Borussia Monchengladbach vs RB Leipzig

30 August 2019 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Sven Jablonski

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Breel Embolo 90+1’

Timo Werner 38’, 47’, 90+4’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won 3-1 away at Borussia Monchengladbach. RB Leipzig led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Timo Werner put RB Leipzig ahead in the 38th minute, set up by Emil Forsberg. In the second half, Werner made it 0-2 in the 47th minute, set up by Yussuf Poulsen, Breel Embolo pulled one back to make it 1-2 in stoppage time, set up by László Bénes, and Werner made it 1-3 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 3.13 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Borussia Monchengladbach's 1.46 from 12.

Match stats

11 Shots 14

3 Shots on Target 6

9 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.46 xG 3.13

1.46 Non-penalty xG 3.13

4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach RB Leipzig

Kick-off

38’

Timo Werner
Assist: Emil Forsberg

0-1

Half-time0-1

47’

Timo Werner
Assist: Yussuf Poulsen

0-2

Breel Embolo
Assist: László Bénes

1-2

90+1’

90+4’

Timo Werner

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Borussia Monchengladbach

Oscar Wendt
Denis Zakaria
Breel Embolo

RB Leipzig

Ibrahima Konaté
Konrad Laimer

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 1.46 xGRB Leipzig 3.13 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			1	0.02	0.03	1
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.10	1
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Oscar Wendt	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	1
Denis Zakaria	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Neuhaus	MID	78			0	0.00	0.02	1
Fabian Johnson	MID	74			0	0.00	0.00	0
Breel Embolo	MID	90	1		4	0.99	0.10	1
Marcus Thuram	MID	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alassane Pléa	FWD	90			4	0.34	0.00	0
László Bénes	Sub	24		1	0	0.00	0.85	2
Raffael	Sub	16			1	0.02	0.04	1
Christoph Kramer	Sub	12			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
Lukas Klostermann	DEF	90			1	0.29	0.00	0
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Willi Orban	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcel Halstenberg	DEF	83			1	0.06	0.00	0
Marcel Sabitzer	MID	90			3	0.21	0.53	4
Konrad Laimer	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Kampl	MID	70			0	0.00	0.02	1
Emil Forsberg	MID	63		1	1	0.06	0.48	2
Yussuf Poulsen	FWD	90		1	2	0.91	0.57	1
Timo Werner	FWD	90	3		4	1.42	1.05	4
Amadou Haidara	Sub	27			1	0.12	0.12	1
Diego Demme	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nordi Mukiele	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 31% Avg odds 3.10

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.71

RB Leipzig win 43% Avg odds 2.20

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach D W L D W

RB Leipzig D D L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-2 RB Leipzig, 20 Apr 19 Next meeting: RB Leipzig 2-2 Borussia Monchengladbach, 01 Feb 20 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.