RB Leipzig — Elversberg 4:0

RB Leipzig

4:0

Elversberg

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	4	3.03	+1.0	2.58
Elversberg	0	0.76	−0.8	0.30

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
47'	Tidiam Gomis	RB Leipzig	0.36	Antonio Nusa
65'	Rômulo	RB Leipzig	0.09	Antonio Nusa
83'	Christoph Baumgartner	RB Leipzig	0.59	Brajan Gruda
93'	Rômulo	RB Leipzig	0.89	Abdoul Koné

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
93'	Rômulo	RB Leipzig	0.89	goal
88'	Christoph Baumgartner	RB Leipzig	0.62	off target, header
83'	Christoph Baumgartner	RB Leipzig	0.59	goal, header, from a corner

Shots: RB Leipzig 13, Elversberg 5; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 4 and 1.

How the game went

In the first half xG was RB Leipzig 0.07, Elversberg 0.12: about even. In the second half xG was RB Leipzig 2.97, Elversberg 0.64: a big edge for RB Leipzig.

How it fits the season

RB Leipzig: +0.6 for the season (4 in the table). Elversberg: +5.7 (7). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

Augsburg — Union Berlin 1:11. FC Köln — Schalke 04 0:0Mainz 05 — Werder Bremen 2:3Paderborn — Hamburger SV 1:0Borussia Dortmund — Eintracht Frankfurt 1:0

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