UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, November 7, 2023
RB Leipzig WWWLL 2
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Red Star Belgrade LWLDL 1
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RBL112
RSB011
Rajko Mitic Stadium · 41,961 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic

Simons strikes again as Leipzig reach Champions League last 16

Goals from Xavi Simons and Lois Openda gave RB Leipzig a 2-1 win against Red Star Belgrade in Champions League Group G on Tuesday to secure a place in the knockout stages.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
7
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
2
50.6
Possession
49.4
24
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
381
Accurate Passes
359
458
Passes
442
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
6
19
Crosses
22
0.4
Cross %
0.3
49
Long Balls
55
31
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
10
Blocked Shots
7
7
Effective Tackles
6
20
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
8
23
Effective Clearances
16
23
Clearances
16

Head to Head

RBL leads series 1-0

Lineups

RSB · 5-3-2

  1. 18Omri GlazerG
  2. 15Aleksandar DragovicCD
  3. 23Milan RodicCD-L
  4. 24Nasser DjigaCD-R
  5. 37Vladimir LucicLB
  6. 33Srdjan MijailovicRB
  7. 66Hwang In-BeomCM
  8. 4Mirko IvanicCM-L
  9. 8Guélor KangaCM-R
  10. 30Osman BukariCF-L
  11. 17Jean-Phillipe KrassoCF-R

RBL · 4-4-2

  1. 21Janis BlaswichG
  2. 23Castello LukebaCD-L
  3. 2Mohamed SimakanCD-R
  4. 22David RaumLB
  5. 39Benjamin HenrichsRB
  6. 8Amadou HaidaraCM-L
  7. 24Xaver SchlagerCM-R
  8. 10Emil ForsbergLM
  9. 20Xavi SimonsRM
  10. 30Benjamin SeskoCF-L
  11. 17Loïs OpendaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Srdjan Mijailovic (Red Star Belgrade) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 8' Goal! Red Star Belgrade 0, RB Leipzig 1. Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Xaver Schlager.
  3. 28' Jean-Philippe Krasso (Red Star Belgrade) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Kosta Nedeljkovic replaces Srdjan Mijailovic.
  5. 45' Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Cherif Ndiaye replaces Jean-Philippe Krasso.
  6. 49' Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 52' Mirko Ivanic (Red Star Belgrade) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 56' Castello Lukeba (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 59' Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 70' Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Peter Olayinka replaces Mirko Ivanic.
  11. 70' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Christoph Baumgartner replaces Emil Forsberg.
  12. 70' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Lukas Klostermann replaces Benjamin Sesko.
  13. 73' Vladimir Lucic (Red Star Belgrade) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 75' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Fábio Carvalho replaces Xavi Simons.
  15. 77' Goal! Red Star Belgrade 0, RB Leipzig 2. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xaver Schlager following a fast break.
  16. 78' Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Jovan Mijatovic replaces Vladimir Lucic.
  17. 81' Own Goal by Benjamin Henrichs, RB Leipzig. Red Star Belgrade 1, RB Leipzig 2.
  18. 83' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Nicolas Seiwald replaces Amadou Haidara.
  19. 84' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Kevin Kampl replaces Xaver Schlager.
  20. 85' Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Aleksandar Katai replaces Milan Rodic.
  21. 90'+4' Peter Olayinka (Red Star Belgrade) is shown the yellow card.

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