Nürnberg 3-1 RB Leipzig: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Sunday 20 March 2016

Result

Nürnberg 3-1 RB Leipzig

2. Bundesliga · Sunday 20 March 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Nürnberg · RB Leipzig · 2. Bundesliga predictions

Nürnberg 3-1 RB Leipzig: match report

Nürnberg beat RB Leipzig 3-1 in the 2. Bundesliga on Sunday 20 March 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Davie Selke opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Nürnberg's goals came from Ondřej Petrák (70'), Niclas Füllkrug (75') and Guido Burgstaller (90+4'). RB Leipzig scored through Davie Selke (52').

Discipline: Nürnberg received 3 yellow cards; RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nürnberg were 3rd on 48 points from 26 and RB Leipzig 1st on 56 points from 26. Nürnberg went on to finish that season 3rd with 64 points, and RB Leipzig 2nd with 67.

Nürnberg lined up in a 4-4-2 and RB Leipzig in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nürnberg win, 0 draws and 2 for RB Leipzig.

Going into the match Nürnberg's last five read W-W-W-W-D and RB Leipzig's W-L-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Yellow card · Marcel HalstenbergRB Leipzig
  • 43'Yellow card · Willi OrbánRB Leipzig
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Hanno BehrensNürnberg
  • 52'Goal · Davie SelkeRB Leipzig · 0-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Even HovlandNürnberg
  • 70'Goal · Ondřej PetrákNürnberg · 1-1
  • 75'Goal · Niclas FüllkrugNürnberg · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Jan PolakNürnberg
  • 89'Yellow card · Davie SelkeRB Leipzig
  • 90+4'Goal · Guido BurgstallerNürnberg · 3-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Nürnberg 1, draws 0, RB Leipzig 2.

Team news

Nürnberg line-up (4-4-2)

Patrick Rakovsky, Mišo Brečko, Even Hovland, Laszló Sepsi, Tim Leibold, Georg Margreitter, Sebastian Kerk, Hanno Behrens, Ondřej Petrák, Guido Burgstaller, Niclas Füllkrug

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

Péter Gulácsi, Willi Orbán, Stefan Ilsanker, Lukas Klostermann, Marcel Halstenberg, Marvin Compper, Rani Khedira, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Davie Selke