Match highlights
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FC Schalke 04 vs RB Leipzig highlights
How the goals came
7' André Silva opens the scoring for RB Leipzig → 15' Benjamin Henrichs extends RB Leipzig's lead (the winner) → 44' André Silva extends RB Leipzig's lead → 45+2' Timo Werner extends RB Leipzig's lead → 56' Soichiro Kozuki pulls one back for FC Schalke 04 → 83' Dani Olmo extends RB Leipzig's lead → 89' Yussuf Poulsen extends RB Leipzig's lead. Full time: 1-6, RB Leipzig win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 7 goals came after half-time.
7' André Silva (RB Leipzig) 0-1
RB Leipzig took the lead just seven minutes into their Bundesliga Matchday 17 visit to the Veltins-Arena on January 24, 2023, with André Silva making it 0-1. Leipzig never relinquished that advantage, and the early strike went on to stand as the winning goal in a 1-6 victory over FC Schalke 04.
15' Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig) 0-2
Only eight minutes after the opener, Benjamin Henrichs doubled RB Leipzig's lead in the 15th minute to make it 0-2. The visitors had scored twice inside the first quarter of an hour, leaving FC Schalke 04 two goals down at an early stage of the match.
44' André Silva (RB Leipzig) 0-3
With half-time approaching, André Silva struck again in the 44th minute, his second goal of the night, to make it 0-3. Having opened the scoring in the seventh minute, Silva now had a brace, and RB Leipzig's lead had grown to three goals.
45'+2 Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) 0-4
Moments after Silva's second, Timo Werner added a fourth in first-half stoppage time, in the 45+2nd minute. The quick succession of goals before the break made it 0-4, and RB Leipzig went into half-time four goals to the good.
56' Soichiro Kozuki (FC Schalke 04) 1-4
Trailing 0-4 after the break, FC Schalke 04 finally got on the scoresheet at home in the 56th minute through Soichiro Kozuki. The goal cut the deficit to 1-4 and proved to be Schalke's only goal of the match.
83' Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig) 1-5
The scoreline had stood still since Kozuki's goal until the 83rd minute, when Dani Olmo scored RB Leipzig's fifth. His goal made it 1-5 and restored the visitors' four-goal margin.
89' Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) 1-6
Yussuf Poulsen completed the scoring in the 89th minute, adding RB Leipzig's sixth to settle the final score at 1-6. Coming six minutes after Olmo's fifth, the goal sealed a five-goal winning margin for the visitors at the Veltins-Arena.
