Manchester City overcomes RB Leipzig 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

LEIPZIG. Manchester City tops RB Leipzig 3-1.

October 5, 2023

LEIPZIG. Manchester City conquers RB Leipzig 3-1. Manchester City was truly better in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Leipzig on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 45,228 spectators. The referee was Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias with the collaboration of Paulo Alexandre Santos Soares and Pedro Ribeiro. The 4th official was Fábio Oliveira Melo. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.08 degrees Celsius or 62.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.

Match Statistics

RB Leipzig

1 - 3

Manchester City

! 32 Ball Possession 68

Shots

3 Total 18
1 On Target 5
1 Off Target 9
1 Shots blocked 5

54 Attack 166
29 Dangerous attack 79
56 Ball safe 91

7 Free Kicks 15
0 Penalties 0
2 Corners 3
3 Off Sides 1

Fouls

12 Total 4
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Manchester City had a superior ball possession 68% while RB Leipzig was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the contest.

RB Leipzig shot 3 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Manchester City shot 18 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards (Xaver Schlager and David Raum). On the opposite side, Manchester City received 1 yellow card (Manuel Akanji).

Match Timeline

25'

Phil Foden(goal)Rico Lewis

Loïs Openda(goal)Yussuf Poulsen

48'

65'

Manuel Akanji- Yellow

70'

Benjamin Sesko- sub ->Emil Forsberg

70'

Xaver Schlager- Yellow

72'

Nathan Aké- sub ->Jack Grealish

72'

Jeremy Doku- sub ->Manuel Akanji

Christoph Baumgartner- sub ->Yussuf Poulsen

75'

David Raum- Yellow

78'

79'

Julián Álvarez- sub ->Phil Foden

84'

Julián Álvarez(goal)Jeremy Doku

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, RB Leipzig stays with 3 points to occupy the 2nd place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Manchester City has 6 points (1st).

Next matches

RB Leipzig – Formation

RB Leipzig

Janis Blaswich 21.Germany

6.4

Lukas Klostermann 16.Germany

6.8

Mohamed Simakan 2.France

6.3

David Raum 22.Germany

6.3

78'

Castello Lukeba 23.France

6.4

Benjamin Henrichs 39.Germany

Nicolas Seiwald 13.Austria

7.0

85'

Yussuf Poulsen 9.Denmark

7.0

75'

Emil Forsberg 10.Sweden

6.8

70'

Xavi Simons 20.Netherlands

6.8

Xaver Schlager 24.Austria

7.0

72'

Loïs Openda 17.Belgium

7.1

70'

48'

Substitutes

Péter Gulácsi 1.Hungary

Christopher Lenz 3.Germany

Amadou Haidara 8.Mali

6.4

85'

Christoph Baumgartner 14.Austria

6.8

75'

Fábio Carvalho 18.Portugal

Kevin Kampl 44.Slovenia

Timo Werner 11.Germany

6.8

70'

Benjamin Sesko 30.Slovenia

6.4

70'

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

The manager Marco Rose decided to play with the following team: Benjamin Henrichs, Janis Blaswich (6.4), Mohamed Simakan (6.3), Lukas Klostermann (6.8), Castello Lukeba (6.4), David Raum (6.3), Nicolas Seiwald (7.0), Xaver Schlager (7.0), Emil Forsberg (6.8), Yussuf Poulsen (7.0), Xavi Simons (6.8) and Loïs Openda (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Kevin Kampl, Péter Gulácsi, Christopher Lenz, Amadou Haidara (6.4), Timo Werner (6.8), Christoph Baumgartner (6.8), Fabio Carvalho and Benjamin Šeško (6.4).

Substitutions

RB Leipzig made 4 changes: Loïs Openda for Timo Werner (70′), Emil Forsberg for Benjamin Šeško (70′), Nicolas Seiwald for Amadou Haidara (85′) and Yussuf Poulsen for Christoph Baumgartner (75′).

Best player: Loïs Openda

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for RB Leipzig was Loïs Openda.

His rating is (7.1) with 1 goal, 8 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 1 cross.

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City

Ederson 31.Brazil

6.8

Kyle Walker 2.England

7.3

Rúben Dias 3.Portugal

7.7

Joško Gvardiol 24.Croatia

7.3

Bernardo Silva 20.Portugal

7.0

87'

Rico Lewis 82.England

8.1

Jack Grealish 10.England

7.3

72'

Rodri 16.Spain

7.7

Manuel Akanji 25.Switzerland

7.0

72'

65'

Phil Foden 47.England

8.5

79'

25'

Erling Haaland 9.Norway

7.7

Substitutes

Stefan Ortega 18.Germany

Scott Carson 33.England

John Stones 5.England

Nathan Aké 6.Netherlands

6.8

72'

Kalvin Phillips 4.England

Sergio Gómez 21.Spain

Matheus Nunes 27.Portugal

87'

Oscar Bobb 52.Norway

Mateo Kovačić 8.Croatia

Jeremy Doku 11.Belgium

8.4

72'

90'

Julián Álvarez 19.Argentina

8.5

79'

84'

Manchester City started with a 3-2-4-1 line-up (3-2-4-1).

Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson (6.8), Kyle Walker (7.3), Rúben Dias (7.7), Joško Gvardiol (7.3), Manuel Akanji (7.0), Rodri (7.7), Bernardo Silva (7.0), Rico Lewis (8.1), Phil Foden (8.5), Jack Grealish (7.3), Erling Haaland (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Mateo Kovačić, Julián Álvarez (8.5), Kalvin Phillips, John Stones , Nathan Aké (6.8), Jeremy Doku (8.4), Stefan Ortega, Sergio Gómez, Matheus Nunes, Scott Carson and Oscar Bobb.

Substitutions

Manchester City made 4 changes: Manuel Akanji for Jeremy Doku (72′), Jack Grealish for Nathan Aké (72′), Phil Foden for Julián Álvarez (79′) and Bernardo Silva for Matheus Nunes (87′).