RB Leipzig 2-1 Schalke 04: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 3 December 2016
Result
RB Leipzig 2-1 Schalke 04
Bundesliga · Saturday 3 December 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
RB Leipzig 2-1 Schalke 04: match report
RB Leipzig defeated Schalke 04 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 3 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Timo Werner opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Timo Werner (2', penalty) and an own goal by Sead Kolasinac (47'). Schalke 04 scored through Sead Kolasinac (31').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card; Schalke 04 received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 2nd on 30 points from 12 and Schalke 04 8th on 17 points from 12. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 2nd with 67 points, and Schalke 04 10th with 43.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Schalke 04 in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Timo Werner of RB Leipzig (8.1), ahead of Naby Keïta (7.7).
Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Schalke 04's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · Ralf Fährmann
- 2'Penalty goal · Timo Werner
- 31'Goal · Sead Kolasinac
- 39'Yellow card · Matija Nastasić
- 47'Own goal · Sead Kolasinac
- 49'Yellow card · Alessandro Schöpf
- 51'Yellow card · Benedikt Höwedes
- 73'Yellow card · Marcel Halstenberg
- 80'Yellow card · Nabil Bentaleb
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Benno Schmitz, Stefan Ilsanker, Willi Orbán, Marcel Halstenberg, Naby Keïta, Diego Demme, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Timo Werner
Schalke 04 line-up (3-1-4-2)
R. Fährmann, Benedikt Höwedes, Naldo, Matija Nastasić, Johannes Geis, Alessandro Schöpf, Leon Goretzka, Nabil Bentaleb, Sead Kolasinac, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, Max Meyer