RB Leipzig 3-2 Zorya Luhansk: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 30 August 2018

Result

RB Leipzig 3-2 Zorya Luhansk

Europa League · Thursday 30 August 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

RB Leipzig · Zorya Luhansk · Europa League predictions

RB Leipzig 3-2 Zorya Luhansk: match report

RB Leipzig defeated Zorya Luhansk 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 30 August 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Matheus Cunha opened the scoring in the 7th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Matheus Cunha (7'), Jean-Kévin Augustin (69') and Emil Forsberg (90', penalty). Zorya Luhansk scored through Rafael Ratão (35') and Artem Gordienko (48').

Discipline: RB Leipzig received no yellow cards; Zorya Luhansk received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game RB Leipzig were 29th on 9 points from 5 and Zorya Luhansk 86th on 3 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-4-2 and Zorya Luhansk in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 RB Leipzig wins, 1 draw and 0 for Zorya Luhansk.

Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read D-D-W-D-W and Zorya Luhansk's D-D-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Matheus CunhaRB Leipzig · 1-0
  • 13'Yellow card · O. SvatokZorya Luhansk
  • 35'Goal · Rafael RatãoZorya Luhansk · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Igor KharatinZorya Luhansk
  • 48'Goal · Artem GordienkoZorya Luhansk · 1-2
  • 69'Goal · Jean-Kévin AugustinRB Leipzig · 2-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Luiz FelipeZorya Luhansk
  • 90'Penalty goal · Emil ForsbergRB Leipzig · 3-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: RB Leipzig 0, draws 1, Zorya Luhansk 0.

Team news

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

Yvon Mvogo, Willi Orbán, Ibrahima Konaté, Lukas Klostermann, Konrad Laimer, Marcel Sabitzer, Stefan Ilsanker, Matheus Cunha, Kevin Kampl, Yussuf Poulsen, Timo Werner

Zorya Luhansk line-up (4-2-3-1)

Luis Felipe, Oleksandr Svatok, Bogdan Mykhaylichenko, Vitaliy Vernydub, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Artem Gordienko, Igor Kharatin, Oleksandr Karavaev, Vladyslav Kabaev, Silas, Rafael Ratão