German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, January 18, 2025
Borussia Mönchengladbach DWWLL 1
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Bayer Leverkusen WWWWW 3
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Match Report

Wirtz scores twice in Leverkusen's 3-1 win over Gladbach

Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz scored twice and set up another goal as he steered the German champions to a comfortable 3-1 victory over visiting Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday to stay four points behind leaders Bayern Munich.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
3
45.6
Possession
54.4
7
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
440
Accurate Passes
533
505
Passes
610
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.2
40
Long Balls
46
23
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
0
11
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
6
24
Effective Clearances
17
24
Clearances
17

Head to Head

B04 leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

B04 · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-L
  3. 4Jonathan TahCD-R
  4. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 13ArthurRB
  6. 10Florian WirtzAM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 8Robert AndrichRM
  9. 14Patrik SchickF
  10. 11Martin TerrierAM-L
  11. 19Nathan TellaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 40Francis-Ikechukwu OnyekaSUB
  2. 30Jeremie FrimpongSUB
  3. 7Jonas HofmannSUB
  4. 29Artem StepanovSUB
  5. 17Matej KovárSUB
  6. 23Nordi MukieleSUB
  7. 3Piero HincapiéSUB
  8. 25Exequiel PalaciosSUB
  9. 24Aleix GarcíaSUB

BMG · 4-5-1

  1. 33Moritz NicolasG
  2. 30Nico ElvediCD-L
  3. 3Kou ItakuraCD-R
  4. 26Lukas UllrichLB
  5. 22Stefan LainerRB
  6. 16Philipp SanderCM-L
  7. 27Rocco ReitzCM-R
  8. 8Julian WeiglAM
  9. 25Robin HackLM
  10. 31Tomas CvancaraRM
  11. 11Tim KleindienstF

Substitutes

  1. 14Alassane PléaSUB
  2. 2Fabio ChiarodiaSUB
  3. 20Luca NetzSUB
  4. 29Joe ScallySUB
  5. 5Marvin FriedrichSUB
  6. 7Kevin StögerSUB
  7. 13Shio FukudaSUB
  8. 10Florian NeuhausSUB
  9. 1Jonas OmlinSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Piero Hincapié replaces Martin Terrier because of an injury.
  2. 32' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Granit Xhaka following a fast break.
  3. 59' Tomás Cvancara (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 63' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeremie Frimpong replaces Nathan Tella.
  6. 74' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a through ball.
  7. 75' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Kevin Stöger replaces Robin Hack.
  8. 75' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Luca Netz replaces Lukas Ullrich.
  9. 75' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Alassane Pléa replaces Tomás Cvancara.
  10. 81' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Florian Wirtz.
  11. 81' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Aleix García replaces Álex Grimaldo.
  12. 81' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios replaces Granit Xhaka.
  13. 81' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Fabio Chiarodia replaces Rocco Reitz.
  14. 87' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Shio Fukuda replaces Philipp Sander.
  15. 90'+1' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Borussia Mönchengladbach 1. Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Luca Netz with a cross.
  16. 90'+3' Stefan Lainer (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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