RB Leipzig 2-1 Zenit: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 23 October 2019
Result
RB Leipzig 2-1 Zenit
Champions League · Wednesday 23 October 2019, 16:55 UTC · half-time 0-1
RB Leipzig 2-1 Zenit: match report
RB Leipzig beat Zenit 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 23 October 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Yaroslav Rakitskiy opened the scoring in the 25th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Konrad Laimer (49') and Marcel Sabitzer (59'). Zenit scored through Yaroslav Rakitskiy (25').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received no yellow cards; Zenit received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 44th on 3 points from 2 and Zenit 25th on 4 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-4-2 and Zenit in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yaroslav Rakitskyi of Zenit (8.4), ahead of Marcel Sabitzer (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 RB Leipzig win, 1 draw and 0 for Zenit.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · W. Barrios
- 25'Goal · Yaroslav Rakitskiy
- 49'Goal · Konrad Laimer
- 59'Goal · Marcel Sabitzer
Head-to-head
Team news
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RB Leipzig line-up (4-4-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Nordi Mukiele, Dayot Upamecano, Willi Orbán, Lukas Klostermann, Marcel Sabitzer, Konrad Laimer, Kevin Kampl, Emil Forsberg, Timo Werner, Ademola Lookman
Zenit line-up (4-4-2)
Mikhail Kerzhakov, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Branislav Ivanović, Yaroslav Rakitskyi, Douglas Santos, Oleg Shatov, Magomed Ozdoev, Wilmar Barrios, Sebastián Driussi, Artem Dzyuba, Sardar Azmoun