German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, December 3, 2016
Schalke 04 WWWWW 1
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RB Leipzig WWWWW 2
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S04101
RBL112
Red Bull Arena · 42,558 att.

Match Report

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Leipzig return to top of Bundesliga by seeing off Schalke

Leipzig moved back to the top of the Bundesliga by beating Schalke 2-1 to extend their unbeaten start to 13 matches.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
16
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
4
52.6
Possession
47.4
11
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
296
Accurate Passes
270
420
Passes
371
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
25
0.1
Cross %
0.2
70
Long Balls
61
27
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
19
20
Tackles
27
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
24
16
Clearances
24

Lineups

RBL · 4-2-2-2

  1. 32Péter GulácsiG
  2. 4Willi OrbánCD-L
  3. 13Stefan IlsankerCD-R
  4. 23Marcel HalstenbergLB
  5. 20Benno SchmitzRB
  6. 31Diego DemmeCM-L
  7. 8Naby KeitaCM-R
  8. 11Timo WernerCF-L
  9. 9Yussuf PoulsenCF-R
  10. 10Emil ForsbergAM-L
  11. 7Marcel SabitzerAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Fabio ColtortiSUB
  2. 14Dominik FrankeSUB
  3. 24Dominik KaiserSUB
  4. 19Oliver BurkeSUB
  5. 27Davie SelkeSUB
  6. 6Rani KhediraSUB
  7. 35Zsolt KalmarSUB

S04 · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Ralf FährmannG
  2. 29NaldoCD
  3. 31Matija NastasicCD-L
  4. 4Benedikt HöwedesCD-R
  5. 5Johannes GeisSW
  6. 10Nabil BentalebCM-L
  7. 8Leon GoretzkaCM-R
  8. 6Sead KolasinacLM
  9. 21Alessandro SchöpfRM
  10. 7Max MeyerCF-L
  11. 13Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Thilo Kehrer
  2. 11Yevhen Konoplyanka
  3. 17Benjamin Stambouli
  4. 14Baba Rahman
  5. 3Júnior Caiçara
  6. 34Fabian Giefer
  7. 16Fabian Reese

Timeline

  1. 1' Ralf Fährmann (FC Schalke 04) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 2' Goal! RB Leipzig 1, FC Schalke 04 0. Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 23' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Dominik Kaiser replaces Benno Schmitz because of an injury.
  4. 31' Goal! RB Leipzig 1, FC Schalke 04 1. Sead Kolasinac (FC Schalke 04) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 39' Matija Nastasic (FC Schalke 04) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 47' Own Goal by Sead Kolasinac, FC Schalke 04. RB Leipzig 2, FC Schalke 04 1.
  7. 49' Alessandro Schöpf (FC Schalke 04) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 51' Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 73' Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 80' Nabil Bentaleb (FC Schalke 04) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 81' Substitution, FC Schalke 04. Yevhen Konoplyanka replaces Nabil Bentaleb.
  12. 83' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Oliver Burke replaces Timo Werner.
  13. 86' Substitution, FC Schalke 04. Fabian Reese replaces Johannes Geis.
  14. 86' Substitution, FC Schalke 04. Júnior Caiçara replaces Alessandro Schöpf.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Rani Khedira replaces Emil Forsberg.

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