RB Leipzig
Borussia Monchengladbach
Match summary
RB Leipzig won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Borussia Monchengladbach. RB Leipzig led 1-0 at half-time.
Bote Baku put RB Leipzig ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Tidiam Gomis, Antonio Nusa made it 2-0 in the 49th minute, set up by Tidiam Gomis, and Rocco Reitz made it 3-0 in the 66th minute, set up by Christopher Nkunku.
The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 4.44 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Borussia Monchengladbach's 1.23 from 15.
RB Leipzig secured a convincing victory against Borussia Monchengladbach in this Bundesliga fixture, dominating the overall performance despite holding slightly less possession with forty-seven percent to fifty-three percent. The home side registered twenty-five shots compared to their opponents fifteen, hitting eleven on target against four, and accumulated an expected goals total of 4.44 to 1.23. RB Leipzig also generated seven corners to six, made ninety-one attacks to eighty-four, and completed four hundred and twenty-seven passes. Discipline saw ten fouls committed by RB Leipzig and thirteen by Borussia Monchengladbach, with one yellow card shown to the home team.
The scoring opened in the twenty-fifth minute when Ridle Baku struck with a left foot shot to give RB Leipzig a 1-0 lead heading into half-time. Shortly after the second half began, Antonio Nusa doubled the advantage with a right foot shot in the forty-ninth minute. Following multiple substitutions from both sides, substitute Rocco Reitz added a third goal with a right foot shot in the sixty-sixth minute. Antonio Nusa received a yellow card for a foul in the seventy-second minute, and Borussia Monchengladbach made a substitution due to injury in the seventy-sixth minute before the match concluded with a VAR review after full-time.
