German Bundesliga

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Bayern Munich WWWWW 1
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RB Leipzig WWLDW 0
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Red Bull Arena

Match Report

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Bayern Munich beat RB Leipzig to close in on ninth-straight Bundesliga title

Leon Goretzka's first-half goal was enough to give Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich a crucial 1-0 victory at second-placed RB Leipzig on Saturday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
4
46.4
Possession
53.6
9
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
382
Accurate Passes
446
475
Passes
541
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
22
0.4
Cross %
0.3
71
Long Balls
56
30
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
12
22
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
14
Interceptions
4
16
Effective Clearances
15
16
Clearances
15

Head to Head

MUN leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

RBL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Péter GulácsiG
  2. 5Dayot UpamecanoCD-L
  3. 4Willi OrbánCD-R
  4. 16Lukas KlostermannLB
  5. 22Nordi MukieleRB
  6. 14Tyler AdamsCM
  7. 7Marcel SabitzerLM
  8. 25Dani OlmoRM
  9. 10Emil ForsbergF
  10. 8Amadou HaidaraLF
  11. 18Christopher NkunkuRF

Substitutes

  1. 39Benjamin HenrichsSUB
  2. 9Yussuf PoulsenSUB
  3. 21Justin KluivertSUB
  4. 33Josep MartínezSUB
  5. 20Lazar SamardzicSUB
  6. 6Ibrahima KonatéSUB
  7. 19Alexander SørlothSUB
  8. 13Philipp TschaunerSUB
  9. 11Hwang Hee-ChanSUB

MUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Manuel NeuerG
  2. 27David AlabaCD-L
  3. 4Niklas SüleCD-R
  4. 21Lucas HernándezLB
  5. 5Benjamin PavardRB
  6. 25Thomas MüllerAM
  7. 18Leon GoretzkaLM
  8. 6Joshua KimmichRM
  9. 13Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingF
  10. 29Kingsley ComanAM-L
  11. 10Leroy SanéAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Javi MartínezSUB
  2. 35Alexander NübelSUB
  3. 20Bouna SarrSUB
  4. 32Christopher ScottSUB
  5. 28Tiago DantasSUB
  6. 7Serge GnabrySUB
  7. 42Jamal MusialaSUB
  8. 23Tanguy NianzouSUB
  9. 22Marc RocaSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 33' Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 38' Goal! RB Leipzig 0, FC Bayern München 1. Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
  5. 45' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Justin Kluivert replaces Emil Forsberg.
  6. 61' Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 72' Substitution, FC Bayern München. Serge Gnabry replaces Kingsley Coman.
  8. 72' Substitution, FC Bayern München. Jamal Musiala replaces Leon Goretzka.
  9. 73' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen replaces Dani Olmo.
  10. 73' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Alexander Sørloth replaces Amadou Haidara.
  11. 81' Substitution, FC Bayern München. Javi Martínez replaces Leroy Sané.
  12. 81' Lucas Hernández (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 82' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces Tyler Adams.
  14. 88' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Ibrahima Konaté replaces Yussuf Poulsen because of an injury.

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