Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 25 August 2018

Result

Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 25 August 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 25 August 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jonas Hofmann opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Borussia Mönchengladbach's goals came from Jonas Hofmann (55', penalty) and Fabian Johnson (58'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen did not score.

Discipline: Borussia Mönchengladbach received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards.

Borussia Mönchengladbach went on to finish that season 5th with 55 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4th with 58.

Borussia Mönchengladbach lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonas Hofmann of Borussia Mönchengladbach (8.4), ahead of Matthias Ginter (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Borussia Mönchengladbach wins, 1 draw and 5 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Missed penalty · Thorgan HazardBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 49'Yellow card · Dominik KohrBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 51'Yellow card · B. HenrichsBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 55'Penalty goal · Jonas HofmannBorussia Mönchengladbach · 1-0
  • 58'Goal · Fabian JohnsonBorussia Mönchengladbach · 2-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Matthias GinterBorussia Mönchengladbach

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Mönchengladbach 4, draws 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5.

Team news

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

Yann Sommer, Jordan Beyer, Matthias Ginter, Tony Jantschke, Oscar Wendt, Florian Neuhaus, Tobias Strobl, Jonas Hofmann, Thorgan Hazard, Raffael, Fabian Johnson

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ramazan Özcan, Benjamin Henrichs, Jonathan Tah, Aleksandar Dragovic, Wendell, Kai Havertz, Dominik Kohr, Julian Brandt, Kevin Volland, Leon Bailey, Lucas Alario