Matchday Facts: Nkunku scores his 24th goal in 2022!

Win Facts:

• RB Leipzig celebrated their first away win of the season, in their seventh game on their travels (D3, L3).   
   
• No club has picked up more points than Leipzig in the timeframe since Marco Rose took charge (17 from 8 games, same as Bayern; Union have taken 15 in this period – accurate prior to their match against Leverkusen tomorrow).  
   
• RBL are currently on an 11-game unbeaten run. Head coach Marco Rose has never managed a longer undefeated run at any of his previous Bundesliga clubs. 

Goal Facts:

• Christopher Nkunku has scored 24 Bundesliga goals in 2022, breaking the previous club record held by Timo Werner within a single calendar year (23 goals in 2019).
   
• Christo has scored 11 goals in 2022/23, putting him top of the Bundesliga’s goalscoring charts. 
   
• Nkunku has now scored 10 braces for RB Leipzig! 
   
• Dani Olmo scored on his first start in 63 days. 
   
• Dominik Szoboszlai has provided 11 assists across all competitions this season. Only Lionel Messi and Kevin De Bruyne have set up more goals across Europe’s top 5 leagues.

Table Facts:

• Our sixth win of the season has us in sixth place (accurate as of 18:30 CET on Saturday).  
   
• Our record at the Red Bull Arena this season reads: six games, five wins, one draw, 16 goals scored and four conceded.

Top statistics:

PLAYERS:

• Ground covered (km): David Raum – 11.6
   
• Shots: Dani Olmo – 5
   
• Challenge success rate: Joško Gvardiol  – 100%
   
• Touches: Joško Gvardiol and Davis Raum – 96
   
• Passes: Joško Gvardiol – 86
   
• Top speed: Joško Gvardiol – 33.61 km/h
   

TEAM:

• We had nine shots on goal, while Hoffenheim managed three.
   
• We won 90 challenges in total, with TSG winning 82.
   
• xGoals: 1.46 for RBL, 1.03 for Hoffenheim.