Freiburg — Borussia Mönchengladbach 5:0

Freiburg

5:0

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bundesliga · 12 Sep 2026 · season 2026/27

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.

Score5:0

Home xG2.15Freiburg

Away xG0.27Borussia Mönchengladbach

Expected points2.59 : 0.26

Who deserved it

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

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Freiburg	5	2.15	+2.9	2.59
Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	0.27	−0.3	0.26

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
22'	Yannick Engelhardt	Freiburg	0.04	Derry Scherhant
28'	Igor Matanovic	Freiburg	0.07	Matthias Ginter
76'	Igor Matanovic	Freiburg	0.71	Jordy Makengo
78'	Yannick Engelhardt	Freiburg	0.09	Matthias Ginter
85'	Maximilian Eggestein	Freiburg	0.14

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
76'	Igor Matanovic	Freiburg	0.71	goal, header
37'	Yuito Suzuki	Freiburg	0.26	saved
85'	Maximilian Eggestein	Freiburg	0.14	goal

Shots: Freiburg 19, Borussia Mönchengladbach 5; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 1 and 0.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Freiburg 0.72, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0.17: a small edge for Freiburg. In the second half xG was Freiburg 1.44, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0.09: a clear edge for Freiburg. The edge in chances lasted the whole match. Freiburg scored 5 from 2.15 xG: well above what they created. As a rule, finishing like this evens out over time.

Shot data: Understat. xG rates the quality of a chance; it is not a forecast of the result.

How it fits the season

Freiburg: +2.2 for the season (3 in the table). Borussia Mönchengladbach: −5.3 (18). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.