RB Leipzig vs Fortuna Düsseldorf, 2014/2015 German 2. Bundesliga

· German 2. Bundesliga

RB Leipzig

8': Rodnei
28': Joshua Kimmich
71': Yussuf Poulsen

FT
3 - 1

Fortuna Düsseldorf

59': Joel Pohjanpalo

About

RB Leipzig are hosting Fortuna Düsseldorf at Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German 2. Bundesliga.

Match Timeline

8': Goal! RB Leipzig 1, Fortuna Düsseldorf 0. Rodnei (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dominik Kaiser with a cross following a corner.
25': Jonathan Tah (Fortuna Düsseldorf) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
28': Goal! RB Leipzig 2, Fortuna Düsseldorf 0. Joshua Kimmich (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
34': Oliver Fink (Fortuna Düsseldorf) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Fortuna Düsseldorf. Ihlas Bebou replaces Michael Liendl.
45': Substitution, Fortuna Düsseldorf. Tugrul Erat replaces Christian Weber.
52': Ihlas Bebou (Fortuna Düsseldorf) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59': Goal! RB Leipzig 2, Fortuna Düsseldorf 1. Joel Pohjanpalo (Fortuna Düsseldorf) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergio da Silva Pinto.
64': Georg Teigl (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.
67': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Diego Demme replaces Georg Teigl.
71': Goal! RB Leipzig 3, Fortuna Düsseldorf 1. Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Omer Damari.
80': Substitution, Fortuna Düsseldorf. Ben Halloran replaces Julian Schauerte.
84': Diego Demme (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Yordy Reyna replaces Omer Damari.
88': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Zsolt Kalmár replaces Emil Forsberg.

Game Information

Competition: German 2. Bundesliga

Venue: Red Bull Arena
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Attendance: 17,087

2. Bundesliga Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Hertha Berlin	6	+10	18
2	1. FC Nürnberg	6	+10	16
3	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	6	+2	13
4	VfL Wolfsburg	6	+7	11

Full Table

Line-Ups

RB Leipzig (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Fabio Coltorti (GK)
20	Rodnei
16	Lukas Klostermann
3	Anthony Jung
39	Georg Teigl
24	Dominik Kaiser
17	Joshua Kimmich
12	Emil Forsberg
25	Stephan Hierländer
13	Omer Damari
9	Yussuf Poulsen

RB Leipzig Substitutes:

Yordy Reyna, Zsolt Kalmar, Ante Rebic, Benjamin Bellot, Diego Demme, Niklas Hoheneder, Sebastian Heidinger.

Fortuna Düsseldorf (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Michael Rensing (GK)
2	Jonathan Tah
14	Bruno Soares
28	Christian Weber
4	Julian Schauerte
10	Michael Liendl
24	Sergio Pinto
7	Oliver Fink
35	Charlison Benschop
11	Axel Bellinghausen
20	Joel Pohjanpalo

Fortuna Düsseldorf Substitutes:

Dustin Bomheuer, Andreas Lambertz, Adam Bodzek, Ihlas Bebou, Ben Halloran, Tugrul Erat, Lars Unnerstall.

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