Borussia Mönchengladbach — Elversberg 3:4

Borussia Mönchengladbach

3:4

Elversberg

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Elversberg was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Borussia Mönchengladbach	3	2.89	+0.1	1.35
Elversberg	4	3.03	+1.0	1.48

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
10'	Hugo Bolin	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0.59
28'	David Mokwa	Elversberg	0.53	Lukas Pinckert
43'	Hugo Bolin	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0.38	Franck Honorat
55'	Joe Scally	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0.15	Franck Honorat
65'	Maurice Krattenmacher	Elversberg	0.96
79'	Felix Keidel	Elversberg	0.06
91'	Maurice Krattenmacher	Elversberg	0.13	Noel Futkeu

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
65'	Maurice Krattenmacher	Elversberg	0.96	goal
10'	Hugo Bolin	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0.59	goal, header, from a corner
81'	Ko Itakura	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0.55	blocked, header, from a corner

Shots: Borussia Mönchengladbach 25, Elversberg 14; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 3 and 4.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Borussia Mönchengladbach 1.46, Elversberg 1.05: a small edge for Borussia Mönchengladbach. In the second half xG was Borussia Mönchengladbach 1.43, Elversberg 2.63: a clear edge for Elversberg. The edge in chances passed from Borussia Mönchengladbach to Elversberg.

How it fits the season

Borussia Mönchengladbach: −5.3 for the season (18 in the table). Elversberg: +5.7 (7). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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