MöNCHENGLADBACH. Borussia Mönchengladbach snatched a late win VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 after K. Koné scored just 1 goal (120′).

The match was played at the Stadion im Borussia-Park stadium in Mönchengladbach on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. In front of 39,827 spectators.​ The referee was Bastian Dankert with the collaboration of René Rohde and Sven Waschitzki. The 4th official was Florian Exner. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 4.7 degrees Celsius or 40.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Borussia Mönchengladbach was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. VfL Wolfsburg that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

VfL Wolfsburg was putting more pressure with 79 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Borussia Mönchengladbach found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Borussia Mönchengladbach shot 11 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, VfL Wolfsburg shot 14 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Borussia Mönchengladbach didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards (Yannick Gerhardt and Maximilian Arnold).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Borussia Mönchengladbach has points to occupy the 0th place in the standings. On the other side, VfL Wolfsburg stays with points (0th).

Next matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach – Formation

Borussia Mönchengladbach started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Gerardo Seoane decided to play with the following team: Maximilian Wöber, Moritz Nicolas (8.1), Joe Scally (7.3), Nico Elvedi (7.3), F. Chiarodia (7.5), Julian Weigl (7.5), Franck Honorat (7.3), Rocco Reitz (7.3), Christoph Kramer (7.1), Luca Netz (7.0), Tomas Cvancara (6.8) and Alassane Pléa (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Florian Neuhaus (7.5), Kouadio Koné (7.3), Nathan N’Goumou (6.7), Marvin Friedrich (6.7), Patrick Herrmann, Robin Hack (7.0), Grant-Leon Ranos, Yvandro Borges Sanches and Jan Olschowsky.

Borussia Mönchengladbach could not rely on the presence of Nathan N’Goumou (injured).

Substitutions

Borussia Mönchengladbach made 5 changes: Christoph Kramer for Robin Hack (81′), Rocco Reitz for Kouadio Koné (81′), Tomas Cvancara for Nathan N’Goumou (60′), Franck Honorat for Florian Neuhaus (97′) and Nico Elvedi for Marvin Friedrich (97′).

Player of the match: Moritz Nicolas​

The most impressive player for Borussia Mönchengladbach was the goalkeeper: Moritz Nicolas. His rating is 8.06. He performed 3 saves.

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

VfL Wolfsburg started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

Niko Kovač played with: Koen Casteels (7.1), Maxence Lacroix (7.3), Moritz Jenz (7.5), Cédric Zesiger (7.1), Joakim Maehle (7.0), Aster Vranckx (7.7), Maximilian Arnold (8.1), Rogério (6.8), Tiago Tomás (6.3), Yannick Gerhardt (7.7), Jonas Wind (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Vaclav Cerny (6.6), Lovro Majer (6.6), Mattias Svanberg (6.6), Kilian Fischer, Nicolas Cozza, Pavao Pervan, Jakub Kamiński, Ridle Baku (7.0) and Kevin Paredes.

VfL Wolfsburg could not rely on the presence of Ridle Baku (injured).

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 4 changes: Rogério for Ridle Baku (23′), Tiago Tomás for Vaclav Cerny (112′), Yannick Gerhardt for Mattias Svanberg (112′) and Aster Vranckx for Lovro Majer (115′).

Player of the match: Maximilian Arnold​

The player that probably impressed the most for VfL Wolfsburg was Maximilian Arnold.

His rating is 8.1 with 57 passes (96% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Kaiserslautern – Nürnberg – 2-0
• Magdeburg – Fortuna Düsseldorf – 1-2
• Borussia Mönchengladbach – VfL Wolfsburg – 1-0
• Homburg – St. Pauli – 1-4