German Bundesliga

FT Sunday, February 19, 2017
RB Leipzig LWWLL 2
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Borussia Mönchengladbach WWWWL 1
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RBL112
BMG011
BORUSSIA-PARK · 51,535 att.

Match Report

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RB Leipzig close gap to five with Monchengladbach win

RB Leipzig closed the gap on Bayern Munich to five points with a 2-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
18
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
7
3
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
3
41.6
Possession
58.4
9
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
252
Accurate Passes
376
375
Passes
511
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
8
7
Crosses
25
0.1
Cross %
0.3
61
Long Balls
75
19
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
17
20
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
15
36
Clearances
15

Head to Head

Lineups

BMG · 4-4-2

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 4Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  3. 3Andreas ChristensenCD-R
  4. 17Oscar WendtLB
  5. 24Tony JantschkeRB
  6. 8Mahmoud DahoudCM-L
  7. 6Christoph KramerCM-R
  8. 19Fabian JohnsonLM
  9. 28André HahnRM
  10. 13Lars StindlCF-L
  11. 10Thorgan HazardCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Patrick HerrmannSUB
  2. 21Tobias SippelSUB
  3. 25Timothée KolodziejczakSUB
  4. 23Jonas HofmannSUB
  5. 9Josip DrmicSUB
  6. 27Julian KorbSUB
  7. 22László BénesSUB

RBL · 4-2-2-2

  1. 32Péter GulácsiG
  2. 33Marvin CompperCD-L
  3. 13Stefan IlsankerCD-R
  4. 23Marcel HalstenbergLB
  5. 20Benno SchmitzRB
  6. 31Diego DemmeCM-L
  7. 8Naby KeitaCM-R
  8. 11Timo WernerCF-L
  9. 19Oliver BurkeCF-R
  10. 10Emil ForsbergAM-L
  11. 7Marcel SabitzerAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Dominik KaiserSUB
  2. 3BernardoSUB
  3. 27Davie SelkeSUB
  4. 38Federico Palacios-MartinezSUB
  5. 6Rani KhediraSUB
  6. 1Fabio ColtortiSUB
  7. 17Dayot UpamecanoSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Oscar Wendt (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 0, RB Leipzig 1. Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Timo Werner.
  3. 37' Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 44' Naby Keita (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Penalty saved! Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Mönchengladbach) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  6. 55' Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 0, RB Leipzig 2. Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emil Forsberg with a through ball.
  7. 61' Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  8. 61' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Jonas Hofmann replaces André Hahn.
  9. 61' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Patrick Herrmann replaces Oscar Wendt.
  10. 66' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Dominik Kaiser replaces Oliver Burke.
  11. 67' Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 73' Diego Demme (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 76' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Rani Khedira replaces Naby Keita.
  14. 77' Christoph Kramer (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 80' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Josip Drmic replaces Fabian Johnson.
  16. 81' Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 1, RB Leipzig 2. Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Mönchengladbach) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Thorgan Hazard with a cross following a corner.
  17. 83' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Dayotchanculle Upamecano replaces Emil Forsberg.

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