Match facts: Christo back on the scoresheet

RB Leipzig narrowly won 1-0 in the home game against TSG Hoffenheim.Read on for the most important stats from the game on matchday 30. 
 

Goal Facts:

• Christopher Nkunku scored to make it 1-0, his first goal since coming back for injury and first in 171 days.
   
• It was Christo‘s 13th goal of the season in the Bundesliga and his 65th for RB Leipzig.
   
• He was assisted by Emil Forsberg, who picked up his 10th Bundesliga goal contribution of the season (6 goals, 4 assists).
   
• André Silva hit the bar in the 74th minute. With this, RBL have already hit the woodwork 13 (!) times this season – the most in the league.

   

Team facts:

• Christopher Nkunku returned to the starting eleven for the first time in almost two months (last time on 3rd March).
   
• Dominik Szoboszlai (red card) and Amadou Haidara (5 yellow cards) have completed their suspensions and will be back available. No other player is at risk of picking up a suspension due to yellow cards.
   

Streak facts:

• This 1-0 win was the fourth win in a row against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
   
• After the 3-1 win in the previous game and the 3-1 win in the DFB-Pokal last-16, this 1-0 win was the 3 win in 3 games this season against Hoffenheim.
   
• This was the 10th competitive game for RBL against TSG.
   
• The team kept a clean sheet for the ninth time this Bundesliga season.

Table:

• With RBL’s 16th league win of the season the team remain in fifth place with 54 points, now 2 points behind Freiburg (4th) und Union Berlin (3rd).
   
• This was the eleventh win of the season at the Red Bull Arena – RBL are the second strongest team at home behind BVB.
   

Top Statistics:

Player:

• Distance covered: Kevin Kampl – 12.27 km
   
• TShots: Timo Werner and Christopher Nkunku – 4
   
• Challenge success rate: Abdou Diallo – 87.5%
   
• Most touches: Lukas Klostermann – 87
   
• Quickest player: David Raum – 33.37 km/h

   

Team:

• RBL had 55.99% possession.
   
• RBL ran 119.93 km, compared to 121.04 km for Hoffenheim.
   
• RBL had 16 shots, with Hoffenheim having only 5.
   
• The team won seven corners, whilst only giving up 1 to TSG.