The statistics from the 2-1 win over Werder Bremen
André Silva, once again, proves he’s the Werder expert | Xaver Schlager scores his first goal for RB Leipzig | Kevin Kampl reaches 200 Bundesliga games | The matchday facts from the game against Werder Bremen
Milestones:
- Kevin Kampl recorded his 200th Bundesliga game
Goal Facts:
- Andre Silva scored his second Bundesliga goal of the season and his seventh in all competitions.
- Silva loves playing Werder Bremen having scored in all five of his Bundesliga games against them and is a classic poacher, having scored 52 of his 53 Bundesliga goals from inside the penalty area.
- Xaver Schlager scored his first goal for RB Leipzig. The Austrian last scored in the Bundesliga for Wolfsburg back on April 21st. He has put an end to a run of 28 games without a goal.
- After his penalty against Freiburg, Emil Forsberg set up the first goal in today’s match. His second assist in the league and his fifth in all competitions.
- It was Emil’s 65th assist for RB Leipzig – a club record
- The Red Bulls made it ten games in a row in which they have scored at least two goals.
Victory Facts:
- No Bundesliga team has taken more points since Marco Rose became Leipzig manager (23 points in ten matches).
- The Roten Bullen have now won their last seven competitive games against Werder Bremen.
- It was RBL’s fourth consecutive Bundesliga victory, and they are now undefeated in their last 13 competitive matches.
- We celebrated our 50th win in our 110th Bundesliga away game – the fewest amount of games of any Bundesliga side in history to reach this total.
- We continue to remain undefeated against promoted sides in all club history (22 wins and three draws from 25 matches).
Table Facts:
- Our eighth win of the season propelled us to second in the table.
- As Union Berlin and SC Freiburg are playing each other on Sunday, RBL will certainly go into the winter break sitting in the Champions League places.
Top Statistics:
Players:
- Most distance covered: David Raum – 11.4km
- Most shots on goal: Christopher Nkunku – 4
- Most duels won: Christopher Nkunku – 18
- Fastest player: David Raum – 33.62km/h
Team:
- The Roten Bullen enjoyed 52% possession.
- RBL played 497 passes, with 86% of them successful – Werder attempted 461 (at an 85% success rate).
- We recorded 14 shots on the opposition goal – conceding just seven to Werder.
- We won four corners, with Werder not getting any.