MUNICH. FC Bayern München was able to reverse the scoreline against Borussia Mönchengladbach. It was Borussia Mönchengladbach to score first with a goal from Nico Elvedi. Nevertheless, later FC Bayern München found the way to turn the tables scoring 3 consecutive goals with Aleksandar Pavlović (45′), Harry Kane (70′) and Matthijs de Ligt (86′). FC Bayern München capitalized on its better ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Stieler who had the assistance of Christian Gittelmann and Robert Kempter. The 4th official was Martin Petersen. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.26 degrees Celsius or 48.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 20 Total 11
- 6 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 6
- 7 Shots blocked 2
- 130 Attack 79
- 49 Dangerous attack 27
- 42 Ball safe 42
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 5
Fouls
- 5 Total 5
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
FC Bayern München had a strong ball possession 56% while Borussia Mönchengladbach was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
FC Bayern München was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Bayern München won the match.
FC Bayern München shot 20 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Borussia Mönchengladbach shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
FC Bayern München didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Borussia Mönchengladbach received 1 yellow card (Florian Neuhaus).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, FC Bayern München has 50 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Borussia Mönchengladbach will stays with 21 points like VfL Bochum 1848 to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Bayern München will play away with Bayer 04 Leverkusen on the 10th of February with a 25-7 head to head stats in favor of FC Bayern München (9 draws).
Borussia Mönchengladbach will host Darmstadt 98 on the 10th of February with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Borussia Mönchengladbach (4 draws).
FC Bayern München – Formation
FC Bayern München
62'
86'
FC Bayern München started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Thomas Tuchel decided to play with the following team: Manuel Neuer , Noussair Mazraoui , Matthijs de Ligt , Eric Dier , Alphonso Davies , Aleksandar Pavlović , Leon Goretzka , Leroy Sané , Thomas Müller , Jamal Musiala and Harry Kane .
The home team had on the bench: Raphaël Guerreiro , Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Bryan Zaragoza, Sacha Boey , Sven Ulreich, Lovro Zvonarek, Mathys Tel , Frans Krätzig and Adam Aznou.
FC Bayern München could not rely on the presence of Raphaël Guerreiro (injured).
Substitutions
FC Bayern München made 3 changes: Noussair Mazraoui for Sacha Boey (62′), Alphonso Davies for Raphaël Guerreiro (86′) and Thomas Müller for Mathys Tel (71′).
Player of the match: Harry Kane
The most impressive player for FC Bayern München was Harry Kane .
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (59% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Borussia Mönchengladbach – Formation
Borussia Mönchengladbach
30'
Borussia Mönchengladbach started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Gerardo Seoane played with: Moritz Nicolas , Joe Scally , Marvin Friedrich , Nico Elvedi , Luca Netz , Julian Weigl , Franck Honorat , Rocco Reitz , Florian Neuhaus , Nathan N’Goumou and Jordan Siebatcheu .
They had on the bench: Kouadio Koné , Fabio Chiarodia, Stefan Lainer , Christoph Kramer, Tony Jantschke, Robin Hack , Grant-Leon Ranos, Jan Olschowsky and Shio Fukuda .
Substitutions
Borussia Mönchengladbach made 5 changes: Luca Netz for Stefan Lainer (62′), Florian Neuhaus for Kouadio Koné (62′), Nathan N’Goumou for Robin Hack (62′), Rocco Reitz for Shio Fukuda (85′) and Franck Honorat for Grant-Leon Ranos (89′).
Player of the match: Nico Elvedi
The player that probably impressed the most for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Nico Elvedi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 64 passes (97% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- Darmstadt 98 – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 0-2
- VfL Bochum 1848 – FC Augsburg – 1-1
- FC Köln – Eintracht Frankfurt – 2-0
- FSV Mainz 05 – Werder Bremen – 0-1
- SC Freiburg – VfB Stuttgart – 1-3
- FC Bayern München – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 3-1
