MöNCHENGLADBACH. Borussia Mönchengladbach defeats Hertha BSC 1-0 after A. Plea scored a penalty (34′). Borussia Mönchengladbach was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

F. Uremovic received a red card (69′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Hertha BSC lost the match.

J. Hofmann missed a penalty (70′) for Borussia Mönchengladbach.​

The match was played at the Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK stadium in Mönchengladbach on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Matthias Jöllenbeck who was helped by Robert Kempter and Jonas Weickenmeier. The 4th official was Patrick Alt. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.2 degrees Celsius or 70.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Borussia Mönchengladbach had a strong ball possession 64% while Hertha BSC was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Borussia Mönchengladbach was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Borussia Mönchengladbach won the match​.

Borussia Mönchengladbach shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hertha BSC shot 21 times, 5 on target, 16 off target.

Cards

Borussia Mönchengladbach received 1 yellow card (P. Herrmann). On the opposite side, Hertha BSC received 2 yellow cards (F. Uremovic and S. Schwarz).

Also, Hertha BSC didn’t finish the match with 11 players after F. Uremovic (Hertha BSC) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (69′).

Standings

After this encounter, Borussia Mönchengladbach has 0 points to occupy the 4th place in the standings. On the other side, Hertha BSC stays with 0 points (9th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach will host RB Leipzig on the 17th of September with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of RB Leipzig (3 draws).

Hertha BSC will play away agasint FSV Mainz 05 on the 16th of September with a 10-7 head to head record in favor of FSV Mainz 05 (9 draws).

Borussia Mönchengladbach – Formation

Borussia Mönchengladbach started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Daniel Farke decided to play with the following team: Yann Sommer (8.3), Joseph Scally (6.8), Ko Itakura (7.5), Nico Elvedi (7.2), Ramy Bensebaini (8.0), Christoph Kramer (7.3), Kouadio Koné (6.7), Jonas Hofmann (7.1), Florian Neuhaus (7.0), Alassane Pléa (7.2) and Marcus Thuram (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Hannes Wolf, Patrick Herrmann, Stefan Lainer, Tony Jantschke, Yvandro Borges Sanches, Lars Stindl, Tobias Sippel, Marvin Friedrich and Luca Netz.

Substitutions

Borussia Mönchengladbach made 3 changes: J. Hofmann for H. Wolf (90′), A. Plea for P. Herrmann (90′) and F. Neuhaus for M. Friedrich (90′).

Best player: Yann Sommer​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Mönchengladbach was the goalkeeper: Yann Sommer. His rating is 8.32. He performed 4 saves.

Hertha BSC – Formation

Hertha BSC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Sandro Schwarz played with: Oliver Christensen (8.1), Jonjoe Kenny (6.6), Filip Uremović (5.9), Marc-Oliver Kempf (7.1), Maximilian Mittelstädt (7.1), Lucas Tousart (6.6), Ivan Šunjić (6.2), Suat Serdar (6.5), Dodi Lukebakio (6.4), Wilfried Kanga (6.8) and Chidera Ejuke (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Jean-Paul Boëtius (6.9), Vladimír Darida, Márton Dárdai (7.0), Kevin-Prince Boateng (6.7), Stevan Jovetić (7.0), Peter Pekarík, Ernst Tjark, Davie Selke (6.7) and Marco Richter.

Substitutions

Hertha BSC made 5 changes: I. Sunjic for J. Boetius (57′), W. Kanga for S. Jovetic (72′), C. Ejuke for M. Dardai (72′), L. Tousart for K. Boateng (83′) and S. Serdar for D. Selke (83′).

Best player: Oliver Christensen​

The most impressive player for Hertha BSC was the goalkeeper: Oliver Christensen. His rating is 8.14. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Borussia Mönchengladbach – Hertha BSC – 1-0