BREMEN. RB Leipzig beat Werder Bremen to win 2-1. It was RB Leipzig to strike first with a goal of A. Silva at the 13′. Then it was a goal in the 57′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, X. Schlager gave the win to RB Leipzig in the 70′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the wohninvest WESERSTADION (Bremen) stadium in Bremen on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Matthias Jöllenbeck with the help of Martin Thomsen and Jonas Weickenmeier. The 4th official was Marcel Unger. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 9.2 degrees Celsius or 48.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Werder Bremen

1 - 2

RB Leipzig

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 6 Total 14
  • 5 On Target 3
  • 1 Off Target 11
  • 0 Shots blocked 2
  • 120 Attack 111
  • 42 Dangerous attack 36
  • 120 Ball safe 107
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 0 Corners 4
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 14 Total 8
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Werder Bremen was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. RB Leipzig that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Werder Bremen had a more offensive attitude with 42 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, RB Leipzig was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Werder Bremen shot 6 times, 5 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, RB Leipzig shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards (N. Stark and O. Werner). On the opposite side, RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards (A. Haidara, M. Rose and E. Forsberg).

Match Timeline

13'
21'
Amadou Haidara- Yellow
56'
Christian Groß(goal)
57'
70'
Xaver Schlager(goal)
71'
Jens Stage - sub ->L. Bittencourt
71'
72'
Dani Olmo- sub ->E. Forsberg
77'
Kevin Kampl- sub ->A. Haidara
81'
Niklas Stark - Yellow
82'
83'
Yussuf Poulsen - sub ->A. Silva
83'
86'
86'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
FC Bayern München
71
34
Borussia Dortmund
71
34
RB Leipzig
66
34
FC Union Berlin
62
34
SC Freiburg
59
34
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
50
34
Eintracht Frankfurt
50
34
VfL Wolfsburg
49
34
FSV Mainz 05
46
34
Borussia Mönchengladbach
43
34
FC Köln
42
34
TSG Hoffenheim
36
34
Werder Bremen
36
34
VfL Bochum 1848
35
34
FC Augsburg
34
34
VfB Stuttgart
33
34
Schalke 04
31
34
Hertha BSC
29
34

After playing this match, Werder Bremen will stay with 21 points to sit in the 9th place. On the opposite side, RB Leipzig will have 28 points to climb in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Werder Bremen will play away against VfB Stuttgart on the 5th of February with a 11-8 head to head stats in favor of VfB Stuttgart (10 draws).

RB Leipzig will play away agasint FC Köln on the 4th of February with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of RB Leipzig (4 draws).

Werder Bremen – Formation

Werder Bremen
G
Jiri Pavlenka 1.Czech Republic
6.3
D
Niklas Stark 4.Germany
6.3
82'
D
Amos Pieper 5.Germany
6.4
81'
D
Marco Friedl 32.Austria
7.3
M
Christian Groß 36.Germany
7.3
71' 57'
M
Anthony Jung 3.Germany
6.5
86'
M
Mitchell Weiser 8.Germany
6.4
M
Leonardo Bittencourt 10.Germany
6.6
71'
M
Romano Schmid 20.Austria
6.4
86'
F
Niclas Füllkrug 11.Germany
7.0
F
Marvin Ducksch 7.Germany
6.7
Substitutes
G
Michael Zetterer 30.Germany
D
Fabio Chiarodia 39.Italy
D
Lee Buchanan 26.England
M
Nicolai Rapp 23.Germany
6.8
71'
M
Niklas Schmidt 22.Germany
7.3
81'
M
Jens Stage 6.Denmark
6.4
71'
F
Benjamin Goller 24.Germany
F
Oliver Burke 9.Scotland
86'
F
Eren Dinkçi 21.Germany
86'

Werder Bremen started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Ole Werner decided to play with the following team: Jiří Pavlenka (6.3), Amos Pieper (6.4), Niklas Stark (6.3), Marco Friedl (7.3), Christian Groß (7.3), Mitchell Weiser (6.4), Leonardo Bittencourt (6.6), Romano Schmid (6.4), Anthony Jung (6.5), Niclas Füllkrug (7.0) and Marvin Ducksch (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Fabio Chiarodia, Benjamin Goller, Nicolai Rapp (6.8), Niklas Schmidt (7.3), Oliver Burke, Eren Dinkçi, Michael Zetterer, Lee Buchanan and Jens Stage (6.4).

Substitutions

Werder Bremen made 5 changes: C. Gross for N. Rapp (71′), L. Bittencourt for J. Stage (71′), A. Pieper for N. Schmidt (81′), R. Schmid for O. Burke (86′) and A. Jung for E. Dinkci (86′).

Best player: Christian Groß​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Werder Bremen was Christian Groß.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 35 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.

RB Leipzig – Formation

RB Leipzig
G
Janis Blaswich 21.Germany
7.5
D
Willi Orbán 4.Hungary
6.8
D
Benjamin Henrichs 39.Germany
7.0
D
David Raum 22.Germany
6.9
D
Josko Gvardiol 32.Croatia
7.2
M
Emil Forsberg 10.Sweden
6.9
72' 56'
M
Xaver Schlager 24.Austria
7.8
70'
M
Amadou Haidara 8.Mali
6.4
77' 21'
M
Dominik Szoboszlai 17.Hungary
7.3
83'
F
André Silva 19.Portugal
7.7
83' 13'
F
Christopher Nkunku 18.France
7.5
Substitutes
G
Ørjan Nyland 13.Norway
D
Sanoussy Ba 25.Germany
D
Marcel Halstenberg 23.Germany
83'
D
Lukas Klostermann 16.Germany
M
Dani Olmo 7.Spain
6.1
72'
M
Kevin Kampl 44.Slovenia
6.9
77'
F
Yussuf Poulsen 9.Denmark
83'
F
Hugo Novoa 38.Spain

RB Leipzig started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Marco Rose played with: Janis Blaswich (7.5), Benjamin Henrichs (7.0), Willi Orbán (6.8), Joško Gvardiol (7.2), David Raum (6.9), Dominik Szoboszlai (7.3), Xaver Schlager (7.8), Amadou Haidara (6.4), Emil Forsberg (6.9), André Silva (7.7) and Christopher Nkunku (7.5).

They had on the bench: Dani Olmo (6.1), Kevin Kampl (6.9), Sanoussy Ba, Yussuf Poulsen, Ørjan Nyland, Marcel Halstenberg, Hugo Novoa Ramos and Lukas Klostermann.

Substitutions

RB Leipzig made 4 changes: E. Forsberg for D. Olmo (72′), A. Haidara for K. Kampl (77′), A. Silva for Y. Poulsen (83′) and D. Szoboszlai for M. Halstenberg (83′).

Best player: Xaver Schlager​

The most impressive player for RB Leipzig was Xaver Schlager.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 61 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​