Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-2 RB Leipzig: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 April 2019

Result

Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-2 RB Leipzig

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 April 2019, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-2 RB Leipzig: match report

Borussia Mönchengladbach lost to RB Leipzig 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 20 April 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

Marcel Halstenberg opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Borussia Mönchengladbach's goal came from Alassane Plea (61'). RB Leipzig scored through Marcel Halstenberg (17', penalty) and Marcel Halstenberg (53').

Discipline: Borussia Mönchengladbach received no yellow cards; RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Mönchengladbach were 5th on 51 points from 29 and RB Leipzig 3rd on 58 points from 29. Borussia Mönchengladbach went on to finish that season 5th with 55 points, and RB Leipzig 3rd with 66.

Borussia Mönchengladbach lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and RB Leipzig in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcel Halstenberg of RB Leipzig (9.2), ahead of Tobias Strobl (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach wins, 2 draws and 3 for RB Leipzig.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Penalty goal · Marcel HalstenbergRB Leipzig · 0-1
  • 53'Goal · Marcel HalstenbergRB Leipzig · 0-2
  • 61'Goal · Alassane PleaBorussia Mönchengladbach · 1-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Amadou HaidaraRB Leipzig
  • 85'Yellow card · Yussuf PoulsenRB Leipzig

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Borussia Mönchengladbach 0, draws 2, RB Leipzig 3.

Team news

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

Yann Sommer, Matthias Ginter, Tobias Strobl, Tony Jantschke, Patrick Herrmann, Christoph Kramer, Denis Zakaria, Thorgan Hazard, Florian Neuhaus, Alassane Pléa, Raffael

RB Leipzig line-up (3-5-2)

Péter Gulácsi, Nordi Mukiele, Ibrahima Konaté, Lukas Klostermann, Konrad Laimer, Marcel Sabitzer, Kevin Kampl, Emil Forsberg, Marcel Halstenberg, Matheus Cunha, Timo Werner