RB Leipzig 2-3 Aston Villa: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 10 December 2024
Result
RB Leipzig 2-3 Aston Villa
Champions League · Tuesday 10 December 2024, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
RB Leipzig 2-3 Aston Villa: match report
RB Leipzig lost to Aston Villa 2-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 10 December 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.
John McGinn opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Loïs Openda (27') and Christoph Baumgartner (62'). Aston Villa scored through John McGinn (3'), Jhon Durán (52') and Ross Barkley (85').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 77th on 0 points from 5 and Aston Villa 18th on 10 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Loïs Openda of RB Leipzig (8.8), ahead of Jhon Durán (7.9).
Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Aston Villa's D-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · John McGinn
- 27'Goal · Loïs Openda
- 45'Yellow card · Lucas Digne
- 52'Goal · Jhon Durán
- 62'Goal · Christoph Baumgartner
- 79'Yellow card · Diego Carlos
- 81'Yellow card · Benjamin Henrichs
- 85'Goal · Ross Barkley
Team news
Unavailable
- Kortney Hause
- David Raum
- Xavi Simons
- Eljif Elmas
- El Chadaille Bitshiabu
- Yussuf Poulsen
- Assan Ouédraogo
- Castello Lukeba
- Xaver Schlager
RB Leipzig line-up (4-4-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Nicolas Seiwald, Willi Orbán, Lutsharel Geertruida, Benjamin Henrichs, Amadou Haidara, Arthur Vermeeren, Antonio Nusa, Benjamin Sesko, Loïs Openda, Christoph Baumgartner
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Ezri Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara, Youri Tielemans, Matty Cash, Morgan Rogers, John McGinn, Ollie Watkins