RB Leipzig 2-1 FC Heidenheim: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 2 December 2023
Result
RB Leipzig 2-1 FC Heidenheim
Bundesliga · Saturday 2 December 2023, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
RB Leipzig 2-1 FC Heidenheim: match report
RB Leipzig won against FC Heidenheim 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 2 December 2023. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Loïs Openda opened the scoring in the 29th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Loïs Openda (29', penalty) and Yussuf Poulsen (44'). FC Heidenheim scored through Benedikt Gimber (45+2').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards; FC Heidenheim received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 5th on 23 points from 12 and FC Heidenheim 13th on 11 points from 12. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and FC Heidenheim 8th with 42.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and FC Heidenheim in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Müller of FC Heidenheim (8.4), ahead of Lukas Klostermann (8.1).
Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read L-W-L-W-W and FC Heidenheim's D-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 29'Penalty goal · Loïs Openda
- 44'Goal · Yussuf Poulsen
- 45+2'Goal · Benedikt Gimber
- 59'Yellow card · Marvin Pieringer
- 60'Yellow card · Frank Schmidt
- 60'Yellow card · Mohamed Simakan
- 86'Yellow card · Benedikt Gimber
- 88'Yellow card · Christoph Baumgartner
Team news
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RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)
Janis Blaswich, Benjamin Henrichs, Lukas Klostermann, Mohamed Simakan, David Raum, Amadou Haidara, Xaver Schlager, Christoph Baumgartner, Xavi Simons, Loïs Openda, Yussuf Poulsen
FC Heidenheim line-up (4-1-4-1)
Kevin Müller, Jonas Föhrenbach, Patrick Mainka, Lennard Maloney, Benedikt Gimber, Omar Traoré, Niklas Beste, Jan Schöppner, Norman Theuerkauf, Tim Kleindienst, Marvin Pieringer