Match Report
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Eintracht Frankfurt |  |  | RB Leipzig | RB Leipzig | ||||||||||||||||
| Simonpu Simon | Simonpu Simon | Progress Okpomika | Progress Okpomika | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Coppinger | P. Coppinger |  | 63 | G |  | 1 | | G | 63 |  | Marc-Vivien Silva | M. Silva | |||||||||
| Linus Meidt | L. Meidt |  | 58 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 57 |  | Cristiano Biliotti | C. Biliotti | |||||||||
| Fabian N. Poli | F. Poli | | 55 | D | | 3 | | D | 60 | | Markus Dittmann | M. Dittmann | |||||||||
| Sven Widmann | S. Widmann | | 62 | D | | 4 | | D | 60 |  | David Veloso | D. Veloso | |||||||||
| Kieron Bishop | K. Bishop | | 74 | D | | 5 | | D | 55 |  | Jose Lorenzo | J. Lorenzo | |||||||||
| Paul Höfer | P. Höfer | | 61 | M | | 6 | | M | 53 | | Stefan Döring | S. Döring | |||||||||
| Damien Anderton | D. Anderton | | 61 | M | | 7 | | M | 60 | | Jonas Busse | J. Busse | |||||||||
| Jean-Jacques Malm | J. Malm | | 63 | M | | 8 | | M | 53 | | Florian Fromm | F. Fromm | |||||||||
| Leon Morlock | L. Morlock | | 73 | M | | 9 | | A | 65 | | Noah Richter | N. Richter | |||||||||
| Sebastiao Andrade | S. Andrade | | 61 | A | | 10 | | A | 76 | | Gregory Brouard | G. Brouard | |||||||||
| Matthias Overath | M. Overath | | 59 | A | | 11 | | A | 62 |  | Colin Inglis | C. Inglis | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Commerzbank Arena where Eintracht Frankfurt play host to RB Leipzig. A crowd of 17,465 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Eintracht Frankfurt are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while RB Leipzig appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Eintracht Frankfurt are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while RB Leipzig appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0RB Leipzig kick off and get the match underway!
2.42
0-0Jose Lorenzo deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Stefan Döring. Stefan Döring surges forward with the ball. Stefan Döring shoots from long range but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
8.30
0-0Florian Fromm comes in with a late challenge on Damien Anderton. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Damien Anderton runs off the knock.
9.23
Sven Widmann passes the ball forward to Jean-Jacques Malm. Jean-Jacques Malm knocks the ball forward to Matthias Overath. Matthias Overath lofts in a cross ball towards Sebastiao Andrade. Sebastiao Andrade is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
10.19
0-0Florian Fromm deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Noah Richter. Noah Richter knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
30.17
Markus Dittmann makes a simple pass to Stefan Döring. Stefan Döring brings the ball forward. Stefan Döring knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Kieron Bishop.
32.43
Sven Widmann kicks a strong pass forward to Jean-Jacques Malm. Jean-Jacques Malm decides to run forward with the ball. Jean-Jacques Malm knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Marc-Vivien Silva who gathers it comfortably.
33.55
0-0Sebastiao Andrade clumsily knocks into Markus Dittmann. Sebastiao Andrade is warned by the referee! Markus Dittmann stretches but gets up unharmed.
34.49
0-1Jonas Busse controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Gregory Brouard. Gregory Brouard tries a spectacular long range effort. Gregory Brouard scores for RB Leipzig!!
40.47
0-1Fabian N. Poli sees a break and surges forward. Fabian N. Poli makes a simple pass to Sebastiao Andrade. Sebastiao Andrade lofts in a cross ball towards Matthias Overath. Matthias Overath flicks the ball with his head but Marc-Vivien Silva is on top of it.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
The whistle blows and Eintracht Frankfurt kick off!
47.21
0-1Eintracht Frankfurt are easily keeping RB Leipzig at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
49.25
Markus Dittmann threads the ball through to Stefan Döring. Stefan Döring knocks the ball forward to Colin Inglis. Colin Inglis shoots from outside the area. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Colin Inglis!
55.34
Linus Meidt knocks the ball to his team mate, Paul Höfer. Paul Höfer passes the ball forward to Sebastiao Andrade. Sebastiao Andrade lofts in a cross ball towards Matthias Overath. Matthias Overath is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
66.17
Jean-Jacques Malm kicks a strong pass forward to Sebastiao Andrade. Sebastiao Andrade knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
73.21
Jose Lorenzo controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jonas Busse. Jonas Busse flicks the ball to his team mate, Noah Richter. Noah Richter goes all the way! Noah Richter rockets a shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
77.47
Damien Anderton makes a probing pass to Sebastiao Andrade. Sebastiao Andrade knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Marc-Vivien Silva who gathers it comfortably.
79.13
Stefan Döring makes a simple pass to Gregory Brouard. Gregory Brouard knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Paul Coppinger who gathers it comfortably.
87.31
Leon Morlock threads the ball through to Sebastiao Andrade. Sebastiao Andrade tries a spectacular long range effort but it goes wide for a goal kick.
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
2
Shots on Target
2
2
Shots off Target
2
2
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
57.7%
42.3%
Play Area
26.9%
44.9%
28.2%
Scorers