Manchester City 2-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 16 March 2021

Result

Manchester City 2-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Champions League · Tuesday 16 March 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Manchester City · Borussia Mönchengladbach · Champions League predictions

Manchester City 2-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach: match report

Manchester City beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 16 March 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Kevin De Bruyne (12') and Ilkay Gündogan (18'). Borussia Mönchengladbach did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Borussia Mönchengladbach received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 19 points from 7 and Borussia Mönchengladbach 24th on 8 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (8.1), ahead of Riyad Mahrez (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Ilkay GündoganManchester City · 2-0
  • 55'Yellow card · João CanceloManchester City
  • 61'Yellow card · Stefan LainerBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 82'Yellow card · FernandinhoManchester City

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Manchester City 4, draws 1, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Rúben Dias, João Cancelo, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva

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

Yann Sommer, Stefan Lainer, Matthias Ginter, Nico Elvedi, Ramy Bensebaini, Florian Neuhaus, Denis Zakaria, Jonas Hofmann, Lars Stindl, Marcus Thuram, Breel Embolo