Lois Openda reaches Nkunku’s record – Xavi strikes again

Big home win over Gladbach! 

RB Leipzig and the Foals put on a thrilling display that left Leipzig as 2-0 winners, an important three points on matchday 22 of the Bundesliga.
 

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Squad upates

• After Tuesday’s game against Madrid, coach Marco Rose brought in two fresh players from the start: Amadou Haidara and Yussuf Poulsen entered the lineup in place of Mohamed Simakan and Benjamin Sesko.
   
• Lukas Klostermann had to be substituted with a thigh injury in the 23rd minute. We’ll know more about a potential timetable to return after further scans.
   
• Xaver Schlager received his 4th yellow card and is facing a suspension.

Series Facts

• RB Leipzig remains undefeated in their last eight matches against Gladbach (5 wins and 3 draws, with 19-8 goal differential).
   
• We also won for the 4th time in a row in the Red Bull Arena against the Foals by a goal differential of 12-3.

Table Facts

• Our 12th win of the season takes us to the 40-point mark.
   
• We remain 5th in the table, but thanks to BVB’s draw (1-1 in Wolfsburg), we move within one point of Dortmund.
   

Goal Facts

• A half dozen! Xavi netted to make it 1-0 with his 6th goal of the season.
   
• The assist for Xavi’s goal was just as brilliant as the finish, and was Yussuf Poulsen‘s 2nd assist in the Bundesliga.
   
• Goal number 16 for Lois Openda and also his 5th Bundesliga game in a row with a goal. That takes Lois equal to Christopher Nkunku‘s RBL total from the previous season.
   
• A landmark goal – Lois Openda now stands at 20 goals for RB Leipzig: 16 in the league, 4 in the Champions League.
   
• Xaver Schlager set up the Openda goal with a wonderful long ball – it was the 3rd assist of the season for the Austrian.
   

Coach Facts

• Marco Rose broke the 100-point mark in the Bundesliga as RBL coach with the 2-0 win against Gladbach and now has 101 points from 51 games.
   
• Rose’s 1.98 points per game is the best ever for an RBL coach in the Bundesliga.

Defensive Facts

• It was our 7th game of the season –– and our second straight at home in the league –– where the RBL defense has kept a clean sheet.
   
• The team held Borussia to zero shots on goal.
   

Match Leaders

Player

• Most distanced covered
  Xavi Simons – 11.19 km
   
• Fastest Player:
  Lois Openda – 34.48 km/h
   
• Most Shots on Goal:
  Xavi Simons – 4
   
• Most Duels Won:
  David Raum – 78% (9/11)
   
• Most Touches:
  Xaver Schlager – 79
   
• Most Fouls Won:
  Xavi Simons – 5
   
• Highest passing percentage:
  Xaver Schlager – 95% (56/59)
   

Match Leaders

Team 

Shots:
16 – 13

Shots on goal:
9 – 0

Expected Goals:
1.62 – 0.6

Possession:
49% – 51%

Duels Won:
55.45% – 44.55%

Distances Covered (km):
117.98 – 117.47

Sprints:
284 – 271

Passes:
414 – 437

Passing percentage:
83%  – 84% 

Corners:
8 – 4

Fouls:
13 – 11

Offsides:
1 – 1

Yellow cards:
1 – 5
 

Top Stats

Team

• Sprints: 
  295 – 258
   
• Passes: 
  305 – 458
   
• Passing percentage: 
  74%  – 80% 
   
• Corners:
  1 – 3
   
• Fouls: 
  15 – 10
   
• Offsides: 
  3 – 3  
   
• Yellow cards: 
  5 -1