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