German Cup

FT Saturday, June 3, 2023
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RB Leipzig WWWWW 2
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Olympiastadion Berlin · 74,322 att. · ESPNU

Match Report

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Nkunku stars as RB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt to retain DFB Pokal

RB Leipzig retained the German Cup with a 1-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the final thanks to a deflected goal and an assist from Christopher Nkunku on Saturday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
2
42.4
Possession
57.6
6
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
297
Accurate Passes
455
406
Passes
557
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
54
9
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.2
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
8
8
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
8
23
Effective Clearances
21
23
Clearances
21

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

RBL · 4-2-2-2

  1. 21Janis BlaswichG
  2. 4Willi OrbánCD-L
  3. 16Lukas KlostermannCD-R
  4. 23Marcel HalstenbergLB
  5. 39Benjamin HenrichsRB
  6. 8Amadou HaidaraCM-L
  7. 27Konrad LaimerCM-R
  8. 11Timo WernerCF-L
  9. 18Christopher NkunkuCF-R
  10. 7Dani OlmoAM-L
  11. 17Dominik SzoboszlaiAM-R

SGE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Kevin TrappG
  2. 20Makoto HasebeCD
  3. 2Evan NdickaCD-L
  4. 35TutaCD-R
  5. 8Djibril SowCM-L
  6. 17Sebastian RodeCM-R
  7. 32Philipp MaxLM
  8. 24ButaRM
  9. 9Randal Kolo MuaniF
  10. 27Mario GötzeCF-L
  11. 15Daichi KamadaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 61' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen replaces Timo Werner.
  2. 70' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Jesper Lindstrøm replaces Sebastian Rode.
  3. 71' Goal! RB Leipzig 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dani Olmo.
  4. 77' Mario Götze (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 78' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Xaver Schlager replaces Amadou Haidara.
  6. 78' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Rafael Borré replaces Makoto Hasebe.
  7. 78' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Christopher Lenz replaces Philipp Max.
  8. 81' Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 85' Goal! RB Leipzig 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku.
  10. 87' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Éric Ebimbe replaces Aurélio Buta.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Kevin Kampl replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
  12. 90'+1' Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  13. 90'+2' Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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