RB Leipzig 6-0 Nürnberg: result and report
Bundesliga · Sunday 7 October 2018
Result
RB Leipzig 6-0 Nürnberg
Bundesliga · Sunday 7 October 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 4-0
RB Leipzig 6-0 Nürnberg: match report
RB Leipzig won against Nürnberg 6-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 7 October 2018. It was 4-0 at half-time.
Kevin Kampl opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Kevin Kampl (3'), Yussuf Poulsen (7'), Marcel Sabitzer (21'), Timo Werner (32'), Marcel Sabitzer (55') and Timo Werner (59'). Nürnberg did not score.
Discipline: RB Leipzig received no yellow cards; Nürnberg received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 6th on 11 points from 6 and Nürnberg 11th on 8 points from 6. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and Nürnberg 18th with 19.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nürnberg in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcel Sabitzer of RB Leipzig (8.9), ahead of Kevin Kampl (8.2).
Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Nürnberg's W-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Kevin Kampl
- 7'Goal · Yussuf Poulsen
- 21'Goal · Marcel Sabitzer
- 32'Goal · Timo Werner
- 50'Yellow card · Enrico Valentini
- 55'Goal · Marcel Sabitzer
- 59'Goal · Timo Werner
- 62'Red card · Tim Leibold
- 63'Missed penalty · Timo Werner
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-3-3)
Péter Gulácsi, Nordi Mukiele, Willi Orbán, Dayot Upamecano, Marcel Halstenberg, Marcel Sabitzer, Diego Demme, Kevin Kampl, Yussuf Poulsen, Emil Forsberg, Timo Werner
Nürnberg line-up (4-3-3)
Fabian Bredlow, Enrico Valentini, Georg Margreitter, Lukas Mühl, Tim Leibold, Eduard Löwen, Ondřej Petrák, Hanno Behrens, Yuya Kubo, Mikael Ishak, Virgil Misidjan