Match highlights
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RB Leipzig vs VfB Stuttgart highlights
How the goals came
38' Dominik Szoboszlai opens the scoring for RB Leipzig (the winner) → 46' Emil Forsberg extends RB Leipzig's lead → 52' Dominik Szoboszlai extends RB Leipzig's lead → 65' André Silva extends RB Leipzig's lead. Full time: 4-0, RB Leipzig win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 4 goals came after half-time.
38' Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig) 1-0
RB Leipzig and VfB Stuttgart were still level at 0-0 in the 38th minute of this second-round Bundesliga meeting at Red Bull Arena. Dominik Szoboszlai broke the deadlock to give the home side a 1-0 lead before half-time. It was the first of four Leipzig goals on the night and, as it turned out, the winner.
46' Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) 2-0
Leipzig went into the break 1-0 up and doubled their advantage almost immediately after the restart. Emil Forsberg scored in the 46th minute to make it 2-0. The early second-half goal put the home side firmly in control at Red Bull Arena.
52' Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig) 3-0
Six minutes after Forsberg's goal, Dominik Szoboszlai struck again in the 52nd minute to make it 3-0. It was his second of the match, following his 38th-minute opener. Leipzig had now scored twice in the opening stretch of the second half.
65' André Silva (RB Leipzig) 4-0
André Silva completed the scoring in the 65th minute, making it 4-0. Leipzig had added three goals in the second half alone and kept a clean sheet against VfB Stuttgart. Silva became the third different name on the scoresheet, after Szoboszlai and Forsberg.
