Match highlights
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RB Leipzig vs SV Werder Bremen highlights
How the goals came
24' Xavi Simons opens the scoring for RB Leipzig → 26' Mitchell Weiser equalises for SV Werder Bremen → 35' Xavi Simons puts RB Leipzig ahead → 47' Benjamin Šeško extends RB Leipzig's lead (the winner) → 90' Christoph Baumgartner extends RB Leipzig's lead → 90+3' Oliver Burke pulls one back for SV Werder Bremen. Full time: 4-2, RB Leipzig win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 6 goals came after half-time. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
24' Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) 1-0
Xavi Simons broke the deadlock in the 24th minute to give RB Leipzig a 1-0 lead at home. The opener set the match against SV Werder Bremen in motion at the Red Bull Arena. The advantage would not last long, however, as the first half quickly turned into an exchange of goals.
26' Mitchell Weiser (SV Werder Bremen) 1-1
Only two minutes after falling behind, SV Werder Bremen hit back through Mitchell Weiser in the 26th minute to make it 1-1. The quick response from the visitors cut Leipzig's lead short. The match was level again, with the rest of the first half still to play.
35' Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) 2-1
With the score at 1-1, Xavi Simons struck again in the 35th minute to put RB Leipzig back in front at 2-1. Both of Leipzig's first-half goals came from Simons. Leipzig never surrendered the lead after this and went on to win 4-2, making it the winning goal.
47' Benjamin Šeško (RB Leipzig) 3-1
Early in the second half, Benjamin Šeško added a third in the 47th minute to stretch RB Leipzig's lead to 3-1. The hosts had gone into the break 2-1 up, and the first goal after the restart was theirs. The two-goal margin left SV Werder Bremen chasing the game.
90' Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig) 4-1
Christoph Baumgartner scored in the 90th minute to make it 4-1. RB Leipzig had held a 3-1 lead into the closing stages, and this goal extended the margin to three. It all but settled the outcome for the home side.
90'+3 Oliver Burke (SV Werder Bremen) 4-2
In added time, Oliver Burke pulled one back for SV Werder Bremen in the 90+3rd minute to make it 4-2. It was the visitors' first goal since Weiser's equalizer in the 26th minute. The match finished 4-2, with RB Leipzig taking the win at home.
