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MöNCHENGLADBACH. Borussia Mönchengladbach demolishes FC Bayern München 5-0 with goals of K. Kone (2′), R. Bensebaini (15′), R. Bensebaini (21′ pen), B. Embolo (51′) and B. Embolo (57′). FC Bayern München was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK stadium in Mönchengladbach on Wednesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Stieler with the help of Christian Gittelmann and Eduard Beitinger. The 4th official was Nicolas Winter. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Bayern München had a strong ball possession 62% while Borussia Mönchengladbach was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Bayern München was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. Still, Borussia Mönchengladbach was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Borussia Mönchengladbach shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, FC Bayern München shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Borussia Mönchengladbach received 1 yellow card (D. Zakaria). Regarding the opposition, FC Bayern München received 1 yellow card (D. Upamecano).

Standings

After playing this match, Borussia Mönchengladbach has points to occupy the 0th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, FC Bayern München stays with points (0th).

Next matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach – Formation

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

The manager Adolf Hütter decided to play with the following team: Yann Sommer (8.8), Matthias Ginter (7.8), Nico Elvedi (7.2), Jordan Beyer (6.8), Joseph Scally (6.4), Denis Zakaria (6.9), Kouadio Koné (7.8), Ramy Bensebaini (8.6), Jonas Hofmann (7.9), Lars Stindl (6.2) and Breel Embolo (8.8).

The home team had on the bench: Luca Netz (7.0), Patrick Herrmann (6.6), Hannes Wolf, Florian Neuhaus (6.6), Torben Müsel, Marcus Thuram (6.2), Tobias Sippel, Alassane Pléa (6.4) and László Bénes.

Substitutions

Borussia Mönchengladbach made 5 changes: J. Beyer for L. Netz (54′), L. Stindl for A. Plea (69′), J. Scally for P. Herrmann (69′), B. Embolo for M. Thuram (73′) and J. Hofmann for F. Neuhaus (73′).

Best player: Breel Embolo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Breel Embolo.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 20 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 18.

FC Bayern München – Formation

FC Bayern München started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Regarding the opposition, Dino Toppmöller played with: Manuel Neuer (5.1), Benjamin Pavard (6.3), Dayot Upamecano (6.2), Lucas Hernández (6.0), Alphonso Davies (6.4), Joshua Kimmich (7.6), Leon Goretzka (6.5), Serge Gnabry (6.9), Thomas Müller (6.2), Leroy Sané (5.9) and Robert Lewandowski (6.6).

They had on the bench: Omar Richards, Kingsley Coman (6.7), Corentin Tolisso (6.9), Josip Stanišić (6.7), Jamal Musiala, Christian Früchtl, Bouna Sarr, Marcel Sabitzer and Niklas Süle (6.5).

FC Bayern München could not rely on the presence of C. Tolisso (injured).

Substitutions

FC Bayern München made 4 changes: D. Upamecano for N. Sule (55′), A. Davies for K. Coman (55′), L. Goretzka for C. Tolisso (64′) and S. Gnabry for J. Stanisic (67′).

Best player: Joshua Kimmich​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Bayern München was Joshua Kimmich.

His rating is (7.6) with 60 passes (81% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the DFB Pokal.​

• Waldhof Mannheim – FC Union Berlin – 1-1
• VfL Bochum 1848 – FC Augsburg – 2-2
• Dynamo Dresden – St. Pauli – 2-2
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Karlsruher SC – 1-2
• Hannover 96 – Fortuna Düsseldorf – 3-0
• Borussia Mönchengladbach – FC Bayern München – 5-0
• Jahn Regensburg – Hansa Rostock –
• VfB Stuttgart – FC Köln – 0-2