2020–21 Borussia Mönchengladbach season
The 2020–21 season is the 121st season in the existence of Borussia Mönchengladbach and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Mönchengladbach are participating in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
2020–21 season | ||||
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President | Rolf Königs | |||
Head coach | Marco Rose | |||
Stadium | Borussia-Park | |||
Bundesliga | 7th | |||
DFB-Pokal | Quarter-finals | |||
UEFA Champions League | Round of 16 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Lars Stindl (9) All: Lars Stindl (12) | |||
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All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021. |
Players
First-team squad
- As of 1 January 2021[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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11 | MF | Hannes Wolf | RB Leipzig | Loan | 21 July 2020 | [2] |
19 | MF | Valentino Lazaro | Inter Milan | Loan | 20 August 2020 | [3] |
29 | DF | Joseph Scally | New York City FC | €1,800,000 | 1 January 2021 | [4] |
MF | Kouadio Koné | Toulouse | €9,000,000 | 21 January 2021 | [5] |
Out
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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5 | MF | Tobias Strobl | FC Augsburg | Free | 1 July 2020 | [6] |
11 | FW | Raffael | Free | |||
19 | MF | Fabian Johnson | Free | |||
GK | Moritz Nicolas | VfL Osnabrück | Loan | 15 August 2020 | [7] | |
37 | MF | Keanan Bennetts | Ipswich Town | Loan | 2 October 2020 | [8] |
MF | Kouadio Koné | Toulouse | Loan | 21 January 2021 | [5] | |
22 | MF | László Bénes | FC Augsburg | Loan | 1 February 2021 | [9] |
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
12 August 2020 Friendly | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–0 | SC Verl | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Fohlenplatz Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Waschitzki |
15 August 2020 Friendly | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–0 | MSV Duisburg | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Fohlenplatz Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
22 August 2020 Friendly | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | SC Paderborn | Harsewinkel, Germany |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Sportanlage Klosterpforte Attendance: 0 Referee: Robin Braun |
27 August 2020 Friendly | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–2 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Mitja Stegemann | |
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves. |
4 September 2020 Friendly | VVV-Venlo | 0–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Venlo, Netherlands |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Erwin Blank |
8 October 2020 Friendly | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Fohlenplatz Attendance: 300 Referee: Marc Borsch |
Competitions
Overview
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Bundesliga | 19 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 40.00 |
DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | First round | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 100.00 | |
UEFA Champions League | 21 October 2020 | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 33.33 | |
Total | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 44.83 |
Last updated: 6 February 2021
Bundesliga
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 35 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
6 | Borussia Dortmund | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 32 | Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round |
7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 32 | |
8 | SC Freiburg | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 30 | |
9 | Union Berlin | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 29 |
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
Last updated: 6 February 2021.
Source: DFB
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[11]
19 September 2020 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 3–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Dortmund |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Felix Brych |
26 September 2020 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Union Berlin | Mönchengladbach |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 10,383 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
3 October 2020 3 | 1. FC Köln | 1–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Cologne |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Marco Fritz |
17 October 2020 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
24 October 2020 5 | Mainz 05 | 2–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mainz |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
31 October 2020 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | RB Leipzig | Mönchengladbach |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
8 November 2020 7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leverkusen |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers |
21 November 2020 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | FC Augsburg | Mönchengladbach |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
28 November 2020 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–1 | Schalke 04 | Mönchengladbach |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
5 December 2020 10 | SC Freiburg | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Freiburg |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
12 December 2020 11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Hertha BSC | Mönchengladbach |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
15 December 2020 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Frankfurt |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus |
19 December 2020 13 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Mönchengladbach |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
2 January 2021 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bielefeld |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
8 January 2021 15 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–2 | Bayern Munich | Mönchengladbach |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers |
16 January 2021 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych |
19 January 2021 17 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen |
22 January 2021 18 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Mönchengladbach |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
30 January 2021 19 | Union Berlin | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Berlin |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
6 February 2021 20 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | 1. FC Köln | Mönchengladbach |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert |
14 February 2021 21 | VfL Wolfsburg | v | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wolfsburg |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena |
20 February 2021 22 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | v | Mainz 05 | Mönchengladbach |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Borussia-Park |
DFB-Pokal
12 September 2020 First round | FC Oberneuland | 0–8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach[13] |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
22 December 2020 Second round | SV Elversberg | 0–5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Spiesen-Elversberg |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
3 February 2021 Round of 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
2–3 March 2021 Quarter-finals | Borussia Mönchengladbach | v | Borussia Dortmund | Mönchengladbach |
--:-- CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park |
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.[14]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | MGB | SHK | INT | |
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1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | |
2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 2–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–3 | ||
3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | Transfer to Europa League | 2–0 | 0–6 | — | 0–0 | |
4 | Inter Milan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — |
- Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.
