MöNCHENGLADBACH. Borussia Mönchengladbach overcomes DSC Arminia Bielefeld 3-1. Borussia Mönchengladbach took advantage of its superior ball possession (64%). Its vastly superior ball possession (64%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK stadium in Mönchengladbach on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Sascha Stegemann who was helped by Mike Pickel and Frederick Assmuth. The 4th official was Sven Waschitzki. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.3 degrees Celsius or 61.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Borussia Mönchengladbach started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1). On the opposite side, DSC Arminia Bielefeld adopted for a aggressive formation (4-3-3).
Borussia Mönchengladbach – Formation
Adolf Hütter decided to play with the following team: Yann Sommer , Jordan Beyer , Matthias Ginter , Nico Elvedi , Joseph Scally , Florian Neuhaus , Denis Zakaria , Luca Netz , Jonas Hofmann , Lars Stindl and Alassane Pléa .
The home team had on the bench: Conor Noß, Patrick Herrmann , Tony Jantschke, Tobias Sippel, Breel Embolo , Hannes Wolf , László Bénes , Keanan Bennetts and Christoph Kramer.
Borussia Mönchengladbach could not rely on the presence of P. Herrmann (injured).
Best player: Lars Stindl
The player that probably impressed the most for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Lars Stindl.
His rating is with 2 goals, 33 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
DSC Arminia Bielefeld – Formation
On the other side, Frank Hütter played with: Stefan Ortega , Cedric Brunner , Nathan De Medina , Joakim Nilsson , Jacob Laursen , Alessandro Schöpf , Manuel Prietl , Robin Hack , Patrick Wimmer , Fabian Klos and Masaya Okugawa .
They had on the bench: Guilherme Ramos, Fabian Kunze, Janni Serra , Florian Krüger , Stefanos Kapino, Andrés Andrade, Bryan Lasme and Lennart Czyborra.
Best player: Alessandro Schöpf
The player that probably impressed the most for DSC Arminia Bielefeld was Alessandro Schöpf.
His rating is with 40 passes (80% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.
Match report
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 19 Total 17
- 4 On Target 6
- 15 Off Target 11
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 100 Attack 108
- 28 Dangerous attack 49
- 63 Ball safe 50
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 4
Fouls
- 10 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Borussia Mönchengladbach was in firm control of the ball 64% while DSC Arminia Bielefeld was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
DSC Arminia Bielefeld was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Borussia Mönchengladbach found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Borussia Mönchengladbach shot 19 times, 4 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, DSC Arminia Bielefeld shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Borussia Mönchengladbach received 1 yellow card (J. Scally). On the opposite sidee, DSC Arminia Bielefeld received 1 yellow card (R. Hack).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Borussia Mönchengladbach will have 4 points to stay in the 9th place. On the other side, DSC Arminia Bielefeld will stay with 3 points to stay in the 12th place.
In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach will play away against FC Augsburg on the 18th of September with a 6-6 head to head. DSC Arminia Bielefeld will host against TSG Hoffenheim on the 18th of September with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of TSG Hoffenheim (2 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- Eintracht Frankfurt – VfB Stuttgart – 1-1
- VfL Bochum 1848 – Hertha BSC – 1-3
- Borussia Mönchengladbach – DSC Arminia Bielefeld – 3-1