Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 12 December 2008

Result

Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bundesliga · Friday 12 December 2008, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach: match report

Borussia Dortmund beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday 12 December 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mohamed Zidan opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Mohamed Zidan (35') and Nuri Sahin (56'). Borussia Mönchengladbach scored through Johannes van den Bergh (80').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Borussia Mönchengladbach received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 8th on 26 points from 16 and Borussia Mönchengladbach 18th on 11 points from 16. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 6th with 59 points, and Borussia Mönchengladbach 15th with 31.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 4-3-2-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Borussia Dortmund wins, 0 draws and 2 for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Going into the match Borussia Dortmund's last five read D-D-W-W-L and Borussia Mönchengladbach's L-L-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Marko MarinBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 33'Yellow card · Tamás HajnalBorussia Dortmund
  • 35'Goal · Mohamed ZidanBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 38'Second yellow · Tamás HajnalBorussia Dortmund
  • 44'Yellow card · Jakub BlaszczykowskiBorussia Dortmund
  • 44'Yellow card · Florian KringeBorussia Dortmund
  • 52'Yellow card · Michael BradleyBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 56'Goal · Nuri SahinBorussia Dortmund · 2-0
  • 80'Goal · Johannes van den BerghBorussia Mönchengladbach · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 2, draws 0, Borussia Mönchengladbach 2.

Team news

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-1-3-2)

Roman Weidenfeller, Young-Pyo Lee, Neven Subotić, Mats Hummels, Patrick Owomoyela, Florian Kringe, Tinga, Tamás Hajnal, Mohamed Zidan, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Alex Frei

Borussia Mönchengladbach line-up (4-3-2-1)

Christofer Heimeroth, Roel Brouwers, Lohoré Gohouri, Patrick Paauwe, Tobias Levels, Christian Dorda, Tony Jantschke, Michael Bradley, Rob Friend, Karim Matmour, Marko Marin