Borussia Mönchengladbach beats Heidenheim 2-1

MöNCHENGLADBACH. Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated Heidenheim to win 2-1.

By
Mark Hall
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Borussia Mönchengladbach beats Heidenheim 2-1

MöNCHENGLADBACH. Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated Heidenheim to win 2-1. It was Borussia Mönchengladbach to strike first with an early goal of Alassane Pléa at the 3′. Then it was a goal in the 37′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Jonas Föhrenbach gave the win to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 51′ minute with an own goal.

The match was played at the Stadion im Borussia-Park stadium in Mönchengladbach on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 54,052 spectators.​ The referee was Robert Hartmann who was helped by Christian Leicher and Martin Thomsen. The 4th official was Nicolas Winter. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 12.23 degrees Celsius or 54.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Borussia Mönchengladbach

2 - 1

Team 1

Heidenheim

  • 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
  • 13 Total 9
  • 6 On Target 4
  • 4 Off Target 1
  • 3 Shots blocked 4
  • 106 Attack 118
  • 39 Dangerous attack 61
  • 100 Ball safe 86
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 5 Total 18
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Borussia Mönchengladbach was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Heidenheim that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Heidenheim was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Borussia Mönchengladbach found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Borussia Mönchengladbach shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Heidenheim shot 9 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Borussia Mönchengladbach didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Heidenheim received 3 yellow cards (Marvin Pieringer, Eren Dinkçi and Florian Pick).

Match Timeline

Alassane Pléa(goal)
3'
37'
Eren Dinkçi(goal)
45'
Eren Dinkçi- Yellow
46'
Marnon Busch- sub ->Haktab Omar Traore
46'
Florian Pick- sub ->Adrian Beck
51'
Jonas Föhrenbach(own-goal)Franck Honorat
61'
Florian Pick- Yellow
70'
Marvin Pieringer- sub ->Jan-Niklas Beste
71'
Denis Thomalla- sub ->Norman Theuerkauf
Robin Hack- sub ->Nathan N\'Goumou
75'
Patrick Herrmann- sub ->Franck Honorat
75'
Christoph Kramer- sub ->Alassane Pléa
77'
77'
Marvin Pieringer- Yellow
85'
Stefan Schimmer- sub ->Lennard Maloney
Fabio Chiarodia- sub ->Rocco Reitz
86'
Tomas Cvancara - sub ->Jordan Siebatcheu
87'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
87
33
FC Bayern München
72
33
VfB Stuttgart
70
33
RB Leipzig
64
33
Borussia Dortmund
60
33
Eintracht Frankfurt
46
33
TSG Hoffenheim
43
33
SC Freiburg
42
33
Heidenheim
39
33
FC Augsburg
39
33
Werder Bremen
39
33
VfL Wolfsburg
37
33
Borussia Mönchengladbach
34
33
VfL Bochum 1848
33
33
FSV Mainz 05
32
33
FC Union Berlin
30
33
FC Köln
27
33
Darmstadt 98
17
33

After playing this match, Borussia Mönchengladbach will have 9 points like Werder Bremen to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Heidenheim will stay with 7 points like Darmstadt 98 to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach will play away against VfB Stuttgart on the 18th of May with a 14-10 head to head in favor of VfB Stuttgart (8 draws).

Heidenheim will host FC Köln on the 18th of May with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of FC Köln (1 draw).

Borussia Mönchengladbach – Formation

Borussia Mönchengladbach
G
Moritz Nicolas 33.Germany
7.0
D
Joe Scally 29.United States
7.0
D
Marvin Friedrich 5.Germany
D
Luca Netz 20.Germany
7.3
D
Nico Elvedi 30.Switzerland
7.5
D
Maximilian Wöber 39.Austria
7.7
M
Nathan N'Goumou 19.France
7.5
75'
M
Julian Weigl 8.Germany
7.3
M
Franck Honorat 9.France
7.1
75'
M
Alassane Pléa 14.France
7.8
77' Goals3'
M
Rocco Reitz 27.Germany
7.3
86'
F
Jordan Siebatcheu 13.France
7.0
87'
Substitutes
G
Jan Olschowsky 41.Germany
D
Fabio Chiarodia 2.Italy
6.8
86'
D
Lukas Ullrich 26.Germany
M
Christoph Kramer 23.Germany
6.4
77'
M
Robin Hack 25.Germany
7.8
75'
M
Florian Neuhaus 10.Germany
F
Patrick Herrmann 7.Germany
6.7
75'
F
Grant-Leon Ranos  28.Armenia
F
Tomas Cvancara  31.Czech Republic
6.3
87'

