Borussia Dortmund tops RB Leipzig 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund topped RB Leipzig to win 2-1.

March 4, 2023

DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund beat RB Leipzig to win 2-1. It was Borussia Dortmund to strike first with a penalty of Marco Reus at the 21′. Then Emre Can scored again for Borussia Dortmund in the 39′ minute. Eventually, Emil Forsberg reduced the distance for RB Leipzig (74′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. RB Leipzig was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%).

The match was played at the Signal-Iduna-Park stadium in Dortmund on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Sven Jablonski with the assistance of Sascha Thielert and Eduard Beitinger. The 4th official was Frank Willenborg. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.4 degrees Celsius or 36.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.

Match Statistics

Borussia Dortmund

2 - 1

RB Leipzig

! 38 Ball Possession 62

Shots

8 Total 17
3 On Target 6
1 Off Target 8
4 Shots blocked 3

85 Attack 153
28 Dangerous attack 73
97 Ball safe 91

1 Penalties 0
4 Corners 6

Fouls

8 Total 19
2 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

RB Leipzig had a strong ball possession 62% while Borussia Dortmund was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

RB Leipzig was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Borussia Dortmund managed to find the solution to win this match.

Borussia Dortmund shot 8 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, RB Leipzig shot 17 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards (Salih Özcan and Julian Brandt). Regarding the opposition, RB Leipzig received 5 yellow cards (Christopher Nkunku , Amadou Haidara, Marcel Halstenberg, André Silva and B. Henrichs).

Match Timeline

Julian Brandt(var)

13'

15'

17'

Amadou Haidara- Yellow

Marco Reus(penalty)

21'

Salih Özcan- Yellow

29'

38'

Emre Can (goal)

39'

45'

53'

Benjamin Henrichs- Yellow

Julian Brandt- Yellow

55'

61'

David Raum- sub ->Marcel Halstenberg

71'

Mohamed Simakan- sub ->Willi Orbán

72'

Yussuf Poulsen - sub ->André Silva

Jamie Bynoe-Gittens- sub ->Marco Reus

73'

74'

83'

Mats Hummels- sub ->Julian Brandt

83'

84'

Kevin Kampl- sub ->Amadou Haidara

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach

After playing this match, Borussia Dortmund will have 49 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, RB Leipzig will stay with 42 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund will host FC Köln on the 18th of March with a 14-4 head to head statistic in favor of Borussia Dortmund (7 draws).

RB Leipzig will play away agasint VfL Bochum 1848 on the 18th of March with a 8-0 head to head stats in favor of RB Leipzig (0 draws).

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund

Alexander Meyer 33.Germany

6.5

Niklas Süle 25.Germany

7.2

Julian Ryerson 26.Norway

7.1

Nico Schlotterbeck 4.Germany

7.1

Marius Wolf 17.Germany

7.2

Marco Reus 11.Germany

7.3

73'

21'

Emre Can 23.Germany

8.0

39'

Julian Brandt 19.Germany

6.8

83'

55'

Salih Özcan 6.Turkey

6.6

83'

29'

Jude Bellingham 22.England

7.0

Sébastien Haller 9.Ivory Coast

6.3

72'

Substitutes

Gregor Kobel 1.Switzerland

Raphaël Guerreiro 13.Portugal

Mats Hummels 15.Germany

83'

Thomas Meunier 24.Belgium

Giovanni Reyna 7.United States

Felix Passlack 30.Germany

Mahmoud Dahoud 8.Germany

83'

A. Modeste 20.France

6.8

72'

Jamie Bynoe-Gittens 43.England

6.2

73'

Borussia Dortmund started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Edin Terzic decided to play with the following team: Alexander Meyer (6.5), Marius Wolf (7.2), Niklas Süle (7.2), Nico Schlotterbeck (7.1), Julian Ryerson (7.1), Emre Can (8.0), Julian Brandt (6.8), Jude Bellingham (7.0), Salih Özcan (6.6), Marco Reus (7.3) and Sébastien Haller (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Gregor Kobel, Giovanni Reyna, Felix Passlack, Anthony Modeste (6.8), Raphaël Guerreiro, Mahmoud Dahoud, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (6.2), Mats Hummels and Thomas Meunier.

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 4 changes: Sébastien Haller for Anthony Modeste (72′), Marco Reus for Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (73′), Salih Özcan for Mahmoud Dahoud (83′) and Julian Brandt for Mats Hummels (83′).

Best player: Emre Can

The player that probably impressed the most for Borussia Dortmund was Emre Can.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 45 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 10.

RB Leipzig – Formation

RB Leipzig

Janis Blaswich 21.Germany

6.1

Marcel Halstenberg 23.Germany

6.5

61'

38'

Willi Orbán 4.Hungary

6.5

71'

Benjamin Henrichs 39.Germany

6.7

53'

Josko Gvardiol 32.Croatia

7.0

Xaver Schlager 24.Austria

6.9

Amadou Haidara 8.Mali

6.6

84'

17'

Dominik Szoboszlai 17.Hungary

7.0

Christopher Nkunku 18.France

6.4

84'

15'

Emil Forsberg 10.Sweden

8.2

74'

André Silva 19.Portugal

6.1

72'

45'

Substitutes

Ørjan Nyland 13.Norway

David Raum 22.Germany

7.2

61'

Mohamed Simakan 2.France

6.6

71'

Lukas Klostermann 16.Germany

Caden Clark 28.United States

Kevin Kampl 44.Slovenia

84'

Yussuf Poulsen 9.Denmark

6.5

72'

Timo Werner 11.Germany

6.7

84'

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

Marco Rose played with: Janis Blaswich (6.1), Benjamin Henrichs (6.7), Willi Orbán (6.8), Joško Gvardiol (7.0), Marcel Halstenberg (6.5), Xaver Schlager (6.9), Amadou Haidara (6.6), Dominik Szoboszlai (7.0), Christopher Nkunku (6.4), André Silva (6.1) and Emil Forsberg (8.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Caden Clark, Ørjan Nyland, Yussuf Poulsen (6.5), David Raum (7.2), Timo Werner (6.7), Mohamed Simakan (6.7), Lukas Klostermann and Kevin Kampl.

Substitutions

RB Leipzig made 5 changes: Marcel Halstenberg for David Raum (61′), André Silva for Yussuf Poulsen (72′), Willi Orbán for Mohamed Simakan (71′), Christopher Nkunku for Timo Werner (84′) and Amadou Haidara for Kevin Kampl (84′).