Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig, 2023-24 German Bundesliga

· German Bundesliga

Werder Bremen

75': Justin Njinmah

FT
1 - 1

RB Leipzig

47': Loïs Openda

Leipzig slip up with 1-1 draw at Werder in last game of the year

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RB Leipzig stumbled to a 1-1 draw at Werder Bremen in their last Bundesliga game of the year on Tuesday, leaving them provisionally third as the league goes into a winter break later this week.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen).
1': Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
1': Offside, RB Leipzig. Amadou Haidara is caught offside.
4': Foul by Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig).
4': Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
6': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Felix Agu.
7': Foul by Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen).
7': Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the right wing.
10': Hand ball by Christian Groß (SV Werder Bremen).
11': Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
11': Foul by Christian Groß (SV Werder Bremen).
20': Offside, SV Werder Bremen. Felix Agu is caught offside.
20': Attempt missed. Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lukas Klostermann.
21': Attempt missed. Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rafael Borré.
23': Attempt saved. Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amadou Haidara.
25': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Marco Friedl.
27': Offside, SV Werder Bremen. Rafael Borré is caught offside.
28': Foul by Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig).
28': Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Delay in match because of an injury Castello Lukeba (RB Leipzig).
30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
31': Attempt saved. Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Loïs Openda.
31': Attempt missed. Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
32': Attempt missed. Justin Njinmah (SV Werder Bremen) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rafael Borré with a cross.
32': Attempt blocked. Rafael Borré (SV Werder Bremen) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Mitchell Weiser with a cross.
32': Attempt missed. Rafael Borré (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marvin Ducksch.
34': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Amadou Haidara.
35': Attempt missed. Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Leonardo Bittencourt with a cross.
38': Attempt missed. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Xavi Simons.
40': Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Foul by Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen).
41': Attempt blocked. Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Xavi Simons.
41': Offside, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen is caught offside.
41': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
43': VAR Decision: No Goal SV Werder Bremen 0-0 RB Leipzig.
44': Foul by Anthony Jung (SV Werder Bremen).
44': Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45'+5': Offside, SV Werder Bremen. Justin Njinmah is caught offside.
45'+5': First Half ends, SV Werder Bremen 0, RB Leipzig 0.
45': Second Half begins SV Werder Bremen 0, RB Leipzig 0.
45': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Mohamed Simakan replaces Castello Lukeba because of an injury.
46': Felix Agu (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Foul by Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig).
47': Attempt saved. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
47': Attempt saved. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
47': Goal! SV Werder Bremen 0, RB Leipzig 1. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
48': Foul by Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen).
48': Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the left wing.
49': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Felix Agu.
50': Attempt blocked. David Raum (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Henrichs.
50': Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Anthony Jung.
53': Foul by Felix Agu (SV Werder Bremen).
53': Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Attempt missed. Marvin Ducksch (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Leonardo Bittencourt with a through ball.
56': Marvin Ducksch (SV Werder Bremen) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
57': Attempt blocked. Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yussuf Poulsen.
59': Attempt saved. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Xavi Simons.
59': Foul by Christian Groß (SV Werder Bremen).
59': Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Christian Groß (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Romano Schmid replaces Rafael Borré.
63': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Christoph Baumgartner replaces Emil Forsberg.
64': Felix Agu (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Foul by Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig).
65': David Raum (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
65': Foul by Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen).
66': Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
67': Foul by Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig).
67': Justin Njinmah (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Foul by Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen).
67': Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Foul by Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig).
68': Justin Njinmah (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
68': Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70': Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the right wing.
70': Foul by Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen).
71': Attempt missed. Mitchell Weiser (SV Werder Bremen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Groß with a cross.
71': Foul by Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig).
71': Justin Njinmah (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
72': Attempt missed. Marvin Ducksch (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
73': Christian Groß (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Foul by Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig).
74': Foul by Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig).
74': Michael Zetterer (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Goal! SV Werder Bremen 1, RB Leipzig 1. Justin Njinmah (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jens Stage.
76': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Nicolas Seiwald replaces Kevin Kampl.
76': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Benjamin Sesko replaces Yussuf Poulsen.
78': Attempt missed. Justin Njinmah (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Felix Agu with a cross.
78': Attempt blocked. Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Xavi Simons.
79': Attempt blocked. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christoph Baumgartner.
79': Attempt missed. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
79': Delay in match because of an injury Christian Groß (SV Werder Bremen).
80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
82': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Senne Lynen replaces Leonardo Bittencourt because of an injury.
82': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Olivier Deman replaces Felix Agu.
82': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Nick Woltemade replaces Christian Groß.
84': Foul by Justin Njinmah (SV Werder Bremen).
84': Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Justin Njinmah (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
84': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Fábio Carvalho replaces Xavi Simons.
85': Attempt saved. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amadou Haidara.
86': Delay in match because of an injury Justin Njinmah (SV Werder Bremen).
87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
87': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Dawid Kownacki replaces Justin Njinmah.
88': Hand ball by Senne Lynen (SV Werder Bremen).
90': Foul by Nick Woltemade (SV Werder Bremen).
90': Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1': Marvin Ducksch (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Henrichs.
90'+6': Second Half ends, SV Werder Bremen 1, RB Leipzig 1.
0': Match ends, SV Werder Bremen 1, RB Leipzig 1.

Statistics

RBL		SVW
9	Fouls	15
2	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
4	Corner Kicks	1
1	Saves	7
55.7	Possession	44.3
17	SHOTS	11
8	ON GOAL	2
0.5	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
450	Accurate Passes	346
535	Passes	427
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
1	Accurate Crosses	6
15	Crosses	11
0.1	Cross %	0.5
54	Long Balls	52
26	Accurate Long Balls	35
0.5	Long Balls %	0.7
5	Blocked Shots	0
11	Effective Tackles	7
19	Tackles	12
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
6	Interceptions	10
10	Effective Clearances	25
10	Clearances	25

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: wohninvest WESERSTADION
Location: Bremen, Germany
Attendance: 41,000

Bundesliga Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Bayer Leverkusen	32	+59	84
2	Bayern Munich	32	+49	69
3	VfB Stuttgart	32	+34	67
4	RB Leipzig	32	+38	63

Full Table

Line-Ups

Werder Bremen (3-4-3)

No.	Name
30	Michael Zetterer (GK)
32	Marco Friedl
3	Anthony Jung
36	Christian Groß
6	Jens Stage
10	Leonardo Bittencourt
27	Felix Agu
8	Mitchell Weiser
7	Marvin Ducksch
19	Rafael Borré
17	Justin Njinmah

Werder Bremen Substitutes:

Olivier Deman, Senne Lynen, Jakob Löpping, Romano Schmid, Kein Sato, Dawid Kownacki, Jirí Pavlenka, Cimo Röcker, Nick Woltemade.

RB Leipzig (4-2-2-2)

No.	Name
21	Janis Blaswich (GK)
23	Castello Lukeba
16	Lukas Klostermann
22	David Raum
39	Benjamin Henrichs
44	Kevin Kampl
8	Amadou Haidara
9	Yussuf Poulsen
17	Loïs Openda
20	Xavi Simons
10	Emil Forsberg

RB Leipzig Substitutes:

Nicolas Seiwald, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Fábio Carvalho, Christopher Lenz, Péter Gulácsi, Benjamin Sesko, Mohamed Simakan, Christoph Baumgartner, Timo Werner.

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