RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund

9 January 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Daniel Siebert

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–0

Alexander Sørloth 89’

Jadon Sancho 55’
Erling Haaland 71’, 84’

Match summary

Borussia Dortmund won 3-1 away at RB Leipzig. It was goalless at half-time.

Jadon Sancho put Borussia Dortmund ahead in the 55th minute, set up by Marco Reus, Erling Haaland made it 0-2 with a header in the 71st minute, set up by Jadon Sancho, Haaland made it 0-3 in the 84th minute, set up by Marco Reus, and Alexander Sørloth pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Dortmund created 2.57 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to RB Leipzig's 2.08 from 12.

Match stats

12 Shots 15

4 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.59 xG 2.57

1.59 Non-penalty xG 2.57

6 Deep Completions 19

Key events

RB Leipzig Borussia Dortmund

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

55’

Jadon Sancho
Assist: Marco Reus

0-1

71’

Erling Haaland
Assist: Jadon Sancho

0-2

84’

Erling Haaland
Assist: Marco Reus

0-3

Alexander Sørloth

1-3

89’

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Borussia Dortmund

Manuel Akanji
Thomas Delaney

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.

RB Leipzig 2.08 xGBorussia Dortmund 2.57 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Borussia Dortmund attacking RB Leipzig attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Péter Gulácsi	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Dayotchanculle Upamecano	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcel Halstenberg	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Willi Orban	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyler Adams	MID	90		1	0.03	0.00	0
Angelino	MID	90		2	0.15	0.55	3
Amadou Haidara	MID	73		1	0.02	0.34	2
Marcel Sabitzer	MID	63		0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Olmo	MID	90		4	0.40	0.05	2
Emil Forsberg	MID	63		0	0.00	0.00	0
Yussuf Poulsen	FWD	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Lukas Klostermann	Sub	27		0	0.00	0.00	0
Alexander Sørloth	Sub	27	1	2	1.45	0.00	0
Hee-Chan Hwang	Sub	17		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lazar Samardzic	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Roman Bürki	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Meunier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.24	3
Mats Hummels	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Manuel Akanji	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raphael Guerreiro	DEF	90			3	0.17	0.06	1
Thomas Delaney	MID	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Axel Witsel	MID	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jadon Sancho	MID	87	1	1	2	0.39	1.07	7
Marco Reus	MID	87		2	2	0.21	1.14	3
Giovanni Reyna	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Erling Haaland	FWD	90	2		5	1.68	0.00	0
Emre Can	Sub	61			3	0.13	0.06	1
Dan-Axel Zagadou	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Steffen Tigges	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Brandt	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 39% Avg odds 2.46

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54

Borussia Dortmund win 34% Avg odds 2.79

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig D W W D W

Borussia Dortmund D L W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 0-2 Borussia Dortmund, 20 Jun 20 Next meeting: Borussia Dortmund 3-2 RB Leipzig, 08 May 21 All RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund meetings

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.