Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 Nürnberg: result and report

Bundesliga · Tuesday 18 December 2018

Result

Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 Nürnberg

Bundesliga · Tuesday 18 December 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 Nürnberg: match report

Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Nürnberg 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Tuesday 18 December 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Thorgan Hazard opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Borussia Mönchengladbach's goals came from Thorgan Hazard (47') and Alassane Plea (86'). Nürnberg did not score.

Discipline: Borussia Mönchengladbach received 2 yellow cards; Nürnberg received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Mönchengladbach were 2nd on 30 points from 15 and Nürnberg 17th on 11 points from 15. Borussia Mönchengladbach went on to finish that season 5th with 55 points, and Nürnberg 18th with 19.

Borussia Mönchengladbach lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nürnberg in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thorgan Hazard of Borussia Mönchengladbach (8.7), ahead of Jordan Beyer (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Borussia Mönchengladbach wins, 1 draw and 4 for Nürnberg.

Going into the match Borussia Mönchengladbach's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Nürnberg's L-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Tim LeiboldNürnberg
  • 30'Yellow card · Kevin GodenNürnberg
  • 45'Missed penalty · Thorgan HazardBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 47'Goal · Thorgan HazardBorussia Mönchengladbach · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Ibrahima TraoréBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 86'Goal · Alassane PleaBorussia Mönchengladbach · 2-0
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Georg MargreitterNürnberg
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Oscar WendtBorussia Mönchengladbach

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Mönchengladbach 5, draws 1, Nürnberg 4.

Team news

Borussia Mönchengladbach line-up (4-3-3)

Yann Sommer, Fabian Johnson, Jordan Beyer, Nico Elvedi, Oscar Wendt, Florian Neuhaus, Tobias Strobl, Denis Zakaria, Ibrahima Traoré, Alassane Pléa, Thorgan Hazard

Nürnberg line-up (4-1-4-1)

Fabian Bredlow, Kevin Goden, Georg Margreitter, Lukas Mühl, Tim Leibold, Ondřej Petrák, Virgil Misidjan, Alexander Fuchs, Federico Palacios, Matheus Pereira, Adam Zrelak