LEIPZIG. RB Leipzig beats SC Freiburg 3-1. RB Leipzig was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Leipzig on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Patrick Ittrich with the support of Sascha Thielert and Thomas Gorniak. The 4th official was Robert Schröder. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.51 degrees Celsius or 45.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

RB Leipzig

3 - 1

SC Freiburg

  • ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
  • 15 Total 9
  • 6 On Target 3
  • 4 Off Target 3
  • 5 Shots blocked 3
  • 117 Attack 104
  • 37 Dangerous attack 39
  • 65 Ball safe 57
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 9 Total 10
  • 2 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

RB Leipzig had a strong ball possession 63% while SC Freiburg was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SC Freiburg was putting more pressure with 39 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, RB Leipzig was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

RB Leipzig shot 15 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, SC Freiburg shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards (Loïs Openda and Amadou Haidara). Talking about the opposition, SC Freiburg didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

Xavi Simons(goal)
6'
45'
Merlin Röhl(goal)Matthias Ginter
Amadou Haidara- Yellow
62'
Loïs Openda- Yellow
63'
Christoph Baumgartner- sub ->Emil Forsberg
63'
Benjamin Henrichs- sub ->Mohamed Simakan
63'
Yussuf Poulsen - sub ->Benjamin Šeško
63'
Kevin Kampl- sub ->Amadou Haidara
68'
Christoph Baumgartner(VAR)
77'
Loïs Openda(penalty)
79'
Christoph Baumgartner(goal)Xavi Simons
80'
79'
Ritsu Doan- sub ->Merlin Röhl
79'
Michael Gregoritsch- sub ->Vincenzo Grifo
Christopher Lenz- sub ->Xavi Simons
86'
88'
Junior Adamu- sub ->Lucas Höler
88'
Kenneth Schmidt - sub ->Manuel Gulde

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
87
33
FC Bayern München
72
33
VfB Stuttgart
70
33
RB Leipzig
64
33
Borussia Dortmund
60
33
Eintracht Frankfurt
46
33
TSG Hoffenheim
43
33
SC Freiburg
42
33
Heidenheim
39
33
FC Augsburg
39
33
Werder Bremen
39
33
VfL Wolfsburg
37
33
Borussia Mönchengladbach
34
33
VfL Bochum 1848 II
33
33
FSV Mainz 05
32
33
FC Union Berlin
30
33
FC Köln
27
33
Darmstadt 98
17
33

After this match, RB Leipzig will have 23 points to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, SC Freiburg will stay with 14 points to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, RB Leipzig will play away against TSG Hoffenheim on the 4th of May with a 10-3 head to head statistic in favor of RB Leipzig (3 draws).

SC Freiburg will play away agasint FC Union Berlin on the 18th of May with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of FC Union Berlin (2 draws).

RB Leipzig – Formation

RB Leipzig
G
Janis Blaswich 21.Germany
7.0
D
Mohamed Simakan 2.France
6.8
63'
D
David Raum 22.Germany
7.0
D
Castello Lukeba 23.France
7.1
D
Lukas Klostermann 16.Germany
7.3
M
Amadou Haidara 8.Mali
7.3
68' 62'
M
Emil Forsberg 10.Sweden
6.4
63'
M
Xavi Simons 20.Netherlands
9.1
86' 6'
M
Xaver Schlager 24.Austria
7.7
F
Loïs Openda 17.Belgium
7.3
63' 79'
F
Benjamin Sesko 30.Slovenia
7.0
63'
Substitutes
G
Leopold Zingerle 25.Germany
G
Péter Gulácsi 1.Hungary
D
Benjamin Henrichs 39.Germany
7.0
63'
D
Christopher Lenz 3.Germany
6.4
86'
M
Nicolas Seiwald 13.Austria
M
Christoph Baumgartner 14.Austria
7.8
63' 80'
M
Fábio Carvalho 18.Portugal
M
Kevin Kampl 44.Slovenia
7.0
68'
F
Yussuf Poulsen 9.Denmark
6.8
63'
F
Timo Werner 11.Germany

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

The manager Marco Rose decided to play with the following team: Janis Blaswich (7.0), Mohamed Simakan (6.8), Lukas Klostermann (7.3), Castello Lukeba (7.1), David Raum (7.0), Emil Forsberg (6.4), Amadou Haidara (7.3), Xaver Schlager (7.7), Xavi Simons (9.1), Loïs Openda (7.3) and Benjamin Šeško (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Benjamin Henrichs (7.0), Péter Gulácsi, Christopher Lenz (6.4), Yussuf Poulsen (6.8), Timo Werner, Nicolas Seiwald, Christoph Baumgartner (7.8), Fabio Carvalho, Kevin Kampl (7.0) and Leopold Zingerle.

Substitutions

RB Leipzig made 5 changes: Amadou Haidara for Kevin Kampl (68′), Emil Forsberg for Christoph Baumgartner (63′), Mohamed Simakan for Benjamin Henrichs (63′), Benjamin Šeško for Yussuf Poulsen (63′) and Xavi Simons for Christopher Lenz (86′).

Best player: Xavi Simons​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for RB Leipzig was Xavi Simons.

His rating is (9.1) with 1 goal, 46 passes (78% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

SC Freiburg – Formation

SC Freiburg
G
Noah Atubolu 1.Germany
7.0
D
Philipp Lienhart 3.Austria
6.4
D
Manuel Gulde 5.Germany
6.7
88'
D
Matthias Ginter 28.Germany
7.3
M
Noah Weißhaupt 7.Germany
6.3
M
Maximilian Eggestein 8.Germany
6.8
M
Kiliann Sildillia 25.France
6.4
M
Nicolas Höfler 27.Germany
6.8
M
Vincenzo Grifo 32.Italy
6.8
79'
M
Merlin Röhl 34.Germany
7.7
79' 45'
F
Lucas Höler 9.Germany
6.7
88'
Substitutes
G
Florian Müller 21.Germany
D
Kenneth Schmidt 4.Germany
88'
D
Jordy Makengo 33.France
M
Fabian Rudlin 35.Germany
M
Ritsu Doan 42.Japan
6.8
79'
F
Junior Adamu 20.Austria
88'
F
Michael Gregoritsch 38.Austria
6.8
79'
F
Mika Baur 54.Germany

SC Freiburg started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Christian Streich played with: Noah Atubolu (7.0), Matthias Ginter (7.3), Philipp Lienhart (6.4), Manuel Gulde (6.7), Kiliann Sildillia (6.4), Maximilian Eggestein (6.8), Nicolas Höfler (6.8), Noah Weißhaupt (6.3), Merlin Röhl (7.7), Vincenzo Grifo (6.8) and Lucas Höler (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Kenneth Schmidt, Chukwubuike Adamu, Florian Müller, Jordy Makengo, Fabian Rudlin, Michael Gregoritsch (6.8), Ritsu Doan (6.8) and Mika Baur.

Substitutions

SC Freiburg made 4 changes: Lucas Höler for Chukwubuike Adamu (88′), Merlin Röhl for Ritsu Doan (79′), Vincenzo Grifo for Michael Gregoritsch (79′) and Manuel Gulde for Kenneth Schmidt (88′).

Best player: Merlin Röhl​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for SC Freiburg was Merlin Röhl.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 20 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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