Match highlights
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1. FC Union Berlin vs RB Leipzig highlights
How the goals came
51' Xavi Simons opens the scoring for RB Leipzig (the winner) → 85' Benjamin Šeško extends RB Leipzig's lead → 87' Benjamin Šeško extends RB Leipzig's lead. Full time: 0-3, RB Leipzig win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
51' Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) 0-1
Goalless at the break, the match finally opened up six minutes into the second half. Xavi Simons struck in the 51st minute to give visitors RB Leipzig a 0-1 lead. Leipzig never relinquished that advantage on the way to a 0-3 win, making Simons' goal the winner.
85' Benjamin Šeško (RB Leipzig) 0-2
With the score still 0-1 heading into the closing stages, RB Leipzig added a second in the 85th minute. Benjamin Šeško was the scorer, stretching the lead to 0-2. That left hosts 1. FC Union Berlin needing two goals with little time remaining.
87' Benjamin Šeško (RB Leipzig) 0-3
Just two minutes after his first, Benjamin Šeško scored again in the 87th minute. The quick double made it 0-3, and RB Leipzig closed out a clean-sheet win on the road. Both of Šeško's goals came in the final stretch of the match.
