Borussia Dortmund 3-2 RB Leipzig: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 May 2021

Result

Borussia Dortmund 3-2 RB Leipzig

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 May 2021, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Borussia Dortmund 3-2 RB Leipzig: match report

Borussia Dortmund won against RB Leipzig 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 8 May 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Marco Reus opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Marco Reus (7'), Jadon Sancho (51') and Jadon Sancho (87'). RB Leipzig scored through Lukas Klostermann (63') and Dani Olmo (77').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card; RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 5th on 55 points from 31 and RB Leipzig 2nd on 64 points from 31. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 3rd with 64 points, and RB Leipzig 2nd with 65.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and RB Leipzig in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund (8.5), ahead of Raphaël Guerreiro (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Borussia Dortmund wins, 2 draws and 2 for RB Leipzig.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Jadon SanchoBorussia Dortmund · 2-0
  • 63'Goal · Lukas KlostermannRB Leipzig · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Mats HummelsBorussia Dortmund
  • 77'Goal · Dani OlmoRB Leipzig · 2-2
  • 87'Goal · Jadon SanchoBorussia Dortmund · 3-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Amadou HaidaraRB Leipzig

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 5, draws 2, RB Leipzig 2.

Team news

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Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marwin Hitz, Łukasz Piszczek, Manuel Akanji, Mats Hummels, Raphaël Guerreiro, Emre Can, Mahmoud Dahoud, Giovanni Reyna, Marco Reus, Jadon Sancho, Thorgan Hazard

RB Leipzig line-up (3-1-4-2)

Péter Gulácsi, Lukas Klostermann, Dayot Upamecano, Willi Orbán, Kevin Kampl, Benjamin Henrichs, Dani Olmo, Marcel Sabitzer, Angeliño, Hee-chan Hwang, Emil Forsberg