RB Leipzig 2-1 Werder Bremen: result and report
Bundesliga · Sunday 14 May 2023
Result
RB Leipzig 2-1 Werder Bremen
Bundesliga · Sunday 14 May 2023, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
RB Leipzig 2-1 Werder Bremen: match report
RB Leipzig beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 14 May 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.
Leonardo Bittencourt opened the scoring in the 70th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Willi Orbán (87') and Dominik Szoboszlai (90+6'). Werder Bremen scored through Leonardo Bittencourt (70').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 4th on 57 points from 31 and Werder Bremen 12th on 35 points from 31. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and Werder Bremen 13th with 36.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-4-2 and Werder Bremen in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christopher Nkunku of RB Leipzig (8.4), ahead of Willi Orbán (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 RB Leipzig wins, 1 draw and 2 for Werder Bremen.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Niklas Stark
- 23'Yellow card · Ole Werner
- 36'Yellow card · B. Henrichs
- 57'Yellow card · Anthony Jung
- 58'Yellow card · Marco Friedl
- 70'Goal · Leonardo Bittencourt
- 73'Yellow card · Leonardo Bittencourt
- 73'Yellow card · Dominik Szoboszlai
- 73'Yellow card · Dominik Szoboszlai
- 87'Goal · Willi Orbán
- 90+6'Goal · Dominik Szoboszlai
Head-to-head
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-4-2)
Janis Blaswich, Mohamed Simakan, Lukas Klostermann, Willi Orbán, Benjamin Henrichs, Konrad Laimer, Amadou Haidara, Dominik Szoboszlai, Emil Forsberg, Timo Werner, Christopher Nkunku
Werder Bremen line-up (3-5-2)
Jiri Pavlenka, Milos Veljkovic, Niklas Stark, Marco Friedl, Ilia Gruev, Mitchell Weiser, Jens Stage, Leonardo Bittencourt, Anthony Jung, Romano Schmid, Marvin Ducksch