RB Leipzig 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 January 2024

Result

RB Leipzig 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 January 2024, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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RB Leipzig 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

RB Leipzig lost to Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 20 January 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Xavi Simons opened the scoring in the 7th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Xavi Simons (7') and Loïs Openda (56'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Nathan Tella (47'), Jonathan Tah (63') and Piero Hincapié (90+1').

Discipline: RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game RB Leipzig were 4th on 33 points from 17 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1st on 45 points from 17. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1st with 90.

RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alejandro Grimaldo of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (9.1), ahead of Loïs Openda (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 RB Leipzig wins, 3 draws and 3 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Xavi SimonsRB Leipzig · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Jonathan TahBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 34'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 38'Yellow card · Josip StanisicBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 47'Goal · Nathan TellaBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · Loïs OpendaRB Leipzig · 2-1
  • 63'Goal · Jonathan TahBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-2
  • 66'Yellow card · Florian WirtzBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 71'Yellow card · Xavi SimonsRB Leipzig
  • 87'Yellow card · Xaver SchlagerRB Leipzig
  • 90+1'Goal · Piero HincapiéBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: RB Leipzig 4, draws 3, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • ArthurBayer 04 Leverkusen · injury (Muscle Injury)
  • Victor BonifaceBayer 04 Leverkusen · injury (Adductor Injury)

RB Leipzig line-up (4-4-2)

Janis Blaswich, Mohamed Simakan, Lukas Klostermann, Castello Lukeba, David Raum, Nicolas Seiwald, Xaver Schlager, Xavi Simons, Dani Olmo, Loïs Openda, Benjamin Sesko

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (3-4-2-1)

Lukas Hradecky, Josip Stanisic, Jonathan Tah, Piero Hincapié, Jeremie Frimpong, Granit Xhaka, Exequiel Palacios, Alejandro Grimaldo, Jonas Hofmann, Florian Wirtz, Patrik Schick