RB Leipzig — Eintracht Frankfurt 6:0

RB Leipzig

6:0

Eintracht Frankfurt

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: RB Leipzig was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
RB Leipzig	6	4.74	+1.3	2.51
Eintracht Frankfurt	0	1.96	−2.0	0.40

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
0'	Ezechiel Banzuzi	RB Leipzig	0.55	Neil El Aynaoui
4'	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	0.50	Antonio Nusa
40'	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	0.75
43'	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	0.52
53'	Antonio Nusa	RB Leipzig	0.11	Ezechiel Banzuzi
88'	Tidiam Gomis	RB Leipzig	0.28	Benjamin Henrichs

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
40'	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	0.75	goal
0'	Ezechiel Banzuzi	RB Leipzig	0.55	goal
62'	Ezechiel Banzuzi	RB Leipzig	0.53	off target, from a corner

Shots: RB Leipzig 20, Eintracht Frankfurt 18; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 7 and 0.

How the game went

In the first half xG was RB Leipzig 2.99, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.92: a big edge for RB Leipzig. In the second half xG was RB Leipzig 1.91, Eintracht Frankfurt 1.06: a clear edge for RB Leipzig. The edge in chances lasted the whole match. RB Leipzig scored 6 from 4.74 xG: more than they created. Eintracht Frankfurt scored 0 from 1.96 xG: fewer than they created. As a rule, finishing like this evens out over time.

How it fits the season

RB Leipzig: +0.6 for the season (4 in the table). Eintracht Frankfurt: +0.9 (10). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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