RB Leipzig vs Freiburg

9 November 2022 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Harm Osmers

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mohamed Simakan 54’
  • Christopher Nkunku 56’
  • Emil Forsberg 78’ (pen)
  • Lukas Kübler 66’

Match summary

RB Leipzig beat Freiburg 3-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Mohamed Simakan put RB Leipzig ahead from a corner in the 54th minute, Christopher Nkunku made it 2-0 in the 56th minute, set up by Dominik Szoboszlai, Lukas Kübler pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 66th minute, and Emil Forsberg made it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 78th minute.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 3.33 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Freiburg's 0.15 from 3.

Match stats

RB Leipzig Freiburg
18 Shots 4
8 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
3.29 xG 0.15
2.53 Non-penalty xG 0.15
9 Deep Completions 5

Key events

RB Leipzig Freiburg
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Mohamed Simakan1-0 (RB Leipzig)
54’
Christopher Nkunku
Assist: Dominik Szoboszlai2-0 (RB Leipzig)
56’
66’
Lukas Kübler2-1 (Freiburg)
Emil Forsberg
Penalty3-1 (RB Leipzig)
78’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig
  • Christopher Nkunku
Freiburg
  • Kiliann Sildillia
  • Ritsu Doan
  • Woo-Yeong Jeong
  • Roland Sallai

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.33 0.15 54’ Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig), 1-0 54’ 56’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), 2-0 56’ 66’ Lukas Kübler (Freiburg), 2-1 66’ 78’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), 3-1 78’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.33 0.15 54’ Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig), 1-0 Simakan 54’ 56’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), 2-0 Nkunku 56’ 66’ Lukas Kübler (Freiburg), 2-1 Kübler 66’ 78’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), 3-1 Forsberg 78’
RB Leipzig 3.33 xGFreiburg 0.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Freiburg attacking RB Leipzig attacking 
54’ Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.74 xG, goal 78’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 56’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 16’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.39 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 58’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 42’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 24’ Woo-Yeong Jeong (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 40’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 66’ Lukas Kübler (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 28’ Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 54’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 73’ Kevin Schade (Freiburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 54’ Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.74 xG, goal 56’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 16’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.39 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 58’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 42’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 24’ Woo-Yeong Jeong (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 40’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 66’ Lukas Kübler (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 28’ Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 54’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 37’ Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Kevin Schade (Freiburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Janis Blaswich GK900 0.000.000
Mohamed Simakan DEF9012 0.760.000
Willi Orban DEF901 0.090.000
Josko Gvardiol DEF220 0.000.000
Marcel Halstenberg DEF900 0.000.051
Dominik Szoboszlai MID8611 0.031.094
Xaver Schlager MID900 0.000.123
Kevin Kampl MID860 0.000.000
Dani Olmo MID632 0.040.000
Christopher Nkunku FWD9016 1.390.141
André Silva FWD862 0.210.343
Benjamin Henrichs Sub681 0.050.071
Emil Forsberg Sub2711 0.760.000
Yussuf Poulsen Sub40 0.000.000
David Raum Sub40 0.000.000
Amadou Haidara Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 54% Avg odds 1.78
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.80
Freiburg win 21% Avg odds 4.62

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig DWDWW
Freiburg DLWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 1-1 Freiburg, 05 Mar 22 Next meeting: Freiburg 0-1 RB Leipzig, 06 May 23  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.