RB Leipzig 0-1 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 19 January 2019

Result

RB Leipzig 0-1 Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga · Saturday 19 January 2019, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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RB Leipzig 0-1 Borussia Dortmund: match report

RB Leipzig were beaten by Borussia Dortmund 0-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 19 January 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Axel Witsel of Borussia Dortmund in the 19th minute.

Discipline: RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game RB Leipzig were 4th on 31 points from 17 and Borussia Dortmund 1st on 42 points from 17. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and Borussia Dortmund 2nd with 76.

RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Roman Bürki of Borussia Dortmund (8.6), ahead of Ibrahima Konaté (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 RB Leipzig wins, 1 draw and 2 for Borussia Dortmund.

Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Borussia Dortmund's W-L-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Axel WitselBorussia Dortmund · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Ibrahima KonatéRB Leipzig
  • 67'Yellow card · Dayot UpamecanoRB Leipzig
  • 84'Yellow card · Jadon SanchoBorussia Dortmund
  • 90'Yellow card · Kevin KamplRB Leipzig
  • 90+3'Yellow card · R. BürkiBorussia Dortmund

Head-to-head

5 meetings: RB Leipzig 2, draws 1, Borussia Dortmund 2.

Team news

RB Leipzig line-up (4-1-4-1)

Péter Gulácsi, Lukas Klostermann, Ibrahima Konaté, Dayot Upamecano, Marcel Halstenberg, Diego Demme, Marcel Sabitzer, Konrad Laimer, Kevin Kampl, Timo Werner, Yussuf Poulsen

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-4-2)

Roman Bürki, Łukasz Piszczek, Julian Weigl, Abdou Diallo, Achraf Hakimi, Jadon Sancho, Axel Witsel, Thomas Delaney, Raphaël Guerreiro, Maximilian Philipp, Mario Götze