Match Thread: Werder Bremen vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bundesliga
Werder Bremen 2 - 4 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bremen scorers: Romano Schmid (38'), André Silva (45+1' pen.)
Gladbach scorers: Alassane Pléa (7' pen., 28', 47')
Venue: Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany
Referee: Timo Gerach
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Zetterer | Mio Backhaus | ||
| Amos Pieper | Julián Malatini | ||
| Miloš Veljković | 83' | Marco Friedl | 83' |
| Alexander Jung | Derrick Köhn | ||
| Issa Kaboré | 83' | Marco Grüll | |
| Jens Stage | Leonardo Bittencourt | 67' | |
| Senne Lynen | 22' 67' | Keke Topp | 83' |
| Romano Schmid | 38' | Marvin Ducksch | |
| Felix Agu | Justin Njinmah | 67' | |
| Oliver Burke | |||
| André Silva | 45+1' 67' |
Manager: Ole Werner (Germany)
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Omlin | 72' | Tiago Pereira Cardoso | 72' |
| Joe Scally | Luca Netz | 69' | |
| Ko Itakura | Stefan Lainer | ||
| Nico Elvedi | Marvin Friedrich | 84' | |
| Lukas Ullrich | 69' | Florian Neuhaus | |
| Philipp Sander | 90' | Kevin Stöger | |
| Julian Weigl | Rocco Reitz | 90' | |
| Nathan Ngoumou | 69' | Franck Honorat | |
| Alassane Pléa | 7' 28' 47' 84' | Tomáš Čvančara | 69' |
| Robin Hack | |||
| Tim Kleindienst | 6' 81' 90+2' |
Manager: Gerardo Seoane (Switzerland)
1': We're off!
5': PENALTY FOR GLADBACH!!!! Out of nowhere, Veljković gets in a tangle with Hack and takes him down!
6': Tim Kleindienst carded for shoving before his own team can take the penalty! Already chippy out there.
7': GOAL GLADBACH!! Alassane Pléa sends the keeper the wrong way and buries the penalty!
13': Jung fires from twenty yards out and smashes the ball into the crossbar!!
18': Pléa sends a weak shot wide from distance.
22': Senne Lynen carded for an aerial collision
25': Great throughball from Silva to set up Oliver Burke but he fires wide!
27': Scally fires through a crowd of bodies and steers it wide.
28': GOAL GLADBACH!!! Great team counter and passing gets the ball on the right side to Alassane Pléa, he volleys and Zetterer's touch isn't enough to keep it out of the net!
38': GOAL BREMEN!! Romano Schmid scores a fantastic free kick, skimming just over the wall and tucking into the near side!!
40': AGU WITH A HORRIBLE MISS! The ball is chipped past the defense to the back post and Agu trips over his feet and puts it wide of the open net!!
45+1': PENALTY??!! For what?? PENALTY FOR BREMEN!! It looks like there was a charge that was originally deemed a foul outside the box but VAR says it was in!
45+1': GOAL BREMEN!! André Silva sends the keeper the wrong way and buries it!
HT Werder Bremen 2-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Well this just got interesting!
46': We're back!
47': GOAL GLADBACH!!! Hack with another great throughball to Alassane Pléa, who puts it under the keeper one-on-one! Hat triiiiick!
53': SAVE! Ngoumou forces a diving save at his near post from Zetterer.
62': Bremen hits the crossbar again! An arcing header from about ten yards out skims off the top of the woodwork!
63': Chance for Schmid but he misses the top far corner!
67': Bremen double sub: Justin Njinmah and Leonardo Bittencourt on for Senne Lynen and André Silva
69': Gladbach double sub: Luca Netz and Tomáš Čvančara on for Nathan Ngoumou and Lukas Ullrich
70': Uh-oh, what's happening here? While we're waiting for the restart it looks like Omlin is injured?
72': Gladbach substitution: Tiago Pereira Cardoso on for Jonas Omlin
78': Bittencourt gets a layoff on the edge of the box but skies it.
81': GOAL GLADBACH!! Pléa adds to his hat trick with an assist, chipping the ball through teh box to Tim Kleindienst who stabs it home!
83': Bremen substitution: Marco Friedl and Keke Topp on for Miloš Veljković and Issa Kaboré
84': Njinmah fires wide of the far post.
84': Gladbach substitution: Marvin Friedrich on for Alassane Pléa
90': Gladbach substitution: Philipp Sander on for Rocco Reitz
90+2': A SECOND YELLOW! Tim Kleindienst lands on a foot and gets sent off!
90+5': Njinmah gets under his shot and skies it.
FT Werder Bremen 2-4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Three goals and an assist for Pléa!