Borussia Monchengladbach vs RB Leipzig

2 May 2022 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Martin Petersen

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Breel Embolo 17’
Jonas Hofmann 45+2’, 77’

Christopher Nkunku 36’

Match summary

Borussia Monchengladbach saw off RB Leipzig 3-1. Borussia Monchengladbach led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Breel Embolo put Borussia Monchengladbach ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Lars Stindl, Christopher Nkunku equalised in the 36th minute, set up by André Silva, and Jonas Hofmann put Borussia Monchengladbach back in front in first-half stoppage time, set up by Breel Embolo. In the second half, Hofmann made it 3-1 in the 77th minute.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Monchengladbach created 1.57 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to RB Leipzig's 1.23 from 12. Borussia Monchengladbach had a player sent off.

Match stats

9 Shots 10

6 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 8

4 Yellow Cards 2

1 Red Cards 0

1.57 xG 1.23

1.57 Non-penalty xG 1.23

5 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach RB Leipzig

Kick-off

Breel Embolo
Assist: Lars Stindl

1-0

17’

36’

Christopher Nkunku
Assist: André Silva

1-1

Jonas Hofmann
Assist: Breel Embolo

2-1

45+2’

Half-time2-1

Jonas Hofmann

3-1

77’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Borussia Monchengladbach

Nico Elvedi
Kouadio Kone
Jonas Hofmann
Florian Neuhaus
Lars Stindl

RB Leipzig

Josko Gvardiol
Mohamed Simakan

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 1.57 xGRB Leipzig 1.23 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

RB Leipzig 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			2	0.08	0.00	0
Ramy Bensebaini	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Louis Beyer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nico Elvedi	DEF	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luca Netz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kouadio Kone	MID	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Jonas Hofmann	MID	90	2		2	0.88	0.10	3
Florian Neuhaus	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Breel Embolo	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.47	0.51	1
Lars Stindl	FWD	68		1	2	0.09	0.49	2
Marvin Friedrich	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alassane Pléa	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christoph Kramer	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Scally	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Péter Gulácsi	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Willi Orban	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.05	1
Mohamed Simakan	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Josko Gvardiol	DEF	32			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nordi Mukiele	MID	82			2	0.10	0.00	0
Angelino	MID	90			2	0.04	0.49	2
Kevin Kampl	MID	90			1	0.02	0.06	2
Konrad Laimer	MID	82			0	0.00	0.02	1
Dani Olmo	FWD	90			1	0.03	0.12	1
André Silva	FWD	67		1	1	0.46	0.27	1
Christopher Nkunku	FWD	90	1		3	0.49	0.05	1
Marcel Halstenberg	Sub	58			1	0.05	0.05	1
Lukas Klostermann	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yussuf Poulsen	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominik Szoboszlai	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.01	1
Emil Forsberg	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 20% Avg odds 4.91

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.31

RB Leipzig win 58% Avg odds 1.65

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach W D W L D

RB Leipzig D W W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 4-1 Borussia Monchengladbach, 11 Dec 21 Next meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 3-0 RB Leipzig, 17 Sep 22 All Borussia Monchengladbach vs RB Leipzig 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.