Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Engelhardt 10'
- Sander 44' (o.g.)
7 February 2026
The match in data
A 1–1 draw between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 7 February 2026, on matchday 21 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), rated 78, thanks above all to 14 final-third passes and 117 passes. García produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It is their 9th time as player of the match this season.
For Borussia Mönchengladbach, the highest-rated player was Nico Elvedi, with 77.
Aleix García
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 88'
Produced 1.56× and cost 0.32× their position's average
- 14 final-third passes 2.6×
- 117 passes 2.7×
- 10 recoveries 2.3×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.4×
- 0.08 xG not converted 2.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Elvedi | Defender | 90 | 77 |
| Philipp Sander | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Kevin Stöger | Midfielder | 78 | 59 |
| Kevin Diks | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Alejo Sarco | Forward | 22 | 57 |
| Yannik Engelhardt | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Jens Castrop | Midfielder | 79 | 48 |
| Haris Tabakovic | Forward | 68 | 40 |
| Franck Honorat | Forward | 88 | 37 |
| Rocco Reitz | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Lukas Ullrich | Defender | 88 | 24 |
| Moritz Nicolas | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Hugo Bolin | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Joe Scally | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Fabio Chiarodia | Defender | 2 | no rating |
| Shuto Machino | Forward | 2 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleix García ★ | Midfielder | 88 | 78 |
| Edmond Tapsoba | Defender | 90 | 75 |
| Exequiel Palacios | Midfielder | 25 | 57 |
| Jonas Hofmann | Midfielder | 80 | 56 |
| Loïc Badé | Defender | 46 | 56 |
| Ezequiel Fernández | Midfielder | 65 | 52 |
| Jarell Quansah | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Ernest Poku | Forward | 44 | 39 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Malik Tillman | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Arthur | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 80 | 31 |
| Janis Blaswich | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Christian Kofane | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Martin Terrier | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Robert Andrich | Midfielder | 2 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.