RB Leipzig vs Borussia Monchengladbach

11 December 2021 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Bastian Dankert

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Josko Gvardiol 21’
André Silva 33’
Christopher Nkunku 90+1’
Benjamin Henrichs 90+4’

Ramy Bensebaini 88’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Borussia Monchengladbach. RB Leipzig led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Josko Gvardiol put RB Leipzig ahead with a header in the 21st minute, set up by Angelino and André Silva made it 2-0 in the 33rd minute, set up by Angelino. In the second half, Ramy Bensebaini pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 88th minute, set up by Breel Embolo, Christopher Nkunku made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Brian Brobbey, and Benjamin Henrichs made it 4-1 in stoppage time, set up by Christopher Nkunku.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 4.84 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Borussia Monchengladbach's 0.86 from 11.

Match stats

19 Shots 12

10 Shots on Target 4

6 Corners 0

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

4.80 xG 0.85

4.80 Non-penalty xG 0.85

13 Deep Completions 5

Key events

RB Leipzig Borussia Monchengladbach

Kick-off

Josko Gvardiol
Assist: Angelino

1-0

21’

André Silva
Assist: Angelino

2-0

33’

Half-time2-0

88’

Ramy Bensebaini
Assist: Breel Embolo

2-1

Christopher Nkunku
Assist: Brian Brobbey

3-1

90+1’

Benjamin Henrichs
Assist: Christopher Nkunku

4-1

90+4’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig

Josko Gvardiol
Willi Orban
Mohamed Simakan

Borussia Monchengladbach

Breel Embolo
Lars Stindl

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.

RB Leipzig 4.84 xGBorussia Monchengladbach 0.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Borussia Monchengladbach attacking RB Leipzig 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
Péter Gulácsi	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Josko Gvardiol	DEF	90	1		1	0.55	0.00	0
Mohamed Simakan	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Willi Orban	DEF	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nordi Mukiele	MID	90			2	0.11	0.08	1
Kevin Kampl	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Konrad Laimer	MID	72			1	0.61	0.07	1
Angelino	MID	90		2	0	0.00	1.20	3
Emil Forsberg	MID	64			2	0.14	0.55	1
Christopher Nkunku	FWD	90	1	1	6	1.64	1.02	4
André Silva	FWD	85	1		6	1.32	0.35	1
Benjamin Henrichs	Sub	26	1		1	0.47	0.00	0
Dominik Szoboszlai	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.03	1
Tyler Adams	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Brian Brobbey	Sub	5		1	0	0.00	0.59	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yann Sommer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Scally	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.11	1
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Ramy Bensebaini	DEF	90	1		1	0.15	0.00	0
Kouadio Kone	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	2
Denis Zakaria	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Jonas Hofmann	MID	55			0	0.00	0.03	1
Breel Embolo	FWD	90		1	3	0.44	0.20	2
Marcus Thuram	FWD	90			2	0.11	0.20	2
Lars Stindl	FWD	77			1	0.02	0.00	0
László Bénes	Sub	35			1	0.02	0.23	1
Alassane Pléa	Sub	13			1	0.09	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 52% Avg odds 1.85

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.88

Borussia Monchengladbach win 23% Avg odds 4.12

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig D W L L L

Borussia Monchengladbach W D W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 3-2 Borussia Monchengladbach, 27 Feb 21 Next meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 RB Leipzig, 02 May 22 All RB Leipzig 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.