RB Leipzig 3-1 FSV Mainz 05: result and report
Bundesliga · Sunday 6 November 2016
Result
RB Leipzig 3-1 FSV Mainz 05
Bundesliga · Sunday 6 November 2016, 14:30 UTC · half-time 3-0
RB Leipzig 3-1 FSV Mainz 05: match report
RB Leipzig beat FSV Mainz 05 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 6 November 2016. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Timo Werner opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Timo Werner (3'), Emil Forsberg (21') and Timo Werner (44'). FSV Mainz 05 scored through Stefan Bell (74').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received no yellow cards; FSV Mainz 05 received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 2nd on 21 points from 9 and FSV Mainz 05 10th on 14 points from 9. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 2nd with 67 points, and FSV Mainz 05 15th with 37.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and FSV Mainz 05 in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Timo Werner of RB Leipzig (8.7), ahead of Emil Forsberg (8.5).
Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read W-W-W-W-D and FSV Mainz 05's W-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Timo Werner
- 21'Goal · Emil Forsberg
- 44'Goal · Timo Werner
- 55'Yellow card · Daniel Brosinski
- 74'Goal · Stefan Bell
- 80'Yellow card · Stefan Bell
- 85'Yellow card · André Ramalho
Team news
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
FSV Mainz 05 line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jonas Lössl, Giulio Donati, Leon Balogun, Alexander Hack, Gaëtan Bussmann, Daniel Brosinski, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Karim Onisiwo, Suat Serdar, Jairo Samperio, Jhon Córdoba