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Highlights

Rômulo
56'
W. Orbán
53'

Red Bull Arena(30,902 Spectators)

Robert Hartmann

33 %Willi Orbán

0:43

Leipzig celebrate

After a dominant display, the home players were free to enjoy their win with the fans.

Full-time: Leipzig 2-0 Freiburg

After a disappointing first half, Leipzig came out in the second half rejuvenated and struck twice shortly after the break in quick succession, thanks to two set-piece goals from Orbán and Rômulo. Freiburg, meanwhile, never got going, managing just one shot the entire game. The win sees Leipzig jump back up to third ahead of hosting the champions at the weekend.

Full-time

90'

+ 6

Eggestein in the book

The midfielder picks up a yellow card for a pull on Diomande.

90'

+ 6

Yellow card

Maximilian Eggestein

90'

+ 1

Added time

There will be six extra minutes to be played at the end of this one.

90'

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes

Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.

Tidiam Diadie Stephan Gomis34.75km/h

Yan Diomande33.28km/h

Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz33.06km/h

89'

A host of subs

A series of subs in the last few minutes have rather slowed the pace of the game.

88'

Substitution

El Chadaille Bitshiabu

Christoph Baumgartner

88'

Substitution

Ezechiel Banzuzi

Castello Lukeba

85'

Substitution

Derry Scherhant

Patrick Osterhage

85'

Substitution

Jordy Makengo

Christian Günter

81'

Almost 3-0

The ball is set back to Baku on the edge of the box. His shot is deflected awkwardly, and Atubolu can only watch as it trickles narrowly wide.

0:29

Nusa strikes the post

The Norwegian has been electric since coming on. He beats his man in the box with a double stepover before firing against the post. Atubolu is relieved to see it bounce clear.

78'

Nusa shoots over

The Norwegian wins and takes a free-kick, but his effort is too high.

77'

Yellow card

Niklas Beste

74'

Substitution

Conrad Harder

Rômulo

73'

More set-piece danger

Raum plays a corner short to Baku, who chips one to the back post. Seiwald gets up highest, but he can only head the ball upwards, and Atubolu claims amidst a crowd of players.

69'

More Nusa magic

The winger sends Manzambi to the deck with some great movement before unleashing a shot that narrowly clears the crossbar.

0:21

Off the post!

Some glorious footwork from Nusa sees the Norwegian burst into the box and find Baumgartner. The Austrian pokes a shot goalwards only to see his effort bounce clear off the post. Seconds later, a dangerous cross from the right is just about forced behind as two Leipzig players look to pounce inside the six-yard box.

65'

Substitution

Niklas Beste

Philipp Treu

65'

Substitution

Igor Matanović

Lucas Höler

61'

A deserved lead

xGoals

The xGoals value of a club is calculated from the sum of all goal probabilities (goals and shots on goal) of that team. During a match, it’s easy to see whether the club is performing better than expected (goals > xGoals) - or maybe even higher (xGoals > goals).

After struggling to create in the first half, Leipzig have kicked things up a gear early in the second half and rightly lead by a couple of goals.

xGoals

1.56

0.09

Goals

60'

Substitution

Yan Diomande

Tidiam Gomis

60'

Substitution

Antonio Nusa

Assan Ouédraogo

Rômulo makes it 2-0!

It's another set-piece, and Leipzig double their advantage. Raum's corner is flicked goalwards by Baumgartner. Atubolu makes a good stop initially, but Rômulo reacts superbly to head home from close range.

56'

Rômulo

GOAL!

2:0

Goal probability

Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.

63 %

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

3.39 m

55'

Dazzling from Gomis

The youngster has space on the right, skips past his man and forces a smart stop from Atubolu.

55'

Substitution

Vincenzo Grifo

Yuito Suzuki

Orbán opens the scoring

Treu gives away a free-kick through an unlucky handball, and Leipzig punish Freiburg. Raum chips the free-kick in, and Orbán gets up highest to head home.

53'

Willi Orbán

GOAL!

1:0

Goal probability

11 %

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

7.15 m

52'

Yellow card

Philipp Treu

51'

More of the same

Not much has changed since the break. Plenty of intensity, but a real lack of creativity and quality. Still time for things to change, though.

46'

Back underway

The ball is moving once more in Leipzig.

