RB Leipzig 2-0 Hertha BSC: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 17 December 2016
Result
RB Leipzig 2-0 Hertha BSC
Bundesliga · Saturday 17 December 2016, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
RB Leipzig 2-0 Hertha BSC: match report
RB Leipzig defeated Hertha BSC 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 17 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Timo Werner opened the scoring in the 40th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Timo Werner (40') and Willi Orbán (62'). Hertha BSC did not score.
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card; Hertha BSC received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 2nd on 33 points from 14 and Hertha BSC 4th on 27 points from 14. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 2nd with 67 points, and Hertha BSC 6th with 49.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Hertha BSC in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bernardo of RB Leipzig (8.1), level with Willi Orbán (8.1).
Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Hertha BSC's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Timo Werner
- 59'Yellow card · Timo Werner
- 62'Goal · Willi Orbán
- 73'Yellow card · Niklas Stark
- 78'Yellow card · Fabian Lustenberger
- 82'Yellow card · Vladimir Darida
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Bernardo, Stefan Ilsanker, Willi Orbán, Marcel Halstenberg, Diego Demme, Naby Keïta, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Timo Werner
Hertha BSC line-up (4-4-2)
Rune Jarstein, Mitchell Weiser, Jens Hegeler, Fabian Lustenberger, Marvin Plattenhardt, Genki Haraguchi, Niklas Stark, Allan, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Julian Schieber, Vedad Ibišević