Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 RB Leipzig: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 19 August 2023
Result
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 RB Leipzig
Bundesliga · Saturday 19 August 2023, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 RB Leipzig: match report
Bayer 04 Leverkusen defeated RB Leipzig 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 19 August 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.
Jeremie Frimpong opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Jeremie Frimpong (24'), Jonathan Tah (35') and Florian Wirtz (64'). RB Leipzig scored through Dani Olmo (39') and Loïs Openda (71').
Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card; RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and RB Leipzig 4th with 65.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and RB Leipzig in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonas Hofmann of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.5), ahead of Jeremie Frimpong (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 3 draws and 5 for RB Leipzig.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Jeremie Frimpong
- 35'Goal · Jonathan Tah
- 39'Goal · Dani Olmo
- 62'Yellow card · Nicolas Seiwald
- 64'Goal · Florian Wirtz
- 69'Yellow card · Victor Boniface
- 71'Goal · Loïs Openda
- 81'Yellow card · Castello Lukeba
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (3-4-2-1)
Lukas Hradecky, Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan Tah, Edmond Tapsoba, Jeremie Frimpong, Exequiel Palacios, Granit Xhaka, Alejandro Grimaldo, Jonas Hofmann, Florian Wirtz, Victor Boniface
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)
Janis Blaswich, Benjamin Henrichs, Mohamed Simakan, Willi Orbán, David Raum, Nicolas Seiwald, Xaver Schlager, Xavi Simons, Timo Werner, Loïs Openda, Dani Olmo