Kick-off!

Half-time: Leipzig 0-0 Freiburg

A quite forgettable first half, unfortunately. There have been glimpses of quality, but the goalkeepers remain largely untested so far. Seiwald has sent a couple of efforts goalwards, but Atubolu has been able to make his necessary saves with relative ease. Both sides will need to kick it up a gear in the second 45 to spark this game into life.

Half-time

45'

+ 1

Added time

Just two minutes have been added on. Both sides are seemingly in need of a reset.

41'

Seiwald shoots

The midfielder takes a quick touch and shoots from the edge of the box, but his effort is easy for Atubolu.

39'

Baumgartner hits one

The Austrian tries his luck with a bouncing ball, but misses the target by some margin.

Gomis looking to be direct

The youngster has looked bright on the right-hand side. He's done well to get at Günter a couple of times before sending in powerful crosses that have forced Atubolu to stay alert.

33'

Good feet

Gomis does well to work himself space on the right. He then sends in a powerful cross that Atubolu is again forced to push clear.

0:20

Best chance of the match

Seiwald plays a neat one-two with Rômulo in the box and fires a low shot goalwards, but Atubolu is equal to the chance.

30'

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes

Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.

Tidiam Diadie Stephan Gomis34.75km/h

Christian Günter31.98km/h

Nicolas Seiwald31.32km/h

29'

Better

A chipped ball in behind sets Osterhage free. He tries to feed Treu in the centre, but Lukeba is there to make an important interception. The resulting corner then comes to nothing.

27'

A lack of creativity

Unfortunatley not a lot to speak about in this game. Neither side have really looked like scoring so far.

20'

Eggestein heads goalwards

Suzuki sends in a good free-kick from the right that is flicked goalbound by Eggestein, but it is a simple save for Gulácsi.

20'

Leipzig controlling the ball

The hosts have had over 60% possession, but are yet to really cause any problems.

Possession (%)

6139

Suzuki heavily involved for Freiburg

The midfielder had a couple of half-chances to cause problems in the opening five minutes and has remained lively in the opening 15 minutes.

14'

Suzuki in the book

The Japanese international slides in late on Raum and picks up his first yellow card of the season.

14'

Yellow card

Yuito Suzuki

12'

A slow start

Just the one effort on goal so far, but there has certainly been space to use in the early stages. Don't expect it to stay at just one shot for long.

Goal attempts

1off target

0on target

0off target

0on target

First Leipzig threat

Gomis whips in a low cross that is palmed away by Atubolu before Rômulo pokes an effort towards goal from inside the box that bounces away off Ogbus.

Good start

The visitors have had a couple of good early passages. The latest sees Manzambi whip in a good low cross to Suzuki, but his delicate spin in the box doesn't quite give him the space needed to shoot, and the chance is smothered.

We're underway

The ball is moving in Leipzig as Freiburg get the game started.

Kick-off!

Almost time

The players are on the pitch and ready to get going.

Players in the tunnel

Kick-off is fast approaching now.

0:49

Freiburg out to warm up

Not long until kick off now as the Freiburg players go through their pre-match routine.

0:10

Diomande checks out the pitch

Fresh from international duty with the Ivory Coast, Diomande is back and ready for club football at his home ground.

More on that Leipzig team

Tonight marks Leipzig's first game of 2026 after their weekend fixture against St. Pauli was postponed. The hosts make just the two changes from the side that lost to Leverkusen just before Christmas, as Nedeljkovic and Harder are replaced by Baku and Ouédraogo. The latter returns from injury after a few weeks out.

0:24

The Red Bull Arena

A look at tonight's venue.

More on that Freiburg team

Julian Schuster makes three changes from the side that beat Hamburg 2-1 at home on Saturday, as both Ginter and Lienhart miss out at centre-back through injury. Grifo is also replaced in midfield by Osterhage.

Starting line-up: RB Leipzig

Péter Gulácsi

Willi Orbán

Nicolas Seiwald

Christoph Baumgartner

Leipzig subs

Vandevoordt, Finkgräfe, Nedeljkovic, Bitshiabu, Maksimović, Banzuzi, Diomande, Harder, Nusa

Starting line-up: Sport-Club Freiburg

Freiburg subs

Müller, Makengo, Beste, Höfler, Grifo, Scherhant, Adamu, Matanović

0:47

Freiburg have arrived

The visitors are at the Red Bull Arena and ready for tonight's game.

