German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, November 12, 2022
RB Leipzig WWWWW 2
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Werder Bremen LLWWL 1
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RBL112
SVW011
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Match Report

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Leipzig edge past Werder 2-1 to finish year in second spot

RB Leipzig muscled their way past hosts Werder Bremen 2-1 on Saturday to finish the year provisionally in second place.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
0
5
Saves
1
52
Possession
48
14
SHOTS
7
3
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.9
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
438
Accurate Passes
386
527
Passes
478
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
70
28
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
0
7
Effective Tackles
6
10
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
9
28
Effective Clearances
17
28
Clearances
17

Head to Head

RBL leads series 5-0

Lineups

SVW · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Jirí PavlenkaG
  2. 4Niklas StarkCD
  3. 32Marco FriedlCD-L
  4. 5Amos PieperCD-R
  5. 36Christian GroßSW
  6. 20Romano SchmidCM-L
  7. 10Leonardo BittencourtCM-R
  8. 3Anthony JungLM
  9. 8Mitchell WeiserRM
  10. 7Marvin DuckschCF-L
  11. 11Niclas FüllkrugCF-R

RBL · 4-4-2

  1. 21Janis BlaswichG
  2. 32Josko GvardiolCD-L
  3. 4Willi OrbánCD-R
  4. 22David RaumLB
  5. 39Benjamin HenrichsRB
  6. 8Amadou HaidaraCM-L
  7. 24Xaver SchlagerCM-R
  8. 10Emil ForsbergLM
  9. 17Dominik SzoboszlaiRM
  10. 18Christopher NkunkuCF-L
  11. 19André SilvaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! SV Werder Bremen 0, RB Leipzig 1. André Silva (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emil Forsberg following a fast break.
  2. 21' Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 55' Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Goal! SV Werder Bremen 1, RB Leipzig 1. Christian Groß (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Romano Schmid.
  5. 70' Goal! SV Werder Bremen 1, RB Leipzig 2. Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by André Silva.
  6. 72' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Jens Stage replaces Leonardo Bittencourt.
  7. 72' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Nicolai Rapp replaces Christian Groß.
  8. 72' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Dani Olmo replaces Emil Forsberg.
  9. 77' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Kevin Kampl replaces Amadou Haidara.
  10. 80' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Niklas Schmidt replaces Amos Pieper.
  11. 81' Niklas Stark (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 83' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Marcel Halstenberg replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
  13. 83' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen replaces André Silva.
  14. 86' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Oliver Burke replaces Romano Schmid.
  15. 86' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Eren Dinkçi replaces Anthony Jung.

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