21 October 2020 1 | Internazionale | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Milan, Italy |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) |
27 October 2020 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | Real Madrid | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) |
3 November 2020 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Kyiv, Ukraine |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands) |
25 November 2020 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) |
1 December 2020 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–3 | Internazionale | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
9 December 2020 6 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Madrid, Spain |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano[note 2] Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) |
Knockout phase
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.[15]
24 February 2021 First leg | Borussia Mönchengladbach | v | Manchester City | Budapest, Hungary |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Puskás Aréna | |||
Note: The match originally to be played at Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, was moved to Puskás Aréna, Budapest, due to restrictions imposed by Germany on travelers from the United Kingdom out of concern of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7.[16] |
16 March 2021 Second leg | Manchester City | v | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Manchester, England |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
1 | GK | Yann Sommer | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
21 | GK | Tobias Sippel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
31 | GK | Max Grün | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
41 | GK | Jan Olschowsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defenders | |||||||||||
3 | DF | Michael Lang | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Mamadou Doucouré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Louis Beyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | DF | Oscar Wendt | 20 | 2 | 11+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
18 | DF | Stefan Lainer | 29 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
24 | DF | Tony Jantschke | 9 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
25 | DF | Ramy Bensebaini | 18 | 4 | 9+4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
28 | DF | Matthias Ginter | 29 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
29 | DF | Joseph Scally | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | DF | Nico Elvedi | 25 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
33 | DF | Kaan Kurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
40 | DF | Andreas Poulsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Midfielders | |||||||||||
6 | MF | Christoph Kramer | 28 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Patrick Herrmann | 25 | 3 | 9+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 3 | 0+4 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Denis Zakaria | 17 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Hannes Wolf | 27 | 3 | 9+10 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Ibrahima Traoré | 9 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | |
19 | MF | Valentino Lazaro | 12 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | |
23 | MF | Jonas Hofmann | 20 | 6 | 12+2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
27 | MF | Famana Quizera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | MF | Florian Neuhaus | 28 | 6 | 17+2 | 4 | 2+1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
43 | MF | Rocco Reitz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Forwards | |||||||||||
10 | FW | Marcus Thuram | 24 | 6 | 8+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
13 | FW | Lars Stindl | 29 | 12 | 15+5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 | |
14 | FW | Alassane Pléa | 23 | 9 | 9+7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | 5 | |
20 | FW | Julio Villalba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | FW | Torben Müsel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
36 | FW | Breel Embolo | 24 | 4 | 13+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | |
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||
22 | MF | László Bénes | 10 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | |
37 | MF | Keanan Bennetts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 6 February 2021
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA CL | Total |
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1 | FW | 13 | Lars Stindl | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
2 | FW | 14 | Alassane Pléa | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
3 | FW | 10 | Marcus Thuram | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
MF | 23 | Jonas Hofmann | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
MF | 32 | Florian Neuhaus | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
6 | DF | 30 | Nico Elvedi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
7 | DF | 25 | Ramy Bensebaini | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
FW | 36 | Breel Embolo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
9 | MF | 7 | Patrick Herrmann | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
MF | 11 | Hannes Wolf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
11 | DF | 17 | Oscar Wendt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | MF | 8 | Denis Zakaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | 16 | Ibrahima Traoré | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | 18 | Stefan Lainer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 19 | Valentino Lazaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | 20 | Julio Villalba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 22 | László Bénes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | 28 | Matthias Ginter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Own goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Totals | 37 | 15 | 16 | 68 |
Last updated: 6 February 2021
Notes
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
- Real Madrid played their home matches at Alfredo di Stéfano, Madrid, instead of their regular home stadium Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid.
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