Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bundesliga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Bundesliga · 2024-25

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

3 – 1

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Borussia Mönchengladbach

Sat 18 Jan 2025 · 17:30 UTC BayArena 30,210 HT 45' · FT 45'

Florian Wirtz 32' 1–0

Florian Wirtz pen 62' 2–0

Patrik Schick 74' 3–0

3–1 90+1' Tim Kleindienst

Y 59' Tomas Cvancara

Y 90' Stefan Lainer

Overview

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Borussia Mönchengladbach — Bundesliga at BayArena.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 games · 59 pts (2026/27)
Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 games · 38 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Harm Osmers
Assistant 1 Dominik Schaal
Assistant 2 Stefan Lupp

4 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 3.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Bayern München	34	89
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	73
3	RB Leipzig	34	65
4	VfB Stuttgart	34	62
5	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	34	61
6	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	34	59
7	SC Freiburg	34	47
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	44
9	FC Augsburg	34	43
10	1. FSV Mainz 05	34	40
11	1. FC Union Berlin	34	39
12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	38
13	Hamburger SV	34	38
14	1. FC Köln	34	32
15	SV Werder Bremen	34	32
16	VfL Wolfsburg	34	29
17	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	34	26
18	FC St. Pauli 1910	34	26

Head-to-Head

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 17 games · Avg 3.2 goals Borussia Mönchengladbach

Last 5 meetings

2025-01-18 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2024-08-23 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2024-01-27 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2023-08-26 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2023-05-21 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Recent Form

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jan	Borussia Mönchengladbach	H	3–1	W
14 Jan	1. FSV Mainz 05	H	1–0	W
10 Jan	Borussia Dortmund	A	3–2	W
21 Dec	SC Freiburg	H	5–1	W
14 Dec	FC Augsburg	A	2–0	W
10 Dec	FC Internazionale Milano	H	1–0	W

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jan	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	A	1–3	L
14 Jan	VfL Wolfsburg	A	1–5	L
11 Jan	FC Bayern München	H	0–1	L
21 Dec	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	A	2–1	W
14 Dec	Holstein Kiel	H	4–1	W
07 Dec	Borussia Dortmund	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Bayer 04 Leverkusen		Borussia Mönchengladbach
#6	Position	#12
59	Points	38
34	Played	34
17 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	9 / 11 / 14
68	Scored	42
47	Conceded	53
+21	GD	-11
1.74	PPG	1.12
50%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Bayer 04 Leverkusen are 6th (59 pts). Borussia Mönchengladbach are 12th (38 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Bayer 04 Leverkusen is hosting Borussia Monchengladbach for another epic battle.
5' Borussia Monchengladbach are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
8' Fresh legs for Bayer 04 Leverkusen! Piero Hincapie comes on to replace Martin Terrier.
13' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Borussia Monchengladbach are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
18' Robin Hack has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
23' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
28' Over 28 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
32' What composure from Florian Wirtz! The Germany international strokes it home. 1-0.
37' Bayer 04 Leverkusen are deployed in a 3-4-2-1 today, looking to exploit space against Borussia Monchengladbach's 4-2-3-1 shape.
42' Borussia Monchengladbach is showing some good football. However, Borussia Monchengladbach are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
47' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
52' Lukas Ullrich is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Bayer 04 Leverkusen tonight.
57' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
59' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Tomas Cvancara on 59 minutes.
62' Florian Wirtz makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen are in front.
63' The whistle greets Nathan Tella as he departs to be replaced by Jeremie Frimpong.
68' Borussia Monchengladbach have won 511 goals from 479 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
73' Shio Fukuda has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 4 goals to his name this season.
74' What composure from Patrik Schick! The Czech Republic international strokes it home. 3-0.
75' The Borussia Monchengladbach manager makes a substitution. Tomas Cvancara departs to be replaced by Alassane Plea.
80' Borussia Monchengladbach come into this ranked 11 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
81' Fabio Chiarodia gets the nod from Borussia Monchengladbach. He replaces Rocco Reitz and will look to change the dynamic.
86' A quiet spell here at BayArena. Borussia Monchengladbach seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
87' A tactical swap from Borussia Monchengladbach — Shio Fukuda on, Philipp Sander off on 87 minutes.
90' It’s gonna be a card for Stefan Lainer.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Bayer 04 Leverkusen take all three points.

Lineups

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

34
Granit Xhaka ↓ Exequiel Palacios 81'
11
Martin Terrier ↓ Piero Hincapie 8'
4
Jonathan Tah
1
Lukas Hradecky
8
Robert Andrich
14
Patrik Schick
20
Alejandro Grimaldo ↓ Aleix Garcia 81'
12
Edmond Tapsoba
10
Florian Wirtz ↓ Jonas Hofmann 81'
19
Nathan Tella ↓ Jeremie Frimpong 63'
13
Arthur Augusto

Bench

Coach Xabi Alonso

Borussia Mönchengladbach Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

14
Alassane Plea ↑ 75'
10
Florian Neuhaus
5
Marvin Friedrich
7
Kevin Stoger ↑ 75'
1
Jonas Omlin
29
Joseph Scally
20
Luca Netz ↑ 75'
2
Fabio Chiarodia ↑ 81'
13
Shio Fukuda ↑ 87'

Coach Gerardo Seoane

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lars Stindl	6
Patrik Schick	5
Florian Wirtz	4
Kevin Volland	2
Karim Bellarabi	2
Victor Boniface	2
Nadiem Amiri	2
Tim Kleindienst	2

Head to Head

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Form

2025-01-18 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach W 2025-01-14 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–0 1. FSV Mainz 05 W 2025-01-10 Borussia Dortmund 2–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W 2024-12-21 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5–1 SC Freiburg W 2024-12-14 FC Augsburg 0–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W 2024-12-10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–0 FC Internazionale Milano W

Borussia Mönchengladbach Form

2025-01-18 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach L 2025-01-14 VfL Wolfsburg 5–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach L 2025-01-11 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 FC Bayern München L 2024-12-21 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach W 2024-12-14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–1 Holstein Kiel W 2024-12-07 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Borussia Dortmund D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.46 Bayer 04 Leverkusen xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1 Borussia Mönchengladbach xG

I would bet for: Bayer 04 Leverkusen to win 68% + Over 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Bayer 04 Leverkusen68% Draw19% Borussia Mönchengladbach13%

Actual: Bayer 04 Leverkusen win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.46

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Bayer 04 Leverkusen or Draw

87%

Draw or Borussia Mönchengladbach

32%

Bayer 04 Leverkusen or Borussia Mönchengladbach

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Bayer 04 Leverkusen50% Draw37% Borussia Mönchengladbach13%

Actual: Bayer 04 Leverkusen win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

9.6%

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 1

8.5%

3 – 0

7.6%

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

7.4%

4 – 0

4.7%

4 – 1

4.7%

2 – 2

4.5%

0 – 0

4.5%

3 – 2

3.8%

1 – 2

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Handicap	Bayer 04 Leverkusen covers	Push	Borussia Mönchengladbach covers
-2.5	27%	—	73%
-2	27%	20%	53%
-1.5	47%	—	53%
-1	47%	21%	32%
-0.5	68%	—	32%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	8%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Bayer 04 Leverkusen keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

Borussia Mönchengladbach keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.