Borussia Mönchengladbach's struggles in the early stages of the season were compounded by their inability to hold onto a lead against Elversberg. The visitors, who had arrived on the back of a 3-2 victory over Bayer Leverkusen on their Bundesliga debut, showed impressive resilience and determination to turn the match around.
Head coach Eugen Polanski made three changes to his starting eleven, with Joe Scally coming in at right-back and Mathieu Nguefack making his first Bundesliga start in midfield. Despite this, it was Elversberg who responded almost instantly to Gladbach's early goal, with Francis Onyeka's low left-footed strike cannoning back off the post.
Gladbach then responded before the break as Franck Honorat found Bolin at the edge of the box, and the Swede finished calmly past Nicolas Kristof for 2-1 in the 44th minute. However, Elversberg's equaliser came in the 29th minute when David Mokwa won a foot race with Kou Itakura and slotted past Moritz Nicolas from 15 metres, assisted by Lukas Pinckert.
The game changed following the introduction of Maurice Krattenmacher, who made an instant impact. He scored twice, including a composed finish deep into stoppage time set up by fellow substitute Futkeu, to complete Elversberg's turnaround and make it 4-3, sealing the final score at Borussia-Park.
Krattenmacher's impressive display earned him the top spot in Elversberg's fantasy-points ranking for the day, with 354 points.