RB Leipzig — Borussia M'gladbach 3:0, 29 August: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 1 Saturday 29 August · 13:30 UTC

RB Leipzig 4th · 3 pts LWLW

3 : 0 1st half 1:0

Borussia M'gladbach 17th · 0 pts LLLL

Red Bull Arena · referee S. Jablonski

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

RB Leipzig 59% draw 21% Borussia M'gladbach 20%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was RB Leipzig win, and the match finished 3:0. Fans backed RB Leipzig win — they got it right.

fans 71 votes

RB Leipzig 68% draw 10% Borussia M'gladbach 22%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

R. Baku assist: T. Gomis 1-0 25'

A. Nusa assist: T. Gomis 2-0 49'

I. Lidberg for R. Hack 64'

C. Nkunku for T. Gomis 64'

D. Herold for W. Mohya 64'

M. Nguefack for L. Ullrich 64'

F. Honorat for K. Stoger 64'

R. Reitz assist: C. Nkunku 3-0 66'

A. Nusa 72'

B. Henrichs for R. Baku 73'

J. Bakayoko for B. Gruda 73'

J. Scally for D. Hashioka 76'

A. Vermeeren for R. Reitz 83'

C. Harder for E. Banzuzi 83'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

RB Leipzig 4-3-3 · Martin Demichelis 4-2-3-1 · Eugen Polanski Borussia M'gladbach

Maarten Vandevoordt  
Ridle Baku  4 Willi Orbán  23 Castello Lukeba  22 David Raum  
Rocco Reitz  13 Nicolas Seiwald  6 Ezechiel Banzuzi  
Brajan Gruda  27 Tidiam Gomis  7 Antonio Nusa  

Tim Kleindienst  
Hugo Bolin  36 Wael Mohya  25 Robin Hack  
Philipp Sander  7 Kevin Stöger  
Daiki Hashioka  6 Ko Itakura  4 Kevin Diks  26 Lukas Ullrich  
Moritz Nicolas  

RB Leipzig bench

30Andrija Maksimović
48Arthur Vermeeren
39Benjamin Henrichs
28Christopher Nkunku
9Conrad Harder
11Johan Bakayoko
25Leopold Zingerle
35Max Finkgräfe
3Maxime Estève

Borussia M'gladbach bench

33Daniel Batz
20David Herold
8Enzo Leopold
9Franck Honorat
3Isac Lidberg
5Jan Leszczyński
29Joe Scally
34Mathieu Nguefack
18Shuto Machino

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

47%Possession53%

25Shots14

11Shots on target4

10Shots off target5

4Blocked shots5

19Shots inside box9

6Shots outside box5

91Attacks84

39Dangerous attacks45

7Corners6

0Offsides5

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards0

4Saves8

430Passes475

360Accurate passes409

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

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Borussia M'gladbachThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

RB Leipzig and Borussia M'gladbach met on matchday 1 of the Bundesliga on 29 August at Red Bull Arena. Final score — 3:0.

RB Leipzig sit 4th on 3 points after 4 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses). Borussia M'gladbach sit 17th on 0 points after 4 matches (0 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses), winless in 4 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings RB Leipzig won 1, Borussia M'gladbach won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 1:0.

Season form

all competitions of the season

RB Leipzig last five Borussia M'gladbach

LWLW form LLLL

4 Matches 4

2 — 0 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 0 — 4

9 — 5 Scored — conceded 6 — 16

1.5 Points per game 0

2.25 Goals scored per game 1.5

2 Clean sheets 0

1 Failed to score 2

winless in 1 Current streak winless in 4

RB Leipzig at home: 2 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 8—0, 3 points per match.

Borussia M'gladbach away: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 0—8, 0 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 RB Leipzig win 1 draw 0 Borussia M'gladbach wins goals 1:0 RB Leipzig — Borussia M'gladbach

11/04/2026	РБ Лейпциг — Боруссия Мёнхенгладбах	1:0	Бундеслига
28/11/2025	Боруссия Мёнхенгладбах — РБ Лейпциг	0:0	Бундеслига

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
8	Werder Bremen	4	2	1	1	8—8	7
9	RB Leipzig	4	2	0	2	9—5	6
10	Eintracht Frankfurt	4	1	2	1	9—10	5
…
17	Union Berlin	4	0	1	3	4—17	1
18	Borussia M'gladbach	4	0	0	4	6—16	0

Full Bundesliga table