MöNCHENGLADBACH. Bayer 04 Leverkusen beat Borussia Mönchengladbach. Borussia Mönchengladbach lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK stadium in Mönchengladbach on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 53,336 spectators.​ The referee was Harm Osmers with the support of Robert Kempter and Thorben Siewer. The 4th official was Robert Kampka. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 1 degrees Celsius or 33.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Borussia Mönchengladbach was in firm control of the ball 60% while Bayer 04 Leverkusen was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Borussia Mönchengladbach was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 9 were on target. Anyhow, Bayer 04 Leverkusen was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Borussia Mönchengladbach shot 16 times, 9 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Borussia Mönchengladbach received 3 yellow cards (K. Koné, Julian Weigl and Lars Stindl). Talking about the opposition, Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards (M. Bakker and Daley Sinkgraven).

Standings

After this match, Borussia Mönchengladbach will stay with 22 points to hold in the 8th place. On the other side, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have 21 points like FC Köln and Werder Bremen to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach will host FC Bayern München on the 18th of February with a 15-11 head to head statistic in favor of FC Bayern München (11 draws).

Bayer 04 Leverkusen will play away agasint SC Freiburg on the 26th of February with a 13-6 head to head stats in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8 draws).

Borussia Mönchengladbach – Formation

Borussia Mönchengladbach started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Daniel Farke decided to play with the following team: Jonas Omlin (6.6), Stefan Lainer (6.2), Ko Itakura (7.1), Nico Elvedi (7.0), Ramy Bensebaini (5.8), Julian Weigl (7.0), Kouadio Koné (7.0), Jonas Hofmann (7.6), Christoph Kramer (6.2), Alassane Pléa (6.3) and Nathan N’Goumou (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Hannes Wolf (6.6), Florian Neuhaus (6.4), Joseph Scally (6.2), Patrick Herrmann (6.8), Luca Netz, Jan Olschowsky, Lars Stindl (7.3), Marvin Friedrich and Tony Jantschke.

Substitutions

Borussia Mönchengladbach made 5 changes: Stefan Lainer for Joe Scally (56′), Christoph Kramer for Lars Stindl (56′), N. Ngoumou for Hannes Wolf (56′), Jonas Hofmann for Patrick Herrmann (77′) and K. Koné for Florian Neuhaus (77′).

Best player: Jonas Hofmann​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Jonas Hofmann.

His rating is (7.6) with 39 passes (79% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation

Bayer 04 Leverkusen started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Xabier Alonso Olano played with: Lukáš Hrádecký (7.2), Odilon Kossounou (7.0), Edmond Tapsoba (7.0), Piero Hincapié (6.4), Jeremie Frimpong (7.0), Exequiel Palacios (6.8), Robert Andrich (6.7), Mitchel Bakker (7.2), Moussa Diaby (7.1), Adam Hložek (7.1) and Amine Adli (8.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sardar Azmoun, Jonathan Tah (6.1), Kerem Demirbay, Daley Sinkgraven, Florian Wirtz (6.4), Nadiem Amiri (7.1), Karim Bellarabi, Callum Hudson-Odoi (6.4) and Andrey Lunev.

Substitutions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 5 changes: Adam Hlozek for N. Amiri (64′), Moussa Diaby for Florian Wirtz (74′), Amine Adli for Callum Hudson-Odoi (75′), Odilon Kossounou  for Jonathan Tah (75′) and J. Frimpong for Daley Sinkgraven (90′).

Best player: Amine Adli​

The most impressive player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Amine Adli.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 16.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​

• Borussia Mönchengladbach – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 2-3
• Borussia Dortmund – FC Augsburg – 4-3