Freiburg vs RB Leipzig

6 March 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Guido Winkmann

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Christopher Nkunku 41’
  • Alexander Sørloth 64’
  • Emil Forsberg 79’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won comfortably, 3-0 away at Freiburg. RB Leipzig led 1-0 at half-time.

Christopher Nkunku put RB Leipzig ahead in the 41st minute, set up by Yussuf Poulsen, Alexander Sørloth made it 0-2 in the 64th minute, set up by Christopher Nkunku, and Emil Forsberg made it 0-3 in the 79th minute, set up by Alexander Sørloth.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 1.97 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Freiburg's 0.20 from 5.

Match stats

Freiburg RB Leipzig
5 Shots 13
1 Shots on Target 8
1 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.20 xG 1.97
0.20 Non-penalty xG 1.97
2 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Freiburg RB Leipzig
Kick-off
41’
Christopher Nkunku
Assist: Yussuf Poulsen
0-1 (RB Leipzig)
Half-time0-1
64’
Alexander Sørloth
Assist: Christopher Nkunku
0-2 (RB Leipzig)
79’
Emil Forsberg
Assist: Alexander Sørloth
0-3 (RB Leipzig)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Freiburg
  • Nicolas Höfler
RB Leipzig
  • Hee-Chan Hwang

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.20 1.97 41’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), 0-1 41’ 64’ Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig), 0-2 64’ 79’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), 0-3 79’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.20 1.97 41’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), 0-1 Nkunku 41’ 64’ Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig), 0-2 Sørloth 64’ 79’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), 0-3 Forsberg 79’
Freiburg 0.20 xGRB Leipzig 1.97 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 RB Leipzig attacking Freiburg attacking 
41’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 64’ Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 69’ Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.46 xG, off target 73’ Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 40’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 79’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 50’ Jonathan Schmid (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 46’ Ermedin Demirovic (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 22’ Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 36’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 84’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Dayotchanculle Upamecano (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 68’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 32’ Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 82’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 41’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 64’ Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 69’ Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.46 xG, off target 73’ Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 40’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 79’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 50’ Jonathan Schmid (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 22’ Alexander Sørloth (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 46’ Ermedin Demirovic (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 36’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 53’ Dayotchanculle Upamecano (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 84’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 68’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 32’ Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 82’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Florian Müller GK900 0.000.000
Lukas Kübler DEF800 0.000.011
Philipp Lienhart DEF900 0.000.000
Dominique Heintz DEF900 0.000.000
Christian Günter DEF900 0.000.061
Nicolas Höfler MID900 0.000.000
Baptiste Santamaria MID650 0.000.000
Vincenzo Grifo MID902 0.060.000
Jonathan Schmid MID801 0.070.000
Ermedin Demirovic FWD691 0.060.000
Lucas Höler FWD690 0.000.000
Roland Sallai Sub251 0.010.000
Nils Petersen Sub210 0.000.000
Guus Til Sub210 0.000.000
Keven Schlotterbeck Sub100 0.000.000
Woo-Yeong Jeong Sub100 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Freiburg win 19% Avg odds 4.98
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.98
RB Leipzig win 57% Avg odds 1.67

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.