RB Leipzig 3-2 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 22 December 2018

Result

RB Leipzig 3-2 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Saturday 22 December 2018, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

RB Leipzig · Werder Bremen · Bundesliga predictions

RB Leipzig 3-2 Werder Bremen: match report

RB Leipzig beat Werder Bremen 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 22 December 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Lukas Klostermann opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Lukas Klostermann (22'), Timo Werner (44') and Bruma (87'). Werder Bremen scored through M. Kruse (67') and Josh Sargent (77').

Discipline: RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards; Werder Bremen received no yellow cards.

Going into the game RB Leipzig were 4th on 28 points from 16 and Werder Bremen 9th on 22 points from 16. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and Werder Bremen 8th with 53.

RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-4-2 and Werder Bremen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Timo Werner of RB Leipzig (7.8), ahead of Lukas Klostermann (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 RB Leipzig wins, 1 draw and 1 for Werder Bremen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Lukas KlostermannRB Leipzig · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Timo WernerRB Leipzig · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Konrad LaimerRB Leipzig
  • 67'Goal · M. KruseWerder Bremen · 2-1
  • 77'Goal · Josh SargentWerder Bremen · 2-2
  • 87'Goal · BrumaRB Leipzig · 3-2
  • 88'Yellow card · BrumaRB Leipzig

Head-to-head

4 meetings: RB Leipzig 2, draws 1, Werder Bremen 1.

Team news

RB Leipzig line-up (4-4-2)

Péter Gulácsi, Lukas Klostermann, Ibrahima Konaté, Willi Orbán, Marcel Halstenberg, Marcel Sabitzer, Diego Demme, Kevin Kampl, Konrad Laimer, Yussuf Poulsen, Timo Werner

Werder Bremen line-up (4-3-3)

Jiri Pavlenka, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Sebastian Langkamp, Milos Veljkovic, Ludwig Augustinsson, Kevin Möhwald, Maximilian Eggestein, Davy Klaassen, Johannes Eggestein, Zoran Zekic, Milot Rashica