RB Leipzig vs Schalke 04

3 October 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Florian Badstübner

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

Can Bozdogan 31’ (og)
Angelino 35’
Willi Orban 45+2’
Marcel Halstenberg 80’ (pen)

Match summary

RB Leipzig won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Schalke 04. RB Leipzig led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Bozdogan's own goal put RB Leipzig ahead in the 31st minute, Angelino made it 2-0 with a header in the 35th minute, set up by Christopher Nkunku, and Willi Orban made it 3-0 with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Marcel Halstenberg. In the second half, Marcel Halstenberg made it 4-0 from the penalty spot in the 80th minute.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 3.26 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Schalke 04's 0.22 from 5.

Match stats

21 Shots 4

7 Shots on Target 1

8 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

3.26 xG 0.22

2.50 Non-penalty xG 0.22

10 Deep Completions 0

Key events

RB Leipzig Schalke 04

Kick-off

Can Bozdogan
Own goal

1-0

31’

Angelino
Assist: Christopher Nkunku

2-0

35’

Willi Orban
Assist: Marcel Halstenberg

3-0

45+2’

Half-time3-0

Marcel Halstenberg
Penalty

4-0

80’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig

Alexander Sørloth

Schalke 04

Salif Sané
Matija Nastasic
Vedad Ibisevic

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 3.26 xGSchalke 04 0.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Schalke 04 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
Marcel Halstenberg	DEF	90	1	1	2	0.83	0.27	4
Willi Orban	DEF	90	1		2	0.25	0.00	0
Dayotchanculle Upamecano	DEF	72			0	0.00	0.10	2
Nordi Mukiele	MID	90			3	0.79	0.02	1
Angelino	MID	84	1		2	0.72	0.96	4
Amadou Haidara	MID	90			3	0.15	0.00	0
Kevin Kampl	MID	77			1	0.03	0.00	0
Christopher Nkunku	MID	90		1	2	0.17	0.80	4
Emil Forsberg	MID	73			1	0.07	0.00	0
Dani Olmo	FWD	84			5	0.25	0.11	1
Lukas Klostermann	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alexander Sørloth	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.03	1
Benjamin Henrichs	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joscha Wosz	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lazar Samardzic	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ralf Fährmann	GK	47	0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Stambouli	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Salif Sané	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Matija Nastasic	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Alessandro Schöpf	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Bastian Oczipka	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Nabil Bentaleb	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar Mascarell	MID	90	1	0.01	0.00	0
Suat Serdar	MID	21	1	0.01	0.00	0
Mark Uth	FWD	90	1	0.14	0.00	0
Gonçalo Paciência	FWD	47	0	0.00	0.00	0
Can Bozdogan	Sub	69	2	0.05	0.14	1
Vedad Ibisevic	Sub	43	0	0.00	0.04	1
Frederik Rönnow	Sub	43	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 74% Avg odds 1.29

Draw 16% Avg odds 5.88

Schalke 04 win 10% Avg odds 9.57

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig D L W W D

Schalke 04 L L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Schalke 04 0-5 RB Leipzig, 22 Feb 20 Next meeting: Schalke 04 0-3 RB Leipzig, 06 Feb 21 All RB Leipzig vs Schalke 04 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.