RB Leipzig 3-1 Werder Bremen: result and report
Bundesliga · Sunday 23 October 2016
Result
RB Leipzig 3-1 Werder Bremen
Bundesliga · Sunday 23 October 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
RB Leipzig 3-1 Werder Bremen: match report
RB Leipzig won against Werder Bremen 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 23 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Naby Keïta opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Naby Keïta (42'), Naby Keïta (74') and Davie Selke (90+5'). Werder Bremen scored through Serge Gnabry (76').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 4 yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 5th on 15 points from 7 and Werder Bremen 14th on 7 points from 7. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 2nd with 67 points, and Werder Bremen 8th with 45.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Werder Bremen in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Naby Keïta of RB Leipzig (9.4), ahead of Davie Selke (8.2).
Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Werder Bremen's W-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Dominik Kaiser
- 23'Yellow card · Emil Forsberg
- 32'Yellow card · Naby Keïta
- 36'Yellow card · Theodor Gebre Selassie
- 42'Goal · Naby Keïta
- 44'Yellow card · Clemens Fritz
- 74'Goal · Naby Keïta
- 76'Goal · Serge Gnabry
- 90+4'Yellow card · Diego Demme
- 90+4'Yellow card · Niklas Moisander
- 90+5'Goal · Davie Selke
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Bernardo, Willi Orbán, Marvin Compper, Marcel Halstenberg, Diego Demme, Naby Keïta, Dominik Kaiser, Emil Forsberg, Timo Werner, Yussuf Poulsen
Werder Bremen line-up (4-1-4-1)
Felix Wiedwald, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Lamine Sané, Niklas Moisander, Santiago García, Florian Grillitsch, Izet Hajrovic, Clemens Fritz, Zlatko Junuzović, Serge Gnabry, Ousman Manneh