German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, March 6, 2021
RB Leipzig WLWWW 3
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SC Freiburg LWDLW 0
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RBL123
SCF000
Dreisamstadion · ESPN+

Match Report

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Leipzig take over lead in Bundesliga with win at Freiburg

RB Leipzig took over the lead in the Bundesliga on Saturday, easing past hosts Freiburg 3-0 to go a point clear of Bayern Munich.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
4
57.6
Possession
42.4
13
SHOTS
5
7
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
441
Accurate Passes
281
541
Passes
385
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
77
33
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
7
18
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
16
11
Effective Clearances
11
11
Clearances
11

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

SCF · 4-2-2-2

  1. 21Florian MüllerG
  2. 23Dominique HeintzCD-L
  3. 3Philipp LienhartCD-R
  4. 30Christian GünterLB
  5. 17Lukas KüblerRB
  6. 27Nicolas HöflerCM-L
  7. 8Baptiste SantamariaCM-R
  8. 11Ermedin DemirovicCF-L
  9. 9Lucas HölerCF-R
  10. 32Vincenzo GrifoAM-L
  11. 7Jonathan SchmidAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Nils PetersenSUB
  2. 1Benjamin UphoffSUB
  3. 19Janik HabererSUB
  4. 14Guus TilSUB
  5. 29Jeong Woo-YeongSUB
  6. 31Keven SchlotterbeckSUB
  7. 22Roland SallaiSUB
  8. 5Manuel GuldeSUB

RBL · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Péter GulácsiG
  2. 5Dayot UpamecanoCD
  3. 16Lukas KlostermannCD-L
  4. 22Nordi MukieleCD-R
  5. 44Kevin KamplSW
  6. 18Christopher NkunkuCM-L
  7. 25Dani OlmoCM-R
  8. 8Amadou HaidaraLM
  9. 14Tyler AdamsRM
  10. 9Yussuf PoulsenCF-L
  11. 19Alexander SørlothCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Justin Kluivert
  2. 10Emil Forsberg
  3. 39Benjamin Henrichs
  4. 20Lazar Samardzic
  5. 33Josep Martínez
  6. 11Hwang Hee-Chan
  7. 13Philipp Tschauner
  8. 6Ibrahima Konaté

Timeline

  1. 41' Goal! Sport-Club Freiburg 0, RB Leipzig 1. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yussuf Poulsen.
  2. 52' Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 63' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Emil Forsberg replaces Dani Olmo.
  4. 63' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Hee-Chan Hwang replaces Yussuf Poulsen.
  5. 64' Goal! Sport-Club Freiburg 0, RB Leipzig 2. Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku.
  6. 65' Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Roland Sallai replaces Baptiste Santamaría.
  7. 69' Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Nils Petersen replaces Lucas Höler.
  8. 69' Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Guus Til replaces Ermedin Demirovic.
  9. 75' Hee-Chan Hwang (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 79' Goal! Sport-Club Freiburg 0, RB Leipzig 3. Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexander Sørloth.
  11. 80' Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Keven Schlotterbeck replaces Lukas Kübler.
  12. 80' Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Woo-Yeong Jeong replaces Jonathan Schmid.
  13. 84' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Ibrahima Konaté replaces Lukas Klostermann.
  14. 84' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Benjamin Henrichs replaces Tyler Adams.
  15. 85' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Lazar Samardzic replaces Christopher Nkunku.

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