RB Leipzig 4-1 FSV Mainz 05: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 8 January 2022
Result
RB Leipzig 4-1 FSV Mainz 05
Bundesliga · Saturday 8 January 2022, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
RB Leipzig 4-1 FSV Mainz 05: match report
RB Leipzig beat FSV Mainz 05 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 8 January 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
André Silva opened the scoring in the 21st minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from André Silva (21', penalty), Dominik Szoboszlai (47'), Christopher Nkunku (58') and André Silva (61'). FSV Mainz 05 scored through Jae-sung Lee (57').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received no yellow cards; FSV Mainz 05 received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 10th on 22 points from 17 and FSV Mainz 05 9th on 24 points from 17. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 4th with 58 points, and FSV Mainz 05 8th with 46.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and FSV Mainz 05 in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christopher Nkunku of RB Leipzig (9.0), ahead of Dominik Szoboszlai (8.9).
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Jae-sung Lee
- 19'Red card · Alexander Hack
- 21'Penalty goal · André Silva
- 47'Goal · Dominik Szoboszlai
- 57'Goal · Jae-sung Lee
- 58'Goal · Christopher Nkunku
- 59'Yellow card · Stefan Bell
- 61'Goal · André Silva
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Emil Forsberg
- Benjamin Henrichs
- Moussa Niakhaté
- Solomon Bonnah
- Hee-chan Hwang
- Nordi Mukiele
- Marcel Halstenberg
- Dani Olmo
- Ádám Szalai
RB Leipzig line-up (3-4-1-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Mohamed Simakan, Willi Orbán, Josko Gvardiol, Lukas Klostermann, Tyler Adams, Kevin Kampl, Angeliño, Dominik Szoboszlai, André Silva, Yussuf Poulsen
FSV Mainz 05 line-up (3-5-2)
Robin Zentner, Silvan Widmer, Stefan Bell, Alexander Hack, Daniel Brosinski, Jae-sung Lee, Anton Stach, Jean-Paul Boëtius, Aarón Martín, Karim Onisiwo, Jonathan Burkardt