Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 Werder Bremen: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 30 August 2008
Result
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 Werder Bremen
Bundesliga · Saturday 30 August 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 Werder Bremen: match report
Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Werder Bremen 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 30 August 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Karim Matmour opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Borussia Mönchengladbach's goals came from Karim Matmour (12'), Rob Friend (30') and Alexander Baumjohann (71'). Werder Bremen scored through Claudio Pizarro (79') and Diego (89').
Discipline: Borussia Mönchengladbach received 2 yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Borussia Mönchengladbach were 18th on 0 points from 2 and Werder Bremen 13th on 2 points from 2. Borussia Mönchengladbach went on to finish that season 15th with 31 points, and Werder Bremen 10th with 45.
Borussia Mönchengladbach lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Werder Bremen in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach win, 1 draw and 2 for Werder Bremen.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Karim Matmour
- 29'Yellow card · Naldo
- 30'Goal · Rob Friend
- 44'Yellow card · Mikkel Rygaard Jensen
- 59'Yellow card · Filip Daems
- 66'Yellow card · Diego
- 71'Goal · Alexander Baumjohann
- 79'Goal · Claudio Pizarro
- 81'Yellow card · Claudio Pizarro
- 89'Goal · Diego
- 90+2'Yellow card · Karim Matmour
Head-to-head
Team news
Borussia Mönchengladbach line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christofer Heimeroth, Filip Daems, Roel Brouwers, Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker, Patrick Paauwe, Gal Alberman, Marcel Ndjeng, Alexander Baumjohann, Rob Friend, Karim Matmour, Marko Marin
Werder Bremen line-up (4-3-1-2)
Tim Wiese, Sebastian Boenisch, Naldo, Sebastian Prödl, Frank Baumann, Clemens Fritz, Mikkel Rygaard Jensen, Markus Rosenberg, Claudio Pizarro, Diego, Torsten Frings