Borussia Monchengladbach vs Werder Bremen

3 November 2024 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Bastian Dankert

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

Alassane Pléa 11’
Marco Friedl 12’ (og)
Franck Honorat 45’
Kevin Stöger 66’

Keke Maximilian Topp 75’

Match summary

Borussia Monchengladbach won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Werder Bremen. Borussia Monchengladbach led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Alassane Pléa put Borussia Monchengladbach ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Tim Kleindienst, Friedl's own goal made it 2-0 in the 12th minute, and Franck Honorat made it 3-0 in the 45th minute, set up by Tim Kleindienst. In the second half, Kevin Stöger made it 4-0 in the 66th minute, set up by Tim Kleindienst and Keke Maximilian Topp pulled one back to make it 4-1 in the 75th minute, set up by Marvin Ducksch.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Monchengladbach created 2.96 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Werder Bremen's 1.30 from 15. Werder Bremen had a player sent off.

Match stats

16 Shots 15

8 Shots on Target 5

7 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

2.96 xG 1.30

2.96 Non-penalty xG 1.30

9 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Borussia Monchengladbach Werder Bremen

Kick-off

Alassane Pléa
Assist: Tim Kleindienst

1-0

11’

Marco Friedl
Own goal

2-0

12’

Franck Honorat
Assist: Tim Kleindienst

3-0

45’

Half-time3-0

Kevin Stöger
Assist: Tim Kleindienst

4-0

66’

75’

Keke Maximilian Topp
Assist: Marvin Ducksch

4-1

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Borussia Monchengladbach

Ko Itakura

Werder Bremen

Mitchell Weiser
Felix Agu
Senne Lynen

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 2.96 xGWerder Bremen 1.30 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Werder Bremen 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
Moritz Nicolas	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Scally	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marvin Friedrich	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Ko Itakura	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Lukas Ullrich	DEF	79			0	0.00	0.06	1
Julian Weigl	MID	90			1	0.12	0.07	1
Rocco Reitz	MID	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Franck Honorat	MID	79	1		1	0.50	0.60	3
Alassane Pléa	MID	65	1		1	0.08	0.23	1
Robin Hack	MID	73			3	0.14	0.00	0
Tim Kleindienst	FWD	74		3	3	0.77	1.23	3
Kevin Stöger	Sub	25	1		2	0.67	0.44	2
Florian Neuhaus	Sub	17			1	0.13	0.00	0
Tomás Cvancara	Sub	16			1	0.31	0.12	1
Nathan N'Goumou Minpol	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabio Chiarodia	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Michael Zetterer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Friedl	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julián Malatini	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amos Pieper	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	MID	84			0	0.00	0.00	0
Felix Agu	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Senne Lynen	MID	90			1	0.06	0.10	1
Leonardo Bittencourt	MID	83			1	0.03	0.00	0
Romano Schmid	MID	90			1	0.02	0.27	5
Justin Njinmah	MID	70			3	0.29	0.02	1
Marvin Ducksch	FWD	90		1	3	0.20	0.47	3
Derrick Köhn	Sub	42			2	0.17	0.00	0
Anthony Jung	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.09	1
Milos Veljkovic	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.24	2
Keke Maximilian Topp	Sub	20	1		4	0.54	0.00	0
Oliver Burke	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Monchengladbach win 42% Avg odds 2.26

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.74

Werder Bremen win 32% Avg odds 3.02

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Monchengladbach L W L W D

Werder Bremen L W L W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Werder Bremen 2-2 Borussia Monchengladbach, 04 May 24 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 2-4 Borussia Monchengladbach, 15 Mar 25 All Borussia Monchengladbach vs Werder Bremen 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.