Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig

18 May 2019 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Felix Brych

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Milot Rashica 35’ (pen)
  • Claudio Pizarro 88’
  • Nordi Mukiele 86’

Match summary

Werder Bremen won 2-1 at home to RB Leipzig, with a late winner. Werder Bremen led 1-0 at half-time.

Milot Rashica put Werder Bremen ahead from the penalty spot in the 35th minute, Nordi Mukiele equalised from a corner in the 86th minute, set up by Marcelo Saracchi, and Claudio Pizarro won it in the 88th minute, set up by Maximilian Eggestein.

RB Leipzig can feel hard done by, creating 1.85 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Werder Bremen's 1.20 from 6. Bruma missed a penalty for RB Leipzig.

Match stats

Werder Bremen RB Leipzig
6 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 9
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.20 xG 1.85
0.44 Non-penalty xG 1.09
4 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Werder Bremen RB Leipzig
Kick-off
Milot Rashica
Penalty1-0 (Werder Bremen)
35’
Half-time1-0
86’
Nordi Mukiele
Assist: Marcelo Saracchi1-1 (RB Leipzig)
Claudio Pizarro
Assist: Maximilian Eggestein2-1 (Werder Bremen)
88’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Werder Bremen
  • Marco Friedl
  • Ludwig Augustinsson
RB Leipzig
  • Stefan Ilsanker
  • Marcelo Saracchi

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 1.20 1.85 35’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), 1-0 35’ 86’ Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig), 1-1 86’ 88’ Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen), 2-1 88’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.20 1.85 35’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), 1-0 Rashica 35’ 86’ Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig), 1-1 Mukiele 86’ 88’ Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen), 2-1 Pizarro 88’
Werder Bremen 1.20 xGRB Leipzig 1.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 RB Leipzig attacking Werder Bremen attacking 
35’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 55’ Bruma (RB Leipzig), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 80’ Matheus Cunha (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 86’ Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.41 xG, goal 69’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 46’ Bruma (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 88’ Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 46’ Matheus Cunha (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 61’ Yuya Osako (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 52’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Dayotchanculle Upamecano (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Bruma (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 39’ Yuya Osako (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Matheus Cunha (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 55’ Bruma (RB Leipzig), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 80’ Matheus Cunha (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 86’ Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.41 xG, goal 69’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 46’ Bruma (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 88’ Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 46’ Matheus Cunha (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 61’ Yuya Osako (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 52’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Dayotchanculle Upamecano (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Bruma (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 39’ Yuya Osako (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Matheus Cunha (RB Leipzig), open play, 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 0.000.000
Niklas Moisander DEF900 0.000.000
Milos Veljkovic DEF900 0.000.000
Ludwig Augustinsson DEF900 0.000.000
Maximilian Eggestein MID9010 0.000.061
Davy Klaassen MID900 0.000.031
Nuri Sahin MID480 0.000.011
Kevin Möhwald FWD900 0.000.000
Milot Rashica FWD9013 1.080.000
Yuya Osako FWD762 0.060.291
Johannes Eggestein Sub420 0.000.000
Claudio Pizarro Sub1411 0.060.000
Aron Jóhannsson Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 38% Bet365 odds 2.50
Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00
RB Leipzig win 38% Bet365 odds 2.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Werder Bremen WLLDW
RB Leipzig WWWDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 3-2 Werder Bremen, 22 Dec 18 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 0-3 RB Leipzig, 21 Sep 19  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.