RB Leipzig 2-1 Fortuna Düsseldorf: result and report
2. Bundesliga · Friday 23 October 2015
Result
RB Leipzig 2-1 Fortuna Düsseldorf
2. Bundesliga · Friday 23 October 2015, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
RB Leipzig 2-1 Fortuna Düsseldorf: match report
RB Leipzig defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 in the 2. Bundesliga on Friday 23 October 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Emil Forsberg opened the scoring in the 45th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Emil Forsberg (45+1') and Marcel Sabitzer (64'). Fortuna Düsseldorf scored through Karim Haggui (75').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card; Fortuna Düsseldorf received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 4th on 20 points from 11 and Fortuna Düsseldorf 16th on 9 points from 11. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 2nd with 67 points, and Fortuna Düsseldorf 14th with 36.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fortuna Düsseldorf in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 RB Leipzig win, 1 draw and 0 for Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read W-W-D-D-D and Fortuna Düsseldorf's W-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 45+1'Goal · Emil Forsberg
- 55'Yellow card · A. Bodzek
- 64'Goal · Marcel Sabitzer
- 66'Yellow card · Karim Haggui
- 75'Goal · Karim Haggui
- 75'Yellow card · Mike van Duinen
- 75'Yellow card · Stefan Ilsanker
- 87'Yellow card · J. Schauerte
Head-to-head
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fabio Coltorti, Willi Orbán, Stefan Ilsanker, Lukas Klostermann, Marcel Halstenberg, Marvin Compper, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Dominik Kaiser, Diego Demme, Davie Selke
Fortuna Düsseldorf line-up (4-2-3-1)
Michael Rensing, Julian Koch, Karim Haggui, Julian Schauerte, Oliver Fink, Kerem Demirbay, Adam Bodzek, Sercan Sararer, M. Sobottka, Mike van Duinen, Joel Pohjanpalo