Borussia Monchengladbach vs Schalke 04

15 September 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Manuel Gräfe

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Matthias Ginter 3’
Patrick Herrmann 76’

Breel Embolo 90+3’

Match summary

Borussia Monchengladbach won 2-1 at home to Schalke 04. Borussia Monchengladbach led 1-0 at half-time.

Matthias Ginter put Borussia Monchengladbach ahead with a header in the 3rd minute, set up by Jonas Hofmann, Patrick Herrmann made it 2-0 in the 76th minute, set up by Alassane Pléa, and Breel Embolo pulled one back to make it 2-1 in stoppage time, set up by Mark Uth.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Monchengladbach created 1.40 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Schalke 04's 0.73 from 16.

Match stats

15 Shots 15

4 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

1.40 xG 0.73

1.40 Non-penalty xG 0.73

4 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach Schalke 04

Kick-off

Matthias Ginter
Assist: Jonas Hofmann

1-0

3’

Half-time1-0

Patrick Herrmann
Assist: Alassane Pléa

2-0

76’

90+3’

Breel Embolo
Assist: Mark Uth

2-1

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Schalke 04

Matija Nastasic
Hamza Mendyl
Alessandro Schöpf
Breel Embolo

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 1.40 xGSchalke 04 0.73 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Schalke 04 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
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90	1		1	0.02	0.00	0
Tony Jantschke	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oscar Wendt	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Jonas Hofmann	MID	90		1	5	0.60	0.48	4
Tobias Strobl	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Zakaria	MID	73			2	0.09	0.03	1
Thorgan Hazard	FWD	90			3	0.12	0.01	1
Alassane Pléa	FWD	87		1	2	0.44	0.57	4
Fabian Johnson	FWD	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick Herrmann	Sub	22	1		2	0.14	0.00	0
Christoph Kramer	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Neuhaus	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ralf Fährmann	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Naldo	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Salif Sané	DEF	90			3	0.12	0.01	1
Matija Nastasic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Caligiuri	MID	90			1	0.03	0.20	4
Nabil Bentaleb	MID	90			1	0.01	0.03	1
Sebastian Rudy	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Hamza Mendyl	MID	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Franco Di Santo	MID	68			1	0.12	0.06	1
Mark Uth	FWD	90		1	6	0.31	0.10	3
Guido Burgstaller	FWD	68			0	0.00	0.12	1
Alessandro Schöpf	Sub	66			2	0.04	0.00	0
Cedric Teuchert	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Breel Embolo	Sub	22	1		1	0.06	0.07	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 40% Bet365 odds 2.37

Draw 28% Bet365 odds 3.40

Schalke 04 win 32% Bet365 odds 3.00

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach W D

Schalke 04 L L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Schalke 04 0-2 Borussia Monchengladbach, 02 Feb 19 All Borussia Monchengladbach vs Schalke 04 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.