German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, March 15, 2025
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RB Leipzig DDWLD 2
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Match Report

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Top-4 chasing RB Leipzig beat struggling Dortmund

RB Leipzig snapped their four-match winless streak in the Bundesliga with a 2-0 home victory over Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, boosting their hopes of finishing in the top four.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
12
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
9
66.5
Possession
33.5
25
SHOTS
15
9
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
494
Accurate Passes
206
593
Passes
300
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
11
Accurate Crosses
4
38
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
55
28
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
7
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
12
11
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
11
23
Effective Clearances
49
23
Clearances
49

Head to Head

RBL leads series 3-2

Lineups

RBL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Péter GulácsiG
  2. 4Willi OrbánCD
  3. 5El Chadaille BitshiabuCD-L
  4. 3Lutsharel GeertruidaCD-R
  5. 13Nicolas SeiwaldCM-L
  6. 14Christoph BaumgartnerCM-R
  7. 22David RaumLM
  8. 17Ridle BakuRM
  9. 11Loïs OpendaF
  10. 10Xavi SimonsCF-L
  11. 30Benjamin SeskoCF-R

DOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gregor KobelG
  2. 4Nico SchlotterbeckCD-L
  3. 23Emre CanCD-R
  4. 26Julian RyersonLB
  5. 3Waldemar AntonRB
  6. 10Julian BrandtAM
  7. 13Pascal GrossLM
  8. 20Marcel SabitzerRM
  9. 9Serhou GuirassyF
  10. 14Maximilian BeierAM-L
  11. 27Karim AdeyemiAM-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' Goal! RB Leipzig 1, Borussia Dortmund 0. Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Sesko following a fast break.
  3. 32' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Ramy Bensebaini replaces Marcel Sabitzer because of an injury.
  4. 45'+1' Julian Ryerson (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 48' Goal! RB Leipzig 2, Borussia Dortmund 0. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Xavi Simons with a cross following a corner.
  6. 61' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Kevin Kampl replaces Christoph Baumgartner.
  7. 63' David Raum (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 66' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Lukas Klostermann replaces Loïs Openda.
  9. 72' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Carney Chukwuemeka replaces Julian Ryerson.
  10. 72' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Jamie Gittens replaces Karim Adeyemi.
  11. 81' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Amadou Haidara replaces Nicolas Seiwald.
  12. 81' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Castello Lukeba replaces David Raum.
  13. 81' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Tidiam Gomis replaces Xavi Simons.
  14. 83' Carney Chukwuemeka (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 86' Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 87' Castello Lukeba (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Bundesliga News

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