MUNICH. FC Bayern München conquered RB Leipzig to win 2-1. H. Kane  was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was FC Bayern München to strike first with a goal of Harry Kane  at the 56′. Then it was a goal in the 70′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Harry Kane  gave the win to FC Bayern München in the 90′ minute with a goal scoring a double. FC Bayern München capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).

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 75,000 spectators.​ The referee was Sascha Stegemann with the collaboration of Christof Günsch and Frederick Assmuth. The 4th official was Robert Hartmann. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 7.25 degrees Celsius or 45.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

FC Bayern München

2 - 1

RB Leipzig

  • 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
  • 16 Total 11
  • 4 On Target 6
  • 5 Off Target 3
  • 8 Shots blocked 2
  • 120 Attack 89
  • 59 Dangerous attack 42
  • 99 Ball safe 85
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 11 Total 10
  • 3 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 7

Ball possession

FC Bayern München had a superior ball possession 57% while RB Leipzig was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Bayern München had a more offensive attitude with 59 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Bayern München won the match​.

FC Bayern München shot 16 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, RB Leipzig shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

FC Bayern München received 3 yellow cards (Aleksandar Pavlović, Matthijs de Ligt and Jamal Musiala). On the other side, RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards (Mohamed Simakan, Willi Orbán and Xaver Schlager).

Match Timeline

Aleksandar Pavlović- Yellow
38'
41'
Willi Orbán- Yellow
Harry Kane (goal)Jamal Musiala
56'
Matthijs de Ligt- Yellow
59'
Mathys Tel- sub ->Leroy Sané
64'
Konrad Laimer- sub ->Thomas Müller
65'
Jamal Musiala- Yellow
66'
67'
Xaver Schlager- Yellow
70'
Benjamin Sesko(goal)Dani Olmo
73'
Yussuf Poulsen - sub ->Loïs Openda
74'
Kevin Kampl- sub ->Amadou Haidara
78'
Mohamed Simakan- Yellow
Min-jae Kim- sub ->Aleksandar Pavlović
81'
Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting- sub ->Jamal Musiala
84'
87'
Eljif Elmas- sub ->Xavi Simons
Harry Kane (goal)Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
90'
90'
Christoph Baumgartner- sub ->Benjamin Sesko
90'
Castello Lukeba- sub ->David Raum

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
33
33
FSV Mainz 05
32
33
FC Union Berlin
30
33
FC Köln
27
33
Darmstadt 98
17
33

After playing this match, FC Bayern München has 53 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, RB Leipzig will stays with 40 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Bayern München will play away with SC Freiburg on the 2nd of March with a 21-2 head to head in favor of FC Bayern München (5 draws).

RB Leipzig will play away against VfL Bochum 1848 on the 2nd of March with a 8-1 head to head record in favor of RB Leipzig (1 draw).

FC Bayern München – Formation

FC Bayern München
G
Manuel Neuer 1.Germany
7.5
D
Matthijs de Ligt 4.Netherlands
6.8
59'
D
Joshua Kimmich 6.Germany
7.0
D
Eric Dier 15.England
7.1
D
Raphaël Guerreiro 22.Portugal
7.3
M
Aleksandar Pavlović 45.Germany
7.5
81' 38'
M
Leon Goretzka 8.Germany
7.7
M
Leroy Sané 10.Germany
6.8
64'
M
Thomas Müller 25.Germany
7.3
65'
M
Jamal Musiala 42.Germany
7.1
84' 66'
F
Harry Kane 9.England
7.9
56', 90'
Substitutes
G
Sven Ulreich 26.Germany
D
Min-jae Kim 3.South Korea
6.8
81'
M
Konrad Laimer 27.Austria
6.7
65'
M
L. Zvonarek 34.Croatia
F
Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting 13.Cameroon
7.0
84'
F
Bryan Zaragoza 17.Spain
F
Mathys Tel 39.France
6.6
64'

FC Bayern München started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Thomas Tuchel decided to play with the following team: Manuel Neuer (7.5), Joshua Kimmich (7.0), Matthijs de Ligt (6.8), Eric Dier (7.1), Raphaël Guerreiro (7.3), Aleksandar Pavlović (7.5), Leon Goretzka (7.7), Leroy Sané (6.8), Thomas Müller (7.3), Jamal Musiala (7.1) and Harry Kane  (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (7.0), Bryan Zaragoza, Sven Ulreich, Konrad Laimer (6.7), Lovro Zvonarek, Mathys Tel (6.6), Adam Aznou and Min-jae Kim (6.8).

Substitutions

FC Bayern München made 4 changes: Thomas Müller for Konrad Laimer (65′), Leroy Sané for Mathys Tel (65′), Jamal Musiala for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (84′) and Aleksandar Pavlović for Min-jae Kim (81′).

Player of the match: Harry Kane ​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Bayern München was Harry Kane .

His rating is 7.9 with 2 goals, 9 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 9. He hit the woodwork once times.

RB Leipzig – Formation

RB Leipzig
G
Janis Blaswich 21.Germany
6.4
G
Péter Gulácsi 1.Hungary
D
Mohamed Simakan 2.France
7.1
78'
D
Willi Orbán 4.Hungary
7.0
41'
D
David Raum 22.Germany
7.0
90'
D
Benjamin Henrichs 39.Germany
7.1
M
Amadou Haidara 8.Mali
7.3
74'
M
Dani Olmo 7.Spain
7.0
M
Xavi Simons 20.Netherlands
7.3
87'
M
Xaver Schlager 24.Austria
7.3
67'
F
Loïs Openda 17.Belgium
7.3
73'
F
Benjamin Sesko 30.Slovenia
7.5
90' 70'
Substitutes
G
Leopold Zingerle 25.Germany
D
Christopher Lenz 3.Germany
D
El Bitshiabu 5.France
D
Castello Lukeba 23.France
90'
M
Eljif Elmas 6.Macedonia
6.8
87'
M
Nicolas Seiwald 13.Austria
M
Christoph Baumgartner 14.Austria
90'
M
Kevin Kampl 44.Slovenia
6.4
74'
F
Yussuf Poulsen 9.Denmark
6.6
73'

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

Marco Rose played with: Péter Gulácsi, Janis Blaswich (6.4), Benjamin Henrichs (7.1), Mohamed Simakan (7.1), Willi Orbán (7.0), David Raum (7.0), Amadou Haidara (7.3), Xaver Schlager (7.3), Dani Olmo (7.0), Xavi Simons (7.3) and Benjamin Sesko (7.5), Loïs Openda (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Christopher Lenz, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Eljif Elmas (6.8), Yussuf Poulsen (6.6), Nicolas Seiwald, Christoph Baumgartner, Castello Lukeba, Leopold Zingerle and Kevin Kampl (6.4).

Substitutions

RB Leipzig made 5 changes: Loïs Openda for Yussuf Poulsen (73′), Amadou Haidara for Kevin Kampl (74′), Benjamin Sesko for Christoph Baumgartner (90′), Xavi Simons for Eljif Elmas (87′) and David Raum for Castello Lukeba (90′).

Player of the match: Benjamin Sesko​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for RB Leipzig was Benjamin Sesko.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 15 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes.

Results of the day

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