RB Leipzig 3-2 Zorya Luhansk: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 30 August 2018
Result
RB Leipzig 3-2 Zorya Luhansk
Europa League · Thursday 30 August 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
RB Leipzig 3-2 Zorya Luhansk: match report
RB Leipzig defeated Zorya Luhansk 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 30 August 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Matheus Cunha opened the scoring in the 7th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Matheus Cunha (7'), Jean-Kévin Augustin (69') and Emil Forsberg (90', penalty). Zorya Luhansk scored through Rafael Ratão (35') and Artem Gordienko (48').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received no yellow cards; Zorya Luhansk received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 29th on 9 points from 5 and Zorya Luhansk 86th on 3 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-4-2 and Zorya Luhansk in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 RB Leipzig wins, 1 draw and 0 for Zorya Luhansk.
Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read D-D-W-D-W and Zorya Luhansk's D-D-D.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Matheus Cunha
- 13'Yellow card · O. Svatok
- 35'Goal · Rafael Ratão
- 38'Yellow card · Igor Kharatin
- 48'Goal · Artem Gordienko
- 69'Goal · Jean-Kévin Augustin
- 83'Yellow card · Luiz Felipe
- 90'Penalty goal · Emil Forsberg
Head-to-head
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-4-2)
Yvon Mvogo, Willi Orbán, Ibrahima Konaté, Lukas Klostermann, Konrad Laimer, Marcel Sabitzer, Stefan Ilsanker, Matheus Cunha, Kevin Kampl, Yussuf Poulsen, Timo Werner
Zorya Luhansk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luis Felipe, Oleksandr Svatok, Bogdan Mykhaylichenko, Vitaliy Vernydub, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Artem Gordienko, Igor Kharatin, Oleksandr Karavaev, Vladyslav Kabaev, Silas, Rafael Ratão