Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 RB Leipzig: result and report
Bundesliga · Friday 18 November 2016
Result
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 RB Leipzig
Bundesliga · Friday 18 November 2016, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 RB Leipzig: match report
Bayer 04 Leverkusen lost to RB Leipzig 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Friday 18 November 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.
Kevin Kampl opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Kevin Kampl (1') and Julian Brandt (45+2'). RB Leipzig scored through an own goal by Julian Baumgartlinger (4'), Emil Forsberg (67') and Willi Orbán (81').
Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card; RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 8th on 16 points from 10 and RB Leipzig 2nd on 24 points from 10. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 12th with 41 points, and RB Leipzig 2nd with 67.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-4-2 and RB Leipzig in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emil Forsberg of RB Leipzig (8.4), ahead of Willi Orbán (7.8).
Key events
- 1'Goal · Kevin Kampl
- 4'Own goal · Julian Baumgartlinger
- 45+2'Goal · Julian Brandt
- 51'Yellow card · Willi Orbán
- 53'Yellow card · Stefan Ilsanker
- 54'Missed penalty · Hakan Calhanoglu
- 56'Yellow card · Naby Keïta
- 67'Goal · Emil Forsberg
- 73'Yellow card · Ömer Toprak
- 81'Goal · Willi Orbán
Team news
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-4-2)
Bernd Leno, Benjamin Henrichs, Jonathan Tah, Ömer Toprak, Wendell, Kevin Kampl, Julian Baumgartlinger, Charles Aránguiz, Julian Brandt, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Admir Mehmedi
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Stefan Ilsanker, Willi Orbán, Marvin Compper, Marcel Halstenberg, Naby Keïta, Diego Demme, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Timo Werner