Borussia Dortmund 4-1 RB Leipzig: result and report
Bundesliga · Sunday 26 August 2018
Result
Borussia Dortmund 4-1 RB Leipzig
Bundesliga · Sunday 26 August 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Borussia Dortmund 4-1 RB Leipzig: match report
Borussia Dortmund won against RB Leipzig 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 26 August 2018. The half-time score was 3-1.
Jean-Kévin Augustin opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Mahmoud Dahoud (21'), an own goal by Marcel Sabitzer (40'), Axel Witsel (43') and Marco Reus (90+1'). RB Leipzig scored through Jean-Kévin Augustin (1').
Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards; RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards.
Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and RB Leipzig 3rd with 66.
Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-3-3 and RB Leipzig in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Roman Bürki of Borussia Dortmund (7.8), level with Jadon Sancho (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Borussia Dortmund win, 1 draw and 2 for RB Leipzig.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Jean-Kévin Augustin
- 7'Yellow card · Dayot Upamecano
- 21'Goal · Mahmoud Dahoud
- 23'Yellow card · Marcelo Saracchi
- 40'Own goal · Marcel Sabitzer
- 43'Goal · Axel Witsel
- 68'Yellow card · Abdou Diallo
- 75'Yellow card · Mahmoud Dahoud
- 90+1'Goal · Marco Reus
Head-to-head
Team news
Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-3-3)
Roman Bürki, Łukasz Piszczek, Manuel Akanji, Abdou Diallo, Marcel Schmelzer, Mahmoud Dahoud, Axel Witsel, Thomas Delaney, Christian Pulisic, Maximilian Philipp, Marco Reus
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Lukas Klostermann, Ibrahima Konaté, Dayot Upamecano, Marcelo Saracchi, Diego Demme, Kevin Kampl, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Jean-Kévin Augustin