MUNICH. FC Bayern München bested RB Leipzig. FC Bayern München made the most of its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 10,000 spectators.​ The referee was Sven Jablonski with the collaboration of Norbert Grudzinski and Sascha Thielert. The 4th official was Tobias Reichel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 0.9 degrees Celsius or 33.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Bayern München was in firm control of the ball 58% while RB Leipzig was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Bayern München was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Bayern München won the match​.

FC Bayern München shot 25 times, 8 on target, 17 off target. On the other side, RB Leipzig shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

FC Bayern München received 1 yellow card (Lucas). Talking about the opposition, RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards (K. Laimer, C. Nkunku and B. Henrichs).

Standings

After this encounter, FC Bayern München will have 52 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, RB Leipzig will stay with 31 points like TSG Hoffenheim and Eintracht Frankfurt to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Bayern München will play away against VfL Bochum 1848 on the 12th of February with a 10-0 head to head statistic in favor of FC Bayern München (2 draws).

RB Leipzig will host FC Köln on the 11th of February with a 4-2 head to head in favor of RB Leipzig (3 draws).

FC Bayern München – Formation

FC Bayern München adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Julian Nagelsmann decided to play with the following team: Manuel Neuer (6.8), Benjamin Pavard (6.7), Niklas Süle (6.7), Lucas Hernández (6.9), Serge Gnabry (8.0), Joshua Kimmich (7.0), Corentin Tolisso (7.1), Kingsley Coman (7.6), Thomas Müller (8.0), Leroy Sané (7.4) and Robert Lewandowski (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Dayot Upamecano (6.8), Omar Richards, Marcel Sabitzer (6.6), Sven Ulreich, Paul Wanner, Jamal Musiala (6.4), Marc Roca, Malik Tillman and Tanguy Nianzou (6.9).

Substitutions

FC Bayern München made 4 changes: C. Tolisso for J. Musiala (63′), Lucas for D. Upamecano (73′), T. Muller for M. Sabitzer (84′) and K. Coman for T. Nianzou (85′).

Best player: Serge Gnabry​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Bayern München was Serge Gnabry even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 46 passes (78% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 18. He performed 3 crosses.

RB Leipzig – Formation

Also RB Leipzig adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Domenico Tedesco played with: Péter Gulácsi (6.8), Lukas Klostermann (6.6), Willi Orbán (6.5), Joško Gvardiol (7.0), Nordi Mukiele (6.3), Konrad Laimer (7.6), Kevin Kampl (5.2), Angeliño (6.8), Dani Olmo (6.1), Christopher Nkunku (8.6) and André Silva (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Philipp Tschauner, Emil Forsberg (6.7), Benjamin Henrichs (7.1), Josep Martínez, Hugo Novoa Ramos, Dominik Szoboszlai (6.4), Solomon Bonnah, Amadou Haidara (6.9) and Yussuf Poulsen (6.4).

Substitutions

RB Leipzig made 5 changes: K. Kampl for D. Szoboszlai (46′), D. Olmo for E. Forsberg (61′), K. Laimer for A. Haidara (61′), N. Mukiele for B. Henrichs (72′) and A. Silva for Y. Poulsen (80′).

Best player: Christopher Nkunku​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for RB Leipzig was Christopher Nkunku.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 19 passes (84% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• FC Bayern München – RB Leipzig – 3-2
• VfB Stuttgart – Eintracht Frankfurt – 2-3
• FSV Mainz 05 – TSG Hoffenheim – 2-0
• FC Augsburg – FC Union Berlin – 2-0
• DSC Arminia Bielefeld – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 1-1
• FC Köln – SC Freiburg – 1-0