RB Leipzig 3-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 27 February 2021
Result
RB Leipzig 3-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bundesliga · Saturday 27 February 2021, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
RB Leipzig · Borussia Mönchengladbach · Bundesliga predictions
RB Leipzig 3-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach: match report
RB Leipzig won against Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 27 February 2021. The half-time score was 0-2.
Jonas Hofmann opened the scoring in the 6th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Christopher Nkunku (57'), Yussuf Poulsen (66') and Alexander Sörloth (90+3'). Borussia Mönchengladbach scored through Jonas Hofmann (6', penalty) and Marcus Thuram (19').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards; Borussia Mönchengladbach received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 2nd on 47 points from 22 and Borussia Mönchengladbach 8th on 33 points from 22. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 2nd with 65 points, and Borussia Mönchengladbach 8th with 49.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christopher Nkunku of RB Leipzig (8.6), ahead of Alexander Sørloth (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 RB Leipzig wins, 3 draws and 1 for Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Key events
- 6'Penalty goal · Jonas Hofmann
- 19'Goal · Marcus Thuram
- 41'Yellow card · Marcel Sabitzer
- 42'Yellow card · Dayot Upamecano
- 49'Yellow card · Nico Elvedi
- 57'Goal · Christopher Nkunku
- 66'Goal · Yussuf Poulsen
- 90+3'Yellow card · Lars Stindl
- 90+3'Goal · Alexander Sörloth
Head-to-head
Team news
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RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-3-1)
Péter Gulácsi, Nordi Mukiele, Dayot Upamecano, Willi Orbán, Marcel Halstenberg, Marcel Sabitzer, Tyler Adams, Justin Kluivert, Dani Olmo, Christopher Nkunku, Yussuf Poulsen
Borussia Mönchengladbach line-up (3-1-4-2)
Yann Sommer, Jordan Beyer, Matthias Ginter, Nico Elvedi, Denis Zakaria, Valentino Lazaro, Jonas Hofmann, Hannes Wolf, Oscar Wendt, Breel Embolo, Marcus Thuram