Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 21 October 2017

Result

Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 21 October 2017, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Borussia Mönchengladbach lost to Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-5 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 21 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Fabian Johnson opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Borussia Mönchengladbach's goal came from Fabian Johnson (7'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Sven Bender (48'), L. Bailey (59'), Julian Brandt (61'), Kevin Volland (69') and Joel Pohjanpalo (81').

Discipline: Borussia Mönchengladbach received 3 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Mönchengladbach were 6th on 14 points from 8 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 12th on 9 points from 8. Borussia Mönchengladbach went on to finish that season 9th with 47 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5th with 55.

Borussia Mönchengladbach lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wendell of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.5), ahead of Kai Havertz (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Borussia Mönchengladbach wins, 2 draws and 4 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Fabian JohnsonBorussia Mönchengladbach · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Nico ElvediBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 48'Goal · Sven BenderBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · J. VestergaardBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 59'Goal · L. BaileyBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-2
  • 61'Goal · Julian BrandtBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-3
  • 65'Yellow card · Denis ZakariaBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 69'Goal · Kevin VollandBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-4
  • 81'Goal · Joel PohjanpaloBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Mönchengladbach 4, draws 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4.

Team news

Borussia Mönchengladbach line-up (4-4-2)

Yann Sommer, Nico Elvedi, Matthias Ginter, Jannik Vestergaard, Oscar Wendt, Thorgan Hazard, Denis Zakaria, Michaël Cuisance, Fabian Johnson, Lars Stindl, Raffael

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bernd Leno, Panagiotis Retsos, Jonathan Tah, Sven Bender, Wendell, Lars Bender, Julian Baumgartlinger, Kevin Volland, Kai Havertz, Leon Bailey, Lucas Alario