Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig

12 November 2022 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Matthias Jöllenbeck

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Christian Groß 57’
  • André Silva 13’
  • Xaver Schlager 71’

Match summary

RB Leipzig took a 2-1 win at Werder Bremen. RB Leipzig led 1-0 at half-time.

André Silva put RB Leipzig ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Emil Forsberg, Christian Groß equalised in the 57th minute, set up by Romano Schmid, and Xaver Schlager won it in the 71st minute, set up by André Silva.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 2.20 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Werder Bremen's 1.03 from 7.

Match stats

Werder Bremen RB Leipzig
7 Shots 14
5 Shots on Target 3
0 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.03 xG 2.13
1.03 Non-penalty xG 2.13
6 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Werder Bremen RB Leipzig
Kick-off
13’
André Silva
Assist: Emil Forsberg0-1 (RB Leipzig)
Half-time0-1
Christian Groß
Assist: Romano Schmid1-1 (Werder Bremen)
57’
71’
Xaver Schlager
Assist: André Silva1-2 (RB Leipzig)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Werder Bremen
  • Niklas Stark
RB Leipzig
  • Amadou Haidara
  • Emil Forsberg

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.03 2.20 13’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), 0-1 13’ 57’ Christian Groß (Werder Bremen), 1-1 57’ 71’ Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig), 1-2 71’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.03 2.20 13’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), 0-1 Silva 13’ 57’ Christian Groß (Werder Bremen), 1-1 Groß 57’ 71’ Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig), 1-2 Schlager 71’
Werder Bremen 1.03 xGRB Leipzig 2.20 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 RB Leipzig attacking Werder Bremen attacking 
22’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.78 xG, saved 74’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.59 xG, off target 71’ Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 13’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 51’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 82’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 65’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.15 xG, off target 29’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 74’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 47’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 59’ Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Anthony Jung (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 86’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 42’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 48’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 89’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 28’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Christian Groß (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 6’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 22’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.78 xG, saved 74’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.59 xG, off target 71’ Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 13’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 51’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 65’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.15 xG, off target 82’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 29’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 74’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 47’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 59’ Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Anthony Jung (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 86’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 42’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 48’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 89’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 28’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Christian Groß (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 6’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jiri Pavlenka GK900 0.000.000
Marco Friedl DEF900 0.000.092
Niklas Stark DEF900 0.000.000
Amos Pieper DEF800 0.000.000
Christian Groß MID7211 0.030.000
Mitchell Weiser MID900 0.000.000
Romano Schmid MID8610 0.000.031
Leonardo Bittencourt MID721 0.050.000
Anthony Jung MID861 0.050.051
Niclas Füllkrug FWD904 0.910.051
Marvin Ducksch FWD900 0.000.000
Jens Stage Sub180 0.000.000
Nicolai Rapp Sub180 0.000.000
Niklas Schmidt Sub100 0.000.041
Oliver Burke Sub40 0.000.000
Eren Sami Dinkci Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 26% Avg odds 3.71
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.90
RB Leipzig win 49% Avg odds 1.94

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

Form going into the game

Werder Bremen LLWWL
RB Leipzig WDWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Werder Bremen 1-4 RB Leipzig, 10 Apr 21 Next meeting: RB Leipzig 2-1 Werder Bremen, 14 May 23  All Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig 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.