RB Leipzig won the duel of the Bundesliga criticism teams on Saturday evening (15.03.2025) 2-0 (1-0). BVB awarded various great opportunities in the entertaining game on the 26th Bundesliga matchday.
Xavi (18th) and Lois Openda (48th) ensured the Leipzig home success with their goals. The Leipzig players celebrated for the first time in four winless games, who is in the discussion coach Marco Rose should have a sigh of relief and saved his job for the time being.
The Dortmund, on the other hand, desperately desperately desperately in front of the opposing goal – a total of 26 shots of goal (2.9 so -called “Expected Goals”) ended up in different locations, only not in the opposing housing. “It is a bit of quality, a bit of bad luck. We had seven top -class players in Leipzig. That has to be enough to win a game“, said midfielder Pascal Groß after the game at” Sky “. By winning the Augsburg victory, BVB falls back on the eleventh place in the table.
Top game that is not?
The fact that this top game of the 26th day of the 26 should be the first meeting of the two teams, in which neither Dortmund nor Leipzig were in the top four, said a lot about the signs of the game. Leipzig was condemned to victory in view of the winless series. The BVB, in turn, was able to breathe a bit breathed thanks to the Champions League quarter-finals during the week, but the Bundesliga season is catastrophic for BVB.
In the duel of the dissatisfied, it was the Leipziger who got the better start. Especially on the left side, RB managed to create opportunities several times in the initial phase. Lois Opendas Lattenskracher After a quarter of an hour, was one of these occasions that the busy David Raum prepared.
Another advance of the left-back brought the highly deserved RB leadership: space failed from left in the penalty area to BVB goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, the ball landed at Xavi via Benjamin Sesko, which completed from a central position.
The BVB succeeds little
The right defense remained the Achilles’ heel of the BVB. Again, space brought the ball into the box promising. Marcel Sabitzer clarified in front of Ridle Baku’s feet, who pulled off and failed due to the strongly reacting goblin. Again Baku was short after a throw-in bum with a left of a good 18 meters and hit the latte (35th).
And Dortmund? The Kovac-Elf did not get enough. Defensive, BVB was too unsorted, nothing went to the front for a long time. It was only when Sabitzer had to be replaced due to injury (35th) and Kovac to switch to a chain of five that things went a little better for the guests. The result was opportunities for Maximilian Beier, who took too much time when he graduated, and Karim Adeyemi, who forced Peter Gulacsi to a wonderful parade with his shot.
Openda meets – and the BVB will make everything
The second round began, and it was worse for BVB. A corner of Xavi sailed on the long post, where Openda was unguarded and was allowed to end in the long corner.
What followed was an extremely curious phase in which Dortmund missed chance for chance: Beier hit the latte (50th) with his head, with his right foot the outer post (52.) and failed again with a header on Gulacsi (54.). Again a minute later, Serhou Guirassy Clever put on Adeyemi, who shot pitifully several meters from a central position.
RB Passive, BVB forgives chance for chance
RB hardly got anything in this phase, BVB attacked with enormous force. Adeyemi played Guirassy Frei, whose shot parried the Gulacsi rushing out of his goal. Adeyemi himself tried it from a distance and hit the crossbar – the third time aluminum for BVB (64th).
Even if the game calmed down something in the episode – it was difficult to believe how much the Dortmund was left. At the same time, I was impressed by how many opportunities the team earned – the Leipziger had to ask themselves how to allow so much. However, it was not punished, not even by Groß, who was drosing the ball from seven meters over the goal (76th). In the final minutes, BVB was noticeable that the frustration was noted, and a new rearing was not achieved.
Leipzig in Gladbach, Dortmund against Mainz
Leipzig is a guest in Gladbach after the international break on Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m.). Dortmund is asked against the Mainz on Sunday afternoon (5:30 p.m.) and will have to try to start a winning streak at the strong Rheinhessen to save this messed up Bundesliga season. With a view to the ever smaller chance of reaching the premier class via the league, defender Nico Schlotterbeck said: “It is almost impossible. We still have eight games. We have to score as quickly as possible. The chance is very low. “