The Germany international thinks he's scored his second and Gladbach's fifth, tapping home after the ball bounced into his path once it bounced off the post from Netz's shot, but a VAR check shows that he was stood in an offside position, and the goal is chalked off.

Scally, Honorat and Reitz received deserved plaudits from the spectators as they are brought off in the final stages in place of Chiarodia, Lainer and Stöger.

Pléa, on a hat-trick, unselfishly squares it across the box to compatriot Honorat, but he loses his footing as the ball rolls into his path and is unable to turn the ball home!

The left-back gets his first minutes since October as he comes on for the final ten minutes. Friedrich has also been brought on, and the pair have replaced Ullrich and Hack.

The home side work it neatly in and around Kiel's penalty box, as Pléa flicks it round the corner to Reitz and then receives it back from his teammate on the edge of the area. He sweeps it past Weiner with a first-time finish into the bottom-left corner to make it 4-1.

Scally receives the first caution of the game after a tactical foul in midfield.

The winger drives down the right flank before trying to square it to Kleindienst in the centre. His flat cross is intercepted, but it comes back to the Frenchman, who then decides to work the space for a shot. The effort is deflected and goes behind for a corner, from which nothing comes.

The Foals are keeping it nice controlled as they work it through the ranks and around the pitch.

Itakura nods the ball back across the box and into the path of the young left-back following a corner, but Ullrich doesn't get a clean contact on the ball and heads it over.

A lovely spin from the Frenchman, who turns away from two Kiel defenders with a stunning piece of skill.

Scally crosses in from the right, looking to pick out Kleindienst, but it just goes over the Germany international's head.

All four of Pléa's league goals this season have come at Borussia-Park.

The Frenchman makes a darting near-post run to meet Honorat's corner and glances it into the back of the Kiel net to restore Gladbach's two-goal cushion.

Gladbach's No. 11 gets on the end of a cross in from the left, but his header is too tame and is easily collected by Weiner.

Hack's goal was briefly checked for a potential offside, but it turns out the winger had timed his run to perfection in the build-up to scoring his first Bundesliga goal of 2024/25.

The winger is played in behind with a ball over the top, and after a Kiel defender swings a leg at the ball but fails to clear the danger, Hack opts for the aerial route, looping it over Weiner and into the back of the net.

Honorat is next to try his luck and he sends a volleyed effort on the rebound towards goal. Once again, the target is missed, but it is all Gladbach at the minute with Kiel struggling to find an escape route.

The Gladbach winger cuts in off the left wing and tries to curl it into the top-right corner from the edge of the box, but the ball doesn't come down in time, instead sailing over the crossbar.

Gladbach's captain for the day almost headed in a second! Getting on the end of Reitz's cross in from the right, Kleindienst puts his free header at the back post just over the frame.

The Gladbach midfielder stretches to make a strong tackle on a Kiel opponent, but the referee confirms that the challenge is both firm and fair.