Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 RB Leipzig: result and report

Bundesliga · Monday 2 May 2022

Result

Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 RB Leipzig

Bundesliga · Monday 2 May 2022, 18:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 RB Leipzig: match report

Borussia Mönchengladbach beat RB Leipzig 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Monday 2 May 2022. The half-time score was 2-1.

Breel Embolo opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Borussia Mönchengladbach's goals came from Breel Embolo (17'), Jonas Hofmann (45+2') and Jonas Hofmann (77'). RB Leipzig scored through Christopher Nkunku (36').

Discipline: Borussia Mönchengladbach received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Mönchengladbach were 13th on 38 points from 31 and RB Leipzig 5th on 54 points from 31. Borussia Mönchengladbach went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and RB Leipzig 4th with 58.

Borussia Mönchengladbach lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and RB Leipzig in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonas Hofmann of Borussia Mönchengladbach (8.5), ahead of Breel Embolo (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach win, 2 draws and 7 for RB Leipzig.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Josko GvardiolRB Leipzig
  • 12'Yellow card · Domenico TedescoRB Leipzig
  • 17'Goal · Breel EmboloBorussia Mönchengladbach · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Mohamed SimakanRB Leipzig
  • 23'Yellow card · Lars StindlBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 36'Goal · Christopher NkunkuRB Leipzig · 1-1
  • 45+2'Goal · Jonas HofmannBorussia Mönchengladbach · 2-1
  • 64'Red card · Nico ElvediBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 77'Goal · Jonas HofmannBorussia Mönchengladbach · 3-1
  • 88'Yellow card · K. KonéBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 90'Yellow card · Florian NeuhausBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jonas HofmannBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jonas HofmannBorussia Mönchengladbach

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Mönchengladbach 1, draws 2, RB Leipzig 7.

Team news

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  • Marcus ThuramBorussia Mönchengladbach · injury (Muscular problems)
  • Amadou HaidaraRB Leipzig · injury (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury)

Borussia Mönchengladbach line-up (3-4-2-1)

Yann Sommer, Stefan Lainer, Jordan Beyer, Nico Elvedi, Ramy Bensebaini, Luca Netz, Jonas Hofmann, Manu Koné, Florian Neuhaus, Breel Embolo, Lars Stindl

RB Leipzig line-up (3-4-1-2)

Péter Gulácsi, Mohamed Simakan, Willi Orbán, Josko Gvardiol, Nordi Mukiele, Konrad Laimer, Kevin Kampl, Angeliño, Dani Olmo, André Silva, Christopher Nkunku