VöLKLINGEN. Saarbrücken managed to reverse the scoreline against Borussia Mönchengladbach to win 2-1. It was Borussia Mönchengladbach to strike first with an early goal of Robin Hack at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 11′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Kai Brünker gave the win to Saarbrücken in the 90′ minute. Borussia Mönchengladbach was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (73%).
The match was played at the Hermann-Neuberger-Stadion stadium in Völklingen on Tuesday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Florian Badstübner who had the assistance of Philipp Hüwe and Jonas Weickenmeier. The 4th official was Timo Gerach. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 7.93 degrees Celsius or 46.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
- ! 27 Ball Possession 73
Shots
- 10 Total 21
- 2 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 9
- 60 Attack 88
- 45 Dangerous attack 84
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 9
Fouls
- 8 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Borussia Mönchengladbach was in firm control of the ball 73% while Saarbrücken was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Borussia Mönchengladbach was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Saarbrücken was able to find the solution to win this match.
Saarbrücken shot 10 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Borussia Mönchengladbach shot 21 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Saarbrücken received 3 yellow cards (Kai Brünker, Patrick Sontheimer and Mohamed Naifi). Regarding the opposition, Borussia Mönchengladbach received 1 yellow card (Nico Elvedi).
Match Timeline
Standings
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Saarbrücken – Formation
Saarbrücken
67'
31'
11'
Saarbrücken started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Rüdiger Ziehl decided to play with the following team: Tim Schreiber , Bjarne Thoelke , Manuel Zeitz , Boné Uaferro, Lukas Boeder , Robin Becker , Luca Kerber , Patrick Sontheimer , Kasim Rabihic , Marcel Gaus , Mohamed Naifi and Kai Brünker .
The home team had on the bench: Julian Günther-Schmidt , Tim Civeja , Andrea Malgrati, Julius Biada, Dominik Becker , Fabio Di Michele Sanchez , Simon Stehle, Tim Paterok, Frederik Recktenwald and Andy Breuer.
Substitutions
Saarbrücken made 4 changes: Kasim Rabihic for Julian Günther-Schmidt (46′), Patrick Sontheimer for Tim Civeja (67′), Robin Becker for Dominik Becker (74′) and Mohamed Naifi for Fabio Di Michele Sanchez (74′).
Player of the match: Bjarne Thoelke
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Saarbrücken was Bjarne Thoelke even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 23 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 15.
Borussia Mönchengladbach – Formation
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Gerardo Seoane played with: Moritz Nicolas , Nico Elvedi , Ko Itakura , Marvin Friedrich , Franck Honorat , Rocco Reitz , Julian Weigl , Luca Netz , Robin Hack , Florian Neuhaus , Jordan Pefok and Jordan Siebatcheu .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kouadio Koné , Joe Scally , Patrick Herrmann, Stefan Lainer , Nathan N’Goumou , Christoph Kramer, Tony Jantschke, Maximilian Wöber, Jan Olschowsky, Grant-Leon Ranos and Alassane Pléa.
Substitutions
Borussia Mönchengladbach made 4 changes: Rocco Reitz for Kouadio Koné (69′), Robin Hack for Nathan N’Goumou (69′), Nico Elvedi for Stefan Lainer (82′) and Luca Netz for Joe Scally (81′).
Player of the match: Florian Neuhaus
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Florian Neuhaus.
His rating is with 57 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the DFB Pokal.
