German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, December 12, 2020
Werder Bremen DDDLL 0
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RB Leipzig LWWDW 2
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Match Report

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RB Leipzig go top of Bundesliga after beating Werder Bremen

RB Leipzig provisionally moved top of the Bundesliga as a 2-0 victory over Werder Bremen on Saturday lifted them a point ahead of Bayern Munich.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
1
5
Saves
2
44.8
Possession
55.2
10
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
376
Accurate Passes
517
469
Passes
595
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
1
20
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.1
45
Long Balls
32
18
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
8
14
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
11
11
Effective Clearances
21
11
Clearances
21

Head to Head

RBL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

RBL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Péter GulácsiG
  2. 5Dayot UpamecanoCD-L
  3. 4Willi OrbánCD-R
  4. 23Marcel HalstenbergLB
  5. 22Nordi MukieleRB
  6. 25Dani OlmoAM
  7. 7Marcel SabitzerLM
  8. 44Kevin KamplRM
  9. 9Yussuf PoulsenF
  10. 21Justin KluivertAM-L
  11. 8Amadou HaidaraAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3AngeliñoSUB
  2. 10Emil ForsbergSUB
  3. 45Eric MartelSUB
  4. 19Alexander SørlothSUB
  5. 6Ibrahima KonatéSUB
  6. 14Tyler AdamsSUB
  7. 41Dennis BorkowskiSUB
  8. 47Joscha WoszSUB
  9. 33Josep MartínezSUB

SVW · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Jirí PavlenkaG
  2. 21Ömer ToprakCD
  3. 32Marco FriedlCD-L
  4. 36Christian GroßCD-R
  5. 35Maximilian EggesteinCM-L
  6. 6Kevin MöhwaldCM-R
  7. 5Ludwig AugustinssonLM
  8. 23Theodor Gebre SelassieRM
  9. 19Josh SargentF
  10. 20Romano SchmidCF-L
  11. 10Leonardo BittencourtCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Stefanos KapinoSUB
  2. 41Nick WoltemadeSUB
  3. 17Felix AguSUB
  4. 22Tahith ChongSUB
  5. 29Patrick ErrasSUB
  6. 8Yuya OsakoSUB
  7. 13Milos VeljkovicSUB
  8. 34Jean-Manuel MbomSUB
  9. 18Niklas MoisanderSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Ludwig Augustinsson (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Goal! RB Leipzig 1, SV Werder Bremen 0. Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 41' Goal! RB Leipzig 2, SV Werder Bremen 0. Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yussuf Poulsen.
  4. 43' Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Tyler Adams replaces Kevin Kampl.
  6. 47' Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Joscha Wosz replaces Nordi Mukiele.
  8. 72' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Emil Forsberg replaces Marcel Sabitzer.
  9. 72' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Alexander Sørloth replaces Amadou Haidara.
  10. 72' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Niklas Moisander replaces Ömer Toprak.
  11. 72' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Tahith Chong replaces Romano Schmid.
  12. 78' Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 81' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Nick Woltemade replaces Leonardo Bittencourt.
  14. 81' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Jean-Manuel Mbom replaces Kevin Möhwald.
  15. 89' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Yuya Osako replaces Christian Groß.
  16. 90' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Dennis Borkowski replaces Justin Kluivert.

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