RB Leipzig vs Mainz

8 January 2022 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Deniz Aytekin

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

André Silva 21’ (pen), 61’
Dominik Szoboszlai 47’
Christopher Nkunku 58’

Jae-Sung Lee 57’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Mainz. RB Leipzig led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, André Silva put RB Leipzig ahead from the penalty spot in the 21st minute. In the second half, Dominik Szoboszlai made it 2-0 in the 47th minute, set up by Christopher Nkunku, Jae-Sung Lee pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 57th minute, set up by Karim Onisiwo, Christopher Nkunku made it 3-1 in the 58th minute, set up by Dominik Szoboszlai, and Silva made it 4-1 in the 61st minute, set up by Christopher Nkunku.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 3.71 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Mainz's 0.32 from 2. Mainz had a player sent off.

Match stats

16 Shots 2

8 Shots on Target 1

6 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 1

3.55 xG 0.32

2.80 Non-penalty xG 0.32

12 Deep Completions 2

Key events

RB Leipzig Mainz

Kick-off

André Silva
Penalty

1-0

21’

Half-time1-0

Dominik Szoboszlai
Assist: Christopher Nkunku

2-0

47’

57’

Jae-Sung Lee
Assist: Karim Onisiwo

2-1

Christopher Nkunku
Assist: Dominik Szoboszlai

3-1

58’

André Silva
Assist: Christopher Nkunku

4-1

61’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Mainz

Alexander Hack
Stefan Bell
Jae-Sung Lee

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 3.71 xGMainz 0.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Mainz 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
Péter Gulácsi	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Josko Gvardiol	DEF	90			2	0.38	0.00	0
Willi Orban	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Simakan	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukas Klostermann	MID	84			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Kampl	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Tyler Adams	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Angelino	MID	90			0	0.00	0.45	2
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	89	1	1	4	0.48	0.38	2
André Silva	FWD	71	2		4	1.92	0.34	1
Yussuf Poulsen	FWD	48			1	0.34	0.33	1
Christopher Nkunku	Sub	42	1	2	3	0.56	0.77	2
Hugo Novoa Ramos	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.13	1
Joscha Wosz	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sidney Raebiger	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robin Zentner	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Bell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Silvan Widmer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alexander Hack	DEF	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Brosinski	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aarón Martín	MID	84			0	0.00	0.00	1
Anton Stach	MID	90			1	0.20	0.00	0
Jae-Sung Lee	MID	84	1		1	0.12	0.00	0
Jean-Paul Boëtius	MID	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Karim Onisiwo	FWD	84		1	0	0.00	0.12	1
Jonathan Burkardt	FWD	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leandro Barreiro Martins	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
David Nemeth	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anderson-Lenda Lucoqui	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Nebel	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Merveille Papela	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 54% Avg odds 1.76

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.91

Mainz win 21% Avg odds 4.59

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig L L W D L

Mainz L W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Mainz 1-0 RB Leipzig, 15 Aug 21 Next meeting: Mainz 1-1 RB Leipzig, 08 Oct 22 All RB Leipzig vs Mainz 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.