RB Leipzig vs Werder Bremen

12 January 2025 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Tobias Reichel

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Xavi Simons 23’, 35’
Benjamin Sesko 47’
Christoph Baumgartner 90’

Mitchell Weiser 26’
Oliver Burke 90+3’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won 4-2 at home to Werder Bremen. RB Leipzig led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Xavi Simons put RB Leipzig ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Loïs Openda, Mitchell Weiser equalised in the 26th minute, set up by Marco Grüll, and Simons put RB Leipzig back in front in the 35th minute, set up by Arthur Vermeeren. In the second half, Benjamin Sesko made it 3-1 in the 47th minute, Christoph Baumgartner made it 4-1 in the 90th minute, set up by André Silva, and Oliver Burke pulled one back to make it 4-2 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 2.66 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Werder Bremen's 1.33 from 7.

Match stats

18 Shots 7

7 Shots on Target 2

4 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.65 xG 1.33

2.65 Non-penalty xG 1.33

5 Deep Completions 6

Key events

RB Leipzig Werder Bremen

Kick-off

Xavi Simons
Assist: Loïs Openda

1-0

23’

26’

Mitchell Weiser
Assist: Marco Grüll

1-1

Xavi Simons
Assist: Arthur Vermeeren

2-1

35’

Half-time2-1

Benjamin Sesko

3-1

47’

Christoph Baumgartner
Assist: André Silva

4-1

90’

90+3’

Oliver Burke

4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig

Amadou Haidara

Werder Bremen

Marco Friedl

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 2.66 xGWerder Bremen 1.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Werder Bremen attacking RB Leipzig attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Péter Gulácsi	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Seiwald	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.58	3
Willi Orban	DEF	90			3	0.62	0.61	2
Lukas Klostermann	DEF	89			1	0.09	0.00	0
Antonio Nusa	MID	90			2	0.64	0.00	0
David Raum	MID	67			0	0.00	0.09	1
Arthur Vermeeren	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.24	2
Kevin Kampl	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Loïs Openda	MID	90		1	3	0.48	0.33	2
Xavi Simons	MID	67	2		3	0.51	0.21	2
Benjamin Sesko	FWD	89	1		3	0.14	0.30	1
Christoph Baumgartner	Sub	23	1		2	0.14	0.00	0
Bote Baku	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amadou Haidara	Sub	13			1	0.03	0.08	1
Lutsharel Geertruida	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
André Silva	Sub	1		1	0	0.00	0.10	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Michael Zetterer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anthony Jung	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Niklas Stark	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Friedl	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Senne Lynen	MID	89			1	0.02	0.06	1
Mitchell Weiser	MID	90	1		1	0.42	0.00	0
Romano Schmid	MID	90			1	0.31	0.00	0
Jens Stage	MID	89			0	0.00	0.00	0
Derrick Köhn	MID	69			0	0.00	0.14	1
Marvin Ducksch	FWD	90			1	0.06	0.06	1
Marco Grüll	FWD	69		1	1	0.14	0.73	2
Milos Veljkovic	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Issa Kabore	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oliver Burke	Sub	21	1		2	0.38	0.00	0
Justin Njinmah	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leonardo Bittencourt	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 51% Avg odds 1.88

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.84

Werder Bremen win 24% Avg odds 3.88

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig L L W W L

Werder Bremen L D W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 1-1 Werder Bremen, 11 May 24 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 0-0 RB Leipzig, 10 May 25 All RB Leipzig vs Werder Bremen 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.