Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig

21 September 2019 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Tobias Stieler

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Willi Orban 13’
  • Marcel Sabitzer 35’
  • Marcelo Saracchi 83’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won comfortably, 3-0 away at Werder Bremen. RB Leipzig led 2-0 at half-time.

Willi Orban put RB Leipzig ahead with a header in the 13th minute, set up by Christopher Nkunku, Marcel Sabitzer made it 0-2 with a direct free kick in the 35th minute, and Marcelo Saracchi made it 0-3 in the 83rd minute.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 1.76 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Werder Bremen's 0.58 from 8. RB Leipzig had a player sent off.

Match stats

Werder Bremen RB Leipzig
11 Shots 14
1 Shots on Target 7
4 Corners 7
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
0.58 xG 1.73
0.58 Non-penalty xG 1.73
9 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Werder Bremen RB Leipzig
Kick-off
13’
Willi Orban
Assist: Christopher Nkunku0-1 (RB Leipzig)
35’
Marcel Sabitzer0-2 (RB Leipzig)
Half-time0-2
83’
Marcelo Saracchi0-3 (RB Leipzig)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig
  • Konrad Laimer
  • Ibrahima Konaté

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.58 1.76 13’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), 0-1 13’ 35’ Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig), 0-2 35’ 83’ Marcelo Saracchi (RB Leipzig), 0-3 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.58 1.76 13’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), 0-1 Orban 13’ 35’ Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig), 0-2 Sabitzer 35’ 83’ Marcelo Saracchi (RB Leipzig), 0-3 Saracchi 83’
Werder Bremen 0.58 xGRB Leipzig 1.76 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 RB Leipzig attacking Werder Bremen attacking 
48’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 83’ Marcelo Saracchi (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 39’ Davy Klaassen (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.27 xG, blocked 60’ Timo Werner (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 55’ Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 60’ Matheus Cunha (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 83’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 89’ Benjamin Goller (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 70’ Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 13’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 35’ Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 90+2’ Davy Klaassen (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Timo Werner (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 61’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 67’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 81’ Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Davy Klaassen (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Maximilian Eggestein (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Marcelo Saracchi (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 20’ Davy Klaassen (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 48’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 83’ Marcelo Saracchi (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 39’ Davy Klaassen (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.27 xG, blocked 60’ Timo Werner (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 55’ Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 60’ Matheus Cunha (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 83’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 89’ Benjamin Goller (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 70’ Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 13’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 35’ Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 90+2’ Davy Klaassen (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Timo Werner (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 61’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 67’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 81’ Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 60’ Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 33’ Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 54’ Marcelo Saracchi (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Davy Klaassen (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Maximilian Eggestein (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Davy Klaassen (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 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
Theodor Gebre Selassie DEF900 0.000.000
Marco Friedl DEF900 0.000.031
Christian Groß DEF900 0.000.000
Michael Lang MID900 0.000.271
Leonardo Bittencourt MID900 0.000.081
Davy Klaassen MID904 0.360.000
Maximilian Eggestein MID681 0.020.000
Johannes Eggestein MID650 0.000.021
Benjamin Goller FWD901 0.100.000
Joshua Sargent FWD820 0.000.000
Claudio Pizarro Sub252 0.110.152
Philipp Bargfrede Sub220 0.000.000
Luc Ihorst Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 23% Avg odds 4.16
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.23
RB Leipzig win 54% Avg odds 1.76

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

Form going into the game

Werder Bremen WLLWW
RB Leipzig LWWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Werder Bremen 2-1 RB Leipzig, 18 May 19 Next meeting: RB Leipzig 3-0 Werder Bremen, 15 Feb 20  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.