RB Leipzig vs Hoffenheim

16 December 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Robert Schröder

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Lukas Klostermann 34’
Emil Forsberg 70’
Mohamed Simakan 74’

Ozan Kabak 42’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won 3-1 at home to Hoffenheim. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Lukas Klostermann put RB Leipzig ahead in the 34th minute and Ozan Kabak equalised with a header in the 42nd minute, set up by Robert Skov. In the second half, Emil Forsberg put RB Leipzig back in front in the 70th minute, set up by Loïs Openda and Mohamed Simakan made it 3-1 from a corner in the 74th minute.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 3.52 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Hoffenheim's 1.04 from 9.

Match stats

23 Shots 10

11 Shots on Target 4

9 Corners 2

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.92 xG 1.04

2.92 Non-penalty xG 1.04

18 Deep Completions 5

Key events

RB Leipzig Hoffenheim

Kick-off

Lukas Klostermann

1-0

34’

42’

Ozan Kabak
Assist: Robert Skov

1-1

Half-time1-1

Emil Forsberg
Assist: Loïs Openda

2-1

70’

Mohamed Simakan

3-1

74’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig

Lukas Klostermann
Amadou Haidara
Xavi Simons

Hoffenheim

Ozan Kabak
Florian Grillitsch

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 3.52 xGHoffenheim 1.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Hoffenheim 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
Benjamin Henrichs	DEF	90			2	0.06	0.15	2
Lukas Klostermann	DEF	90	1		1	0.92	0.00	0
Mohamed Simakan	DEF	86	1		2	1.23	0.00	0
David Raum	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.23	5
Xaver Schlager	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amadou Haidara	MID	61			1	0.04	0.10	1
Xavi Simons	MID	86			4	0.20	0.04	2
Christoph Baumgartner	MID	69			2	0.09	0.16	2
Yussuf Poulsen	FWD	90			3	0.26	0.67	2
Loïs Openda	FWD	86		1	3	0.18	0.30	1
Kevin Kampl	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emil Forsberg	Sub	21	1		2	0.34	0.10	1
Castello Lukeba	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabio Carvalho	Sub	4			1	0.05	0.14	1
Benjamin Sesko	Sub	4			1	0.14	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Oliver Baumann	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Vogt	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John Brooks	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ozan Kabak	DEF	78	1		2	0.45	0.00	0
Pavel Kaderábek	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Grischa Prömel	MID	90			0	0.00	0.13	2
Anton Stach	MID	78			1	0.15	0.00	0
Robert Skov	MID	49		1	1	0.09	0.45	2
Andrej Kramaric	MID	90			4	0.26	0.33	3
Marius Bülter	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Ihlas Bebou	FWD	72			1	0.09	0.00	0
Florian Grillitsch	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Beier	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tom Bischof	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Akpoguma	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stanley N'Soki	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 72% Avg odds 1.34

Draw 16% Avg odds 5.86

Hoffenheim win 12% Avg odds 8.10

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig L W L W W

Hoffenheim L D D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 1-0 Hoffenheim, 29 Apr 23 Next meeting: Hoffenheim 1-1 RB Leipzig, 03 May 24 All RB Leipzig vs Hoffenheim 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.