Borussia Mönchengladbach adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Gerardo Seoane decided to play with the following team: Marvin Friedrich, Moritz Nicolas (7.0), Joseph Scally (7.0), Nico Elvedi (7.5), Maximilian Wöber (7.7), Luca Netz (7.3), Rocco Reitz (7.3), Julian Weigl (7.3), Franck Honorat (7.1), Alassane Pléa (7.8), Nathan N’Goumou (7.5) and Jordan Siebatcheu (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Florian Neuhaus, Tomáš Čvančara (6.3), Fabio Chiarodia (6.8), Patrick Herrmann (6.7), Christoph Kramer (6.4), Robin Hack (7.8), Lukas Ullrich, Grant-Leon Ranos and Jan Olschowsky.

Borussia Mönchengladbach could not rely on the presence of Tomáš Čvančara (injured).

Substitutions

Borussia Mönchengladbach made 5 changes: Nathan N’Goumou for Robin Hack (75′), Franck Honorat for Patrick Herrmann (75′), Rocco Reitz for Fabio Chiarodia (86′), Jordan Siebatcheu for Tomáš Čvančara (87′) and Alassane Pléa for Christoph Kramer (77′).

Best player: Robin Hack​

The player that probably impressed the most for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Robin Hack even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 16 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 75′.

Heidenheim – Formation

Heidenheim
G
Kevin Müller 1.Germany
7.1
D
Tim Siersleben 4.Germany
7.1
D
Patrick Mainka  6.Germany
7.3
D
Jonas Föhrenbach 19.Germany
7.3
D
Omar Traoré 23.Germany
6.6
46'
M
Norman Theuerkauf 30.Germany
6.4
71'
M
Jan-Niklas Beste  37.Germany
6.6
70'
M
Eren Dinkçi 8.Germany
7.0
45' Goals37'
M
Adrian Beck 21.Germany
6.4
46'
M
Lennard Maloney  33.Germany
7.0
85'
F
Tim Kleindienst 10.Germany
7.0
Substitutes
G
Vitus Eicher 22.Germany
D
Marnon Busch 2.Germany
6.7
46'
D
Benedikt Gimber 5.Germany
M
Jan Schöppner 3.Germany
M
Kevin Sessa 16.Germany
M
Florian Pick 17.Germany
6.4
46' 61'
F
Stefan Schimmer 9.Germany
6.8
85'
F
Denis Thomalla 11.Germany
6.8
71'
F
Marvin Pieringer 18.Germany
6.4
70' 77'

Also Heidenheim adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Frank Schmidt played with: Kevin Müller (7.1), Haktab Omar Traore (6.6), Patrick Mainka (7.3), Tim Siersleben (7.1), Jonas Föhrenbach (7.3), Lennard Maloney (7.0), Norman Theuerkauf (6.4), Eren Dinkçi (7.0), Adrian Beck (6.4), Jan-Niklas Beste (6.6), Tim Kleindienst (7.0).

They had on the bench: Florian Pick (6.4), Marvin Pieringer (6.4), Marnon Busch (6.7), Jan Schöppner, Benedikt Gimber, Stefan Schimmer (6.8), Denis Thomalla (6.8), Kevin Sessa and Vitus Eicher.

Heidenheim could not rely on the presence of Marnon Busch (injured).

Substitutions

Heidenheim made 5 changes: Haktab Omar Traore for Marnon Busch (46′), Adrian Beck for Florian Pick (46′), Lennard Maloney for Stefan Schimmer (85′), Jan-Niklas Beste for Marvin Pieringer (70′) and Norman Theuerkauf for Denis Thomalla (71′).

Best player: Patrick Mainka​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Heidenheim was Patrick Mainka.

His rating is (7.3) with 79 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 16.

Results of the day

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