RB Leipzig 2-0 Werder Bremen: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 12 December 2020
Result
RB Leipzig 2-0 Werder Bremen
Bundesliga · Saturday 12 December 2020, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
RB Leipzig 2-0 Werder Bremen: match report
RB Leipzig won against Werder Bremen 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 12 December 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.
Marcel Sabitzer opened the scoring in the 26th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Marcel Sabitzer (26', penalty) and Dani Olmo (41'). Werder Bremen did not score.
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 3rd on 21 points from 10 and Werder Bremen 13th on 11 points from 10. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 2nd with 65 points, and Werder Bremen 17th with 31.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Werder Bremen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani Olmo of RB Leipzig (8.5), ahead of Yussuf Poulsen (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 RB Leipzig wins, 1 draw and 2 for Werder Bremen.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Ludwig Augustinsson
- 26'Penalty goal · Marcel Sabitzer
- 41'Goal · Dani Olmo
- 43'Yellow card · Kevin Kampl
- 47'Yellow card · Nordi Mukiele
- 78'Yellow card · Dayot Upamecano
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Lukas Klostermann
- Niclas Füllkrug
- Lazar Samardžić
- Milot Rashica
- Hee-chan Hwang
- Davie Selke
- Konrad Laimer
- Christopher Nkunku
- Benjamin Henrichs
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-3-1)
Péter Gulácsi, Nordi Mukiele, Willi Orbán, Dayot Upamecano, Marcel Halstenberg, Kevin Kampl, Marcel Sabitzer, Amadou Haidara, Dani Olmo, Justin Kluivert, Yussuf Poulsen
Werder Bremen line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jiri Pavlenka, Christian Groß, Ömer Toprak, Marco Friedl, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Kevin Möhwald, Maximilian Eggestein, Ludwig Augustinsson, Leonardo Bittencourt, Romano Schmid, Josh Sargent