RB Leipzig vs Werder Bremen

14 May 2023 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Florian Badstübner

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Willi Orban 87’
Dominik Szoboszlai 90+6’

Leonardo Bittencourt 70’

Match summary

RB Leipzig came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Werder Bremen, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was goalless at half-time.

Leonardo Bittencourt put Werder Bremen ahead in the 70th minute, set up by Jens Stage, Willi Orban equalised with a header in the 87th minute, set up by Christopher Nkunku, and Dominik Szoboszlai won it in stoppage time, set up by Christopher Nkunku.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 1.80 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Werder Bremen's 1.17 from 6.

Match stats

20 Shots 6

7 Shots on Target 2

3 Corners 2

2 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 0

1.80 xG 1.17

1.80 Non-penalty xG 1.17

15 Deep Completions 7

Key events

RB Leipzig Werder Bremen

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

70’

Leonardo Bittencourt
Assist: Jens Stage

0-1

Willi Orban
Assist: Christopher Nkunku

1-1

87’

Dominik Szoboszlai
Assist: Christopher Nkunku

2-1

90+6’

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig

Benjamin Henrichs
Dominik Szoboszlai

Werder Bremen

Marco Friedl
Niklas Stark
Ilia Gruev
Leonardo Bittencourt
Anthony Jung

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 1.80 xGWerder Bremen 1.17 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

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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
Mohamed Simakan	DEF	90			1	0.12	0.00	0
Willi Orban	DEF	90	1		3	0.17	0.06	1
Lukas Klostermann	DEF	72			0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Henrichs	DEF	72			1	0.02	0.02	1
Konrad Laimer	MID	83			2	0.10	0.27	3
Amadou Haidara	MID	72			2	0.05	0.00	0
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	90	1		2	0.61	0.04	2
Emil Forsberg	MID	77			1	0.05	0.04	1
Christopher Nkunku	FWD	90		2	3	0.28	0.88	4
Timo Werner	FWD	90			3	0.17	0.00	0
Josko Gvardiol	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcel Halstenberg	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.27	3
Kevin Kampl	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yussuf Poulsen	Sub	13			2	0.22	0.05	1
Xaver Schlager	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jiri Pavlenka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Friedl	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Niklas Stark	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Milos Veljkovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ilia Gruev	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	MID	90			0	0.00	0.77	3
Jens Stage	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.31	1
Leonardo Bittencourt	MID	78	1		2	0.35	0.00	0
Anthony Jung	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Romano Schmid	FWD	87			3	0.26	0.00	0
Marvin Ducksch	FWD	77			1	0.57	0.00	0
Maximilian Philipp	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Niklas Schmidt	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eren Sami Dinkci	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean-Manuel Mbom	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 77% Avg odds 1.24

Draw 14% Avg odds 6.83

Werder Bremen win 9% Avg odds 11.20

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig W W L W W

Werder Bremen D L W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Werder Bremen 1-2 RB Leipzig, 12 Nov 22 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 1-1 RB Leipzig, 19 Dec 23 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.