Werder Bremen
RB Leipzig
Match summary
Werder Bremen saw off RB Leipzig 3-1. Werder Bremen led 1-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Eren Sami Dinkci put Werder Bremen ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Chuki. In the second half, Niclas Füllkrug made it 2-0 with a header in the 68th minute, set up by Marco Grüll, Marco Grüll made it 3-0 in the 80th minute, and Bote Baku pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Andrija Maksimovic.
RB Leipzig can feel hard done by, creating 1.58 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Werder Bremen's 0.85 from 12.
Werder Bremen claimed a three-one victory against RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga despite registering lower figures across possession, shots, and territory. The hosts managed just twenty-nine per cent possession and twenty-six dangerous attacks compared to ninety-four for their opponents, while total shots finished twelve to nineteen in favour of the visitors. Expected goals also favoured RB Leipzig at one point fifty-eight to zero point eighty-five. However, Werder Bremen made their opportunities count by hitting seven shots on target against five from RB Leipzig, whilst also committing thirteen fouls and receiving one yellow card against eight fouls for the visitors.
The scoring began early in the match when Eren Dinkci converted a right-footed shot for Werder Bremen in the fourth minute following an earlier notable chance. Chuki received a yellow card in the twenty-three minute before a VAR review took place, and the first half concluded with the hosts leading one-nil. After the interval and several substitutions, Niclas Füllkrug scored with a header in the sixty-eighth minute to double the advantage. Marco Grüll added a third goal with a right-footed shot in the eightieth minute, before Ridle Baku scored a consolation header for RB Leipzig in the ninety-fourth minute to finalise the scoreline at three-one.
