RB Leipzig vs Freiburg

12 November 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Patrick Ittrich

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Xavi Simons 6’
Loïs Openda 79’ (pen)
Christoph Baumgartner 80’

Merlin Röhl 45+6’

Match summary

RB Leipzig saw off Freiburg 3-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Xavi Simons put RB Leipzig ahead in the 6th minute and Merlin Röhl equalised in first-half stoppage time, set up by Matthias Ginter. In the second half, Loïs Openda put RB Leipzig back in front from the penalty spot in the 79th minute and Christoph Baumgartner made it 3-1 in the 80th minute, set up by Xavi Simons.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 1.90 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Freiburg's 0.40 from 9.

Match stats

15 Shots 9

6 Shots on Target 3

7 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.90 xG 0.40

1.14 Non-penalty xG 0.40

10 Deep Completions 2

Key events

RB Leipzig Freiburg

Kick-off

Xavi Simons

1-0

6’

45+6’

Merlin Röhl
Assist: Matthias Ginter

1-1

Half-time1-1

Loïs Openda
Penalty

2-1

79’

Christoph Baumgartner
Assist: Xavi Simons

3-1

80’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig

Amadou Haidara
Loïs Openda

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 1.90 xGFreiburg 0.40 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Freiburg attacking RB Leipzig attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Janis Blaswich	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Simakan	DEF	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Castello Lukeba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Lukas Klostermann	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
David Raum	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Emil Forsberg	MID	69			1	0.07	0.00	0
Xaver Schlager	MID	90			1	0.03	0.13	2
Amadou Haidara	MID	74			1	0.05	0.00	0
Xavi Simons	MID	90	1	1	2	0.06	0.58	4
Loïs Openda	FWD	90	1		7	1.48	0.00	0
Benjamin Sesko	FWD	69			1	0.04	0.09	2
Christoph Baumgartner	Sub	21	1		1	0.13	0.00	0
Yussuf Poulsen	Sub	21			1	0.04	0.00	0
Benjamin Henrichs	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.04	1
Kevin Kampl	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christopher Lenz	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Noah Atubolu	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Philipp Lienhart	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Manuel Gulde	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.10	1
Kiliann Sildillia	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Noah Weißhaupt	MID	90			0	0.00	0.15	3
Nicolas Höfler	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Eggestein	MID	90			3	0.14	0.05	1
Vincenzo Grifo	MID	85			2	0.07	0.02	1
Merlin Röhl	MID	85	1		2	0.13	0.00	0
Lucas Höler	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Michael Gregoritsch	Sub	5			1	0.05	0.00	0
Ritsu Doan	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.01	1
Kenneth Schmidt	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Junior Adamu	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 66% Avg odds 1.46

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.82

Freiburg win 14% Avg odds 6.64

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig D D W W L

Freiburg W L W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Freiburg 0-1 RB Leipzig, 06 May 23 Next meeting: Freiburg 1-4 RB Leipzig, 06 Apr 24 All RB Leipzig vs Freiburg 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.