Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 24 August 2013

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bundesliga · Saturday 24 August 2013, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 24 August 2013. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Stefan Kießling opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Stefan Kießling (23', penalty), Sidney Sam (28'), Sidney Sam (60') and Gonzalo Castro (72'). Borussia Mönchengladbach scored through Martin Stranzl (54') and Juan Arango (57').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received no yellow cards; Borussia Mönchengladbach received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 2nd on 6 points from 2 and Borussia Mönchengladbach 9th on 3 points from 2. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and Borussia Mönchengladbach 6th with 56.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-3-3 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 4-2-2-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 3 draws and 2 for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Granit XhakaBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 23'Penalty goal · Stefan KießlingBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Sidney SamBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · Martin StranzlBorussia Mönchengladbach · 2-1
  • 57'Goal · Juan ArangoBorussia Mönchengladbach · 2-2
  • 60'Goal · Sidney SamBayer 04 Leverkusen · 3-2
  • 72'Goal · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5, draws 3, Borussia Mönchengladbach 2.

Team news

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-3-3)

Bernd Leno, Emir Spahić, Lars Bender, Roberto Hilbert, Sebastian Boenisch, Ömer Toprak, Stefan Reinartz, Sidney Sam, Heung-min Son, Stefan Kießling, Gonzalo Castro

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

Marc ter Stegen, Filip Daems, Álvaro Domínguez, Tony Jantschke, Martin Stranzl, Juan Arango, Christoph Kramer, Granit Xhaka, Patrick Herrmann, Zoran Zekic, Raffael