RB Leipzig 2-1 Eintracht Frankfurt: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 25 February 2023
Result
RB Leipzig 2-1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Bundesliga · Saturday 25 February 2023, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
RB Leipzig 2-1 Eintracht Frankfurt: match report
RB Leipzig defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 25 February 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Timo Werner opened the scoring in the 6th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Timo Werner (6') and Emil Forsberg (40'). Eintracht Frankfurt scored through Djibril Sow (61').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards; Eintracht Frankfurt received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 5th on 39 points from 21 and Eintracht Frankfurt 6th on 38 points from 21. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and Eintracht Frankfurt 7th with 50.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Eintracht Frankfurt in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Emil Forsberg of RB Leipzig (8.5), ahead of Timo Werner (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 RB Leipzig win, 6 draws and 3 for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Timo Werner
- 33'Yellow card · Willi Orbán
- 40'Goal · Emil Forsberg
- 57'Yellow card · Sebastian Rode
- 61'Goal · Djibril Sow
- 76'Yellow card · Djibril Sow
- 84'Yellow card · Ahmed Nagy
- 84'Yellow card · Konrad Laimer
Head-to-head
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)
Janis Blaswich, Benjamin Henrichs, Willi Orbán, Josko Gvardiol, Marcel Halstenberg, Konrad Laimer, Kevin Kampl, Dominik Szoboszlai, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Timo Werner
Eintracht Frankfurt line-up (3-4-2-1)
Kevin Trapp, Tuta, Makoto Hasebe, Hrvoje Smolcic, Ansgar Knauff, Sebastian Rode, Djibril Sow, Philipp Max, Jesper Lindstrøm, Daichi Kamada, Randal Kolo Muani