Borussia Dortmund 4-1 RB Leipzig: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 26 August 2018

Result

Borussia Dortmund 4-1 RB Leipzig

Bundesliga · Sunday 26 August 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Borussia Dortmund 4-1 RB Leipzig: match report

Borussia Dortmund won against RB Leipzig 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 26 August 2018. The half-time score was 3-1.

Jean-Kévin Augustin opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Mahmoud Dahoud (21'), an own goal by Marcel Sabitzer (40'), Axel Witsel (43') and Marco Reus (90+1'). RB Leipzig scored through Jean-Kévin Augustin (1').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards; RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards.

Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and RB Leipzig 3rd with 66.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-3-3 and RB Leipzig in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Roman Bürki of Borussia Dortmund (7.8), level with Jadon Sancho (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Borussia Dortmund win, 1 draw and 2 for RB Leipzig.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Jean-Kévin AugustinRB Leipzig · 0-1
  • 7'Yellow card · Dayot UpamecanoRB Leipzig
  • 21'Goal · Mahmoud DahoudBorussia Dortmund · 1-1
  • 23'Yellow card · Marcelo SaracchiRB Leipzig
  • 40'Own goal · Marcel SabitzerBorussia Dortmund · 2-1
  • 43'Goal · Axel WitselBorussia Dortmund · 3-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Abdou DialloBorussia Dortmund
  • 75'Yellow card · Mahmoud DahoudBorussia Dortmund
  • 90+1'Goal · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund · 4-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 1, draws 1, RB Leipzig 2.

Team news

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-3-3)

Roman Bürki, Łukasz Piszczek, Manuel Akanji, Abdou Diallo, Marcel Schmelzer, Mahmoud Dahoud, Axel Witsel, Thomas Delaney, Christian Pulisic, Maximilian Philipp, Marco Reus

RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)

Péter Gulácsi, Lukas Klostermann, Ibrahima Konaté, Dayot Upamecano, Marcelo Saracchi, Diego Demme, Kevin Kampl, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Jean-Kévin Augustin