Werder Bremen 3-0 RB Leipzig: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 March 2017

Result

Werder Bremen 3-0 RB Leipzig

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 March 2017, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Werder Bremen 3-0 RB Leipzig: match report

Werder Bremen beat RB Leipzig 3-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 18 March 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Zlatko Junuzović opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Zlatko Junuzović (34'), Florian Grillitsch (59') and Florian Kainz (90'). RB Leipzig did not score.

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards; RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 15th on 26 points from 24 and RB Leipzig 2nd on 49 points from 24. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 8th with 45 points, and RB Leipzig 2nd with 67.

Werder Bremen lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and RB Leipzig in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Zlatko Junuzović of Werder Bremen (8.5), ahead of Thomas Delaney (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Werder Bremen wins, 0 draws and 1 for RB Leipzig.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Zlatko JunuzovićWerder Bremen · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Zlatko JunuzovićWerder Bremen
  • 58'Yellow card · Willi OrbánRB Leipzig
  • 59'Goal · Florian GrillitschWerder Bremen · 2-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Robert BauerWerder Bremen
  • 90'Goal · Florian KainzWerder Bremen · 3-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Werder Bremen 0, draws 0, RB Leipzig 1.

Team news

Werder Bremen line-up (3-1-4-2)

Felix Wiedwald, Milos Veljkovic, Lamine Sané, Niklas Moisander, Thomas Delaney, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Florian Grillitsch, Zlatko Junuzović, Robert Bauer, Fin Bartels, Claudio Pizarro

RB Leipzig line-up (3-4-2-1)

Péter Gulácsi, Dayot Upamecano, Willi Orbán, Marvin Compper, Benno Schmitz, Stefan Ilsanker, Diego Demme, Marcel Halstenberg, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Timo Werner