Freiburg vs Borussia Monchengladbach

5 December 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Tobias Stieler

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Philipp Lienhart 32’
Vincenzo Grifo 49’ (pen)

Breel Embolo 23’
Alassane Pléa 50’

Match summary

Freiburg and Borussia Monchengladbach shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Breel Embolo put Borussia Monchengladbach ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Lars Stindl and Philipp Lienhart equalised with a header in the 32nd minute, set up by Vincenzo Grifo. In the second half, Vincenzo Grifo put Freiburg in front from the penalty spot in the 49th minute and Alassane Pléa equalised in the 50th minute, set up by Florian Neuhaus.

Freiburg had the better of the chances, with 4.25 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Borussia Monchengladbach's 1.67 from 12.

Match stats

22 Shots 11

7 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

4.02 xG 1.67

3.26 Non-penalty xG 1.67

3 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Freiburg Borussia Monchengladbach

Kick-off

23’

Breel Embolo
Assist: Lars Stindl

0-1

Philipp Lienhart
Assist: Vincenzo Grifo

1-1

32’

Half-time1-1

Vincenzo Grifo
Penalty

2-1

49’

50’

Alassane Pléa
Assist: Florian Neuhaus

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Freiburg

Keven Schlotterbeck

Borussia Monchengladbach

Florian Neuhaus
Alassane Pléa

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.

Freiburg 4.25 xGBorussia Monchengladbach 1.67 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Borussia Monchengladbach attacking Freiburg attacking

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Florian Müller	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Philipp Lienhart	DEF	90	1		1	0.47	0.00	0
Manuel Gulde	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Keven Schlotterbeck	DEF	90			1	0.47	0.00	0
Jonathan Schmid	MID	90			1	0.05	0.03	2
Christian Günter	MID	90			2	0.09	0.25	3
Baptiste Santamaria	MID	90			3	0.07	0.00	0
Nicolas Höfler	MID	90			0	0.00	0.31	2
Lucas Höler	FWD	75			4	1.09	0.00	0
Ermedin Demirovic	FWD	75			4	0.25	0.45	2
Vincenzo Grifo	FWD	84	1	1	3	0.86	1.14	7
Nils Petersen	Sub	15			1	0.54	0.00	0
Roland Sallai	Sub	15			2	0.36	0.00	0
Guus Til	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yann Sommer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Lainer	DEF	65			1	0.02	0.06	1
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christoph Kramer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oscar Wendt	DEF	90			1	0.48	0.00	0
Florian Neuhaus	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.32	3
Denis Zakaria	MID	54			0	0.00	0.13	2
Hannes Wolf	MID	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lars Stindl	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.30	2
Alassane Pléa	MID	80	1		3	0.16	0.00	0
Breel Embolo	FWD	90	1		2	0.33	0.48	1
László Bénes	Sub	36			1	0.02	0.00	0
Valentino Lazaro	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Thuram	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.02	1
Patrick Herrmann	Sub	10			2	0.62	0.02	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Freiburg win 27% Avg odds 3.49

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.80

Borussia Monchengladbach win 48% Avg odds 2.00

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

Form going into the game

Freiburg D L L L D

Borussia Monchengladbach W W L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Freiburg 1-0 Borussia Monchengladbach, 05 Jun 20 Next meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 Freiburg, 03 Apr 21 All Freiburg vs Borussia Monchengladbach 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.