RB Leipzig 2-0 VfB Stuttgart: result and report
Bundesliga · Wednesday 26 September 2018
Result
RB Leipzig 2-0 VfB Stuttgart
Bundesliga · Wednesday 26 September 2018, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
RB Leipzig 2-0 VfB Stuttgart: match report
RB Leipzig beat VfB Stuttgart 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 26 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Willi Orbán opened the scoring in the 45th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Willi Orbán (45+1') and Jean-Kévin Augustin (80'). VfB Stuttgart did not score.
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 14th on 5 points from 4 and VfB Stuttgart 16th on 2 points from 4. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and VfB Stuttgart 16th with 28.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcel Halstenberg of RB Leipzig (8.1), ahead of Willi Orbán (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 RB Leipzig win, 1 draw and 0 for VfB Stuttgart.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Timo Baumgartl
- 36'Yellow card · Willi Orbán
- 45+1'Goal · Willi Orbán
- 64'Yellow card · Nordi Mukiele
- 80'Goal · Jean-Kévin Augustin
- 87'Yellow card · Nicolás González
- 90+2'Yellow card · Mario Gómez
Head-to-head
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Nordi Mukiele, Willi Orbán, Dayot Upamecano, Marcel Halstenberg, Kevin Kampl, Diego Demme, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Timo Werner
VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-3-1-2)
Ron-Robert Zieler, Pablo Maffeo, Timo Baumgartl, Benjamin Pavard, Borna Sosa, Santiago Ascacíbar, Dennis Aogo, Christian Gentner, Erik Thommy, Mario Gómez, Chadrac Akolo