RB Leipzig vs Mainz

20 September 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Manuel Gräfe

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Emil Forsberg 17’ (pen)
Yussuf Poulsen 21’
Amadou Haidara 51’

Jean-Philippe Mateta 48’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won 3-1 at home to Mainz. RB Leipzig led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Emil Forsberg put RB Leipzig ahead from the penalty spot in the 17th minute and Yussuf Poulsen made it 2-0 with a header in the 21st minute, set up by Dani Olmo. In the second half, Jean-Philippe Mateta pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 48th minute, set up by Robin Quaison and Amadou Haidara made it 3-1 in the 51st minute, set up by Emil Forsberg.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 3.24 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Mainz's 1.07 from 9.

Match stats

23 Shots 8

10 Shots on Target 1

7 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.23 xG 1.07

2.47 Non-penalty xG 1.07

14 Deep Completions 2

Key events

RB Leipzig Mainz

Kick-off

Emil Forsberg
Penalty

1-0

17’

Yussuf Poulsen
Assist: Dani Olmo

2-0

21’

Half-time2-0

48’

Jean-Philippe Mateta
Assist: Robin Quaison

2-1

Amadou Haidara
Assist: Emil Forsberg

3-1

51’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig

Yussuf Poulsen

Mainz

Danny Latza
Jean-Philippe Mateta

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 3.24 xGMainz 1.07 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
Dayotchanculle Upamecano	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcel Halstenberg	DEF	90			1	0.12	0.00	0
Lukas Klostermann	DEF	90			2	0.14	0.00	0
Amadou Haidara	MID	90	1		1	0.47	0.20	3
Angelino	MID	90			2	0.30	0.50	3
Tyler Adams	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Kevin Kampl	MID	78			1	0.05	0.21	1
Emil Forsberg	MID	78	1	1	5	1.20	0.63	4
Dani Olmo	MID	70		1	3	0.20	0.24	3
Yussuf Poulsen	FWD	90	1		7	0.71	0.12	1
Hee-Chan Hwang	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christopher Nkunku	Sub	12			1	0.04	0.33	2
Benjamin Henrichs	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nordi Mukiele	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
Bote Baku	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Niakhate	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremiah St. Juste	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Daniel Brosinski	DEF	90			2	0.09	0.56	3
Leandro Barreiro Martins	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Danny Latza	MID	87			2	0.07	0.00	0
Jonathan Burkardt	MID	69			1	0.02	0.05	1
Robin Quaison	MID	69		1	0	0.00	0.32	1
Karim Onisiwo	MID	88			1	0.03	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90	1		2	0.81	0.00	0
Levin Öztunali	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean-Paul Boëtius	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Niklas Tauer	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Issah Abass	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Nebel	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 69% Avg odds 1.38

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.35

Mainz win 13% Avg odds 7.27

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig D W D L W

Mainz W L W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Mainz 0-5 RB Leipzig, 24 May 20 Next meeting: Mainz 3-2 RB Leipzig, 23 Jan 21 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.