Early Freiburg team news

Julian Schuster only has two injury issues to contend with, one of which - Daniel-Kofi Kyereh - is a long-time absentee. He is joined on the sidelines by Philipp Lienhart, who is struggling with an abdominal problem.

Early Leipzig team news

New signing Suleman Sani is not yet available for selection and will therefore play no part here. Johan Bayakoyo and Viggo Gebel will also play no part, while Lukas Klostermann has been struggling with illness and is a doubt.

Julian Schuster on facing Leipzig

"Our record against them doesn't affect our mindset. We're approaching the game in a positive way. We know what to expect, but we're viewing it as another opportunity to prove ourselves against Leipzig."

Ole Werner on facing Freiburg

"Freiburg always adapt their game to deal with their opponents and are difficult to beat. They're a very disciplined side and very dangerous from set pieces. They're very versatile in possession, but we've also identified areas we can exploit. As ever, we're focusing on ourselves."

Diomande expected to feature

Despite only being knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday, Ivory Coast star Yan Diomande is back in Leipzig should be available to face Freiburg on Wednesday.

Bogey team

Freiburg have lost six of their last seven league meetings with Leipzig, their last win coming in the 2019/20 season.

Freiburg finding form

Their win against Hamburg made it three games unbeaten and was their third win from their last five matches. They now sit in eighth place, just four points off the European places.

3:02

Watch: Bundesliga action returns to Leipzig for 2026

Start of the year for Leipzig

After their trip to St. Pauli on Saturday was postponed due to heavy snow in Hamburg, Leipzig face their first match of 2026 at home to Freiburg.

Mixed memories

The biggest tie in both clubs' history was arguably the 2021/22 DFB Cup final, which Leipzig edged after a penalty shootout to seal their first-ever trophy.

Freiburg looking for maiden win vs. Leipzig

Leipzig have won seven of the nine encounters so far in the Bundesliga, drawing the other two.

2:03

Watch: Freiburg 0-0 Leipzig - previous meeting

Leipzig stretched their unbeaten run against Freiburg to 12 Bundesliga games last season, winning 3-1 at home before battling to a goalless draw in the Black Forest - the end of Die Roten Bullen's six-match winning sequence in the fixture.

2:03

Watch: Freiburg 2-1 Hamburg - highlights

Igor Matanović's late winner off the bench earned Freiburg a come-from-behind victory at home to 10-man Hamburg.

Hello and welcome!

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Highlights

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Leipzig celebrate

Full-time: Leipzig 2-0 Freiburg

Eggestein in the book

Yellow card

Added time

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes

A host of subs

Substitution

Substitution

Substitution

Substitution

Almost 3-0

Nusa strikes the post

Nusa shoots over

Yellow card

Substitution

More set-piece danger

More Nusa magic

Off the post!

Substitution

Substitution

A deserved lead

Substitution

Substitution

Rômulo makes it 2-0!

Rômulo

GOAL!

Dazzling from Gomis

Substitution

Orbán opens the scoring

Willi Orbán

GOAL!

Yellow card

More of the same

Back underway

Half-time: Leipzig 0-0 Freiburg

Added time

Seiwald shoots

Baumgartner hits one

Gomis looking to be direct

Good feet

Best chance of the match

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes

Better

A lack of creativity

Eggestein heads goalwards

Leipzig controlling the ball

Suzuki heavily involved for Freiburg

Suzuki in the book

Yellow card

A slow start

First Leipzig threat

Good start

We're underway

Almost time

Players in the tunnel

Freiburg out to warm up

Diomande checks out the pitch

More on that Leipzig team

The Red Bull Arena

More on that Freiburg team

Starting line-up: RB Leipzig

Leipzig subs

Starting line-up: Sport-Club Freiburg

Freiburg subs

Freiburg have arrived

Early Freiburg team news

Early Leipzig team news

Julian Schuster on facing Leipzig

Ole Werner on facing Freiburg

Diomande expected to feature

Bogey team

Freiburg finding form

Watch: Bundesliga action returns to Leipzig for 2026

Start of the year for Leipzig

Mixed memories

Freiburg looking for maiden win vs. Leipzig