1. FC Union Berlin beat Borussia Mönchengladbach to win 2-1. A goal from J. Hofmann was decisive in the 90min. It was 1. FC Union Berlin to strike first with an own goal of N. Giesselmann at the 22′. Then T. Awoniyi scored again for 1. FC Union Berlin in the 41′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, J. Hofmann reduced the distance for Borussia Mönchengladbach with an own goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Borussia Mönchengladbach lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (72%). it was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (72%).
The match was played at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei stadium in Berlin on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. In front of 11006 spectators. The referee was Felix Brych that was helped by Stefan Lupp and Rafael Foltyn. The 4th official was Patrick Ittrich. The weather was rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.6 degrees Celsius or 63.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
1. FC Union Berlin started with a 3-5-2 line-up. On the other side, Borussia Mönchengladbach adopted for a 4-2-3-1 formation.
1. FC Union Berlin – Formation
FC Union Berlin
52'
22', 22'
61'
Urs Fischer decided to play with the following team: Andreas Luthe , Paul Jäckel , Robin Knoche , Timo Baumgartl , Christopher Trimmel , Levin Öztunali , Rani Khedira , Genki Haraguchi , Niko Giesselmann , Max Kruse and Taiwo Awoniyi .
The home team had on the bench: Frederik Rønnow, Cedric Teuchert , Paweł Wszołek, Kevin Behrens , Andreas Voglsammer , Rick Van Drongelen, Sebastian Griesbeck , Julian Ryerson and Sheraldo Becker.
The player that probably impressed the most for 1. FC Union Berlin was Christopher Trimmel even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 28 passes 64% accurate and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 7 crossed.
Borussia Mönchengladbach – Formation
Borussia Mönchengladbach
On the other side, Adolf Fischer played with: Yann Sommer , Joseph Scally , Jordan Beyer , Nico Elvedi , Ramy Bensebaini , Christoph Kramer , Florian Neuhaus , Jonas Hofmann , Lars Stindl , Hannes Wolf and Alassane Pléa .
They had on the bench: Tobias Sippel, Keanan Bennetts , László Bénes , Patrick Herrmann , Tony Jantschke, Mika Schroers, Luca Netz, Conor Noß and Denis Zakaria .
The player that probably impressed the most for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Jonas Hofmann.
His rating is with 23 passes 89% accurate and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crossed.
Match report
- ! 28 Ball Possession 72
Shots
- 11 Total 20
- 3 On Target 4
- 8 Off Target 16
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 114 Attack 147
- 24 Dangerous attack 42
- 111 Ball safe 119
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 8
Fouls
- 18 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Borussia Mönchengladbach was in firm control of the ball 72% while 1. FC Union Berlin was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Borussia Mönchengladbach was extremely more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, 1. FC Union Berlin managed to find the solution to win this match.
1. FC Union Berlin shoot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Borussia Mönchengladbach shoot 20 times, 4 on target, 16 off target.
Cards
1. FC Union Berlin received 2 yellow cards (G. Haraguchi and C. Trimmel). On the other side, Borussia Mönchengladbach didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
After this match, 1. FC Union Berlin will have 5 points while Borussia Mönchengladbach will stay with 1 points.
In the next match in the Bundesliga, 1. FC Union Berlin will host FC Augsburg on the 11th of September with a 2-1 head to head in favor of FC Augsburg (1 draw). Borussia Mönchengladbach will host DSC Arminia Bielefeld on the 12th of September with a 7-0 head to head in favor of Borussia Mönchengladbach (1 draw).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
