RB Leipzig 2-1 Hannover 96: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 4 November 2017
Result
RB Leipzig 2-1 Hannover 96
Bundesliga · Saturday 4 November 2017, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
RB Leipzig 2-1 Hannover 96: match report
RB Leipzig defeated Hannover 96 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 4 November 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Jonathas opened the scoring in the 56th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Yussuf Poulsen (70') and Timo Werner (85'). Hannover 96 scored through Jonathas (56').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card; Hannover 96 received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 3rd on 19 points from 10 and Hannover 96 4th on 18 points from 10. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 6th with 53 points, and Hannover 96 13th with 39.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Hannover 96 in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Timo Werner of RB Leipzig (8.3), ahead of Waldemar Anton (8.1).
Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Hannover 96's W-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 54'Yellow card · Marvin Bakalorz
- 56'Goal · Jonathas
- 61'Yellow card · Marcel Halstenberg
- 70'Goal · Yussuf Poulsen
- 82'Yellow card · Pirmin Schwegler
- 85'Goal · Timo Werner
- 90'Yellow card · Oliver Sorg
- 90+3'Yellow card · Salif Sané
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Lukas Klostermann, Ibrahima Konaté, Dayot Upamecano, Marcel Halstenberg, Konrad Laimer, Diego Demme, Marcel Sabitzer, Bruma, Yussuf Poulsen, Timo Werner
Hannover 96 line-up (3-4-3)
Philipp Tschauner, Oliver Sorg, Salif Sané, Waldemar Anton, Julian Korb, Pirmin Schwegler, Marvin Bakalorz, Matthias Ostrzolek, Felix Klaus, Jonathas, Ihlas Bebou