Thorgan Hazard	FWD	90	1	2	1	0.38	1.38	4
Lars Stindl	FWD	67			2	0.12	0.00	0
Alassane Pléa	FWD	90		1	2	0.30	0.40	2
Ibrahima Traoré	Sub	23			1	0.06	0.06	1
Denis Zakaria	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tony Jantschke	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Florian Müller	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Brosinski	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Niakhate	DEF	90	1	0.03	0.00	0
Stefan Bell	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.03	2
Aarón Martín	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.08	3
Jean-Philippe Gbamin	MID	90	2	0.03	0.01	1
Bote Baku	MID	78	1	0.06	0.05	1
Pierre Kunde	MID	60	2	0.03	0.00	0
Jean-Paul Boëtius	MID	90	0	0.00	0.03	1
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90	3	0.12	0.06	1
Jonathan Burkardt	FWD	60	2	0.05	0.02	1
Levin Öztunali	Sub	30	1	0.05	0.00	0
Danny Latza	Sub	30	1	0.10	0.00	0
Philipp Mwene	Sub	12	1	0.01	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 59% Bet365 odds 1.61

Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.33

Mainz win 19% Bet365 odds 5.00

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach W L W D W

Mainz W L D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Mainz 0-1 Borussia Monchengladbach, 09 Mar 19 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.