RB Leipzig 4-2 Werder Bremen: result and report
Bundesliga · Sunday 12 January 2025
Result
RB Leipzig 4-2 Werder Bremen
Bundesliga · Sunday 12 January 2025, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
RB Leipzig 4-2 Werder Bremen: match report
RB Leipzig won against Werder Bremen 4-2 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 12 January 2025. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Xavi Simons opened the scoring in the 24th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Xavi Simons (24'), Xavi Simons (35'), Benjamin Sesko (47') and Christoph Baumgartner (90'). Werder Bremen scored through Mitchell Weiser (26') and Oliver Burke (90+3').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card; Werder Bremen received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 5th on 27 points from 15 and Werder Bremen 8th on 25 points from 15. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 7th with 51 points, and Werder Bremen 8th with 51.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Werder Bremen in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Xavi Simons of RB Leipzig (9.1), ahead of Willi Orbán (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 RB Leipzig wins, 2 draws and 1 for Werder Bremen.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Marco Friedl
- 24'Goal · Xavi Simons
- 26'Goal · Mitchell Weiser
- 35'Goal · Xavi Simons
- 47'Goal · Benjamin Sesko
- 82'Yellow card · Amadou Haidara
- 90'Goal · Christoph Baumgartner
- 90+3'Goal · Oliver Burke
Head-to-head
Team news
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RB Leipzig line-up (3-4-2-1)
Péter Gulácsi, Lukas Klostermann, Willi Orbán, Nicolas Seiwald, Antonio Nusa, Arthur Vermeeren, Kevin Kampl, David Raum, Loïs Openda, Xavi Simons, Benjamin Sesko
Werder Bremen line-up (5-4-1)
Michael Zetterer, Mitchell Weiser, Niklas Stark, Marco Friedl, Anthony Jung, Derrick Köhn, Marco Grüll, Jens Stage, Senne Lynen, Romano Schmid, Marvin Ducksch