Freiburg 5-0 Mönchengladbach: Ginter's two assists lead rout
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Key numbers
- 5 goals from 2.6 xG, well above expectation
- Gladbach: 0 shots on target, 1 red card
- Ginter: 2 assists, 3 in the league this season
Freiburg finish chances far above expectation
Freiburg beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 5-0 at Europa-Park Stadion, converting five goals from 2.6 xG. The visitors did not register a single shot on target, and Moritz Nicolas made four saves while conceding five. The win lifted Freiburg to first place on nine points.
Two first-half goals set the tone
Yannick Engelhardt's opener in the 23rd minute was worth +0.7 FN xPts, and Igor Matanović's goal in the 29th added +0.4. With the score at 2-0 by the 29th minute, Tim Kleindienst was sent off for a second yellow in the 52nd, and Freiburg added three more goals between the 77th and 86th.
Player of the match
Matthias Ginter 9.0Dominant
He provided two assists and two key passes, and won 8 of his 12 duels.
Ginter earned most of his FN Score through attacking output, completing 87 of his 93 passes along the way. His passes led to Matanović's goal in the 29th minute and Engelhardt's fourth in the 79th.
Game state
1-02-03-04-05-0
SC Freiburg ahead 67 min · level 23 min · Borussia Mönchengladbach ahead 0 min
- Borussia Mönchengladbach: Red card 52' → ~38 min a player down
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
23'
Yannick Engelhardt
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Derry Scherhant +0.2
+0.7
29'
Igor Matanović
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Matthias Ginter +0.1
+0.4
52'
Tim Kleindienst
Red card
0.0
77'
Igor Matanović
Goal · assist Jordy Makengo
0.0
79'
Yannick Engelhardt
Goal · assist Matthias Ginter
0.0
86'
Maximilian Eggestein
Goal
0.0
SC Freiburg
Expected (last two seasons) 1.9Own moments +1.1Opponent moments +0.1Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Expected (last two seasons) 0.9Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.9Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
SC FreiburgBorussia Mönchengladbach
2.6Expected goals (xG)0.19
Compared with usual
SC Freiburg
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
Borussia Mönchengladbach
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
Timeline
- 13'
Yellow
Tim Kleindienst
- 14'
Yellow
Kevin Diks
- 23'
Goal
Yannick Engelhardt league goal #1 assist Derry Scherhant
- 29'
Goal
Igor Matanović league goal #2 assist Matthias Ginter
- 46'
Sub
Hugo Bolin → Shuto Machino
- 52'
Second yellow
Tim Kleindienst
- 67'
Sub
Derry Scherhant → Vincenzo Grifo
- 67'
Sub
Robin Hack → Wael Mohya
- 67'
Sub
Franck Honorat → Isac Lidberg
- 77'
Goal
Igor Matanović league goal #3 assist Jordy Makengo
- 78'
Sub
Igor Matanović → Lucas Höler
- 78'
Sub
Yuito Suzuki → Keisuke Goto
- 79'
Goal
Yannick Engelhardt league goal #2 assist Matthias Ginter
- 82'
Sub
Philipp Treu → Lukas Kübler
- 82'
Sub
Jan-Niklas Beste → Cyriaque Irié
- 84'
Sub
Kevin Stöger → Mathieu Nguefack
- 86'
Goal
Maximilian Eggestein league goal #2
- 90+2'
Yellow
Cyriaque Irié
- 90+2'
Yellow
Joe Scally
Category leaders
- Key passesMatthias Ginter2
- Duels wonMatthias Ginter8/12
- DribblesJan-Niklas Beste3/3
- Defensive actionsJordy Makengo5
- ShotsYannick Engelhardt4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonMatthias Ginter4
#Freiburg#Mönchengladbach#Bundesliga#Matthias Ginter#Yannick Engelhardt#Igor Matanović
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.