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20:10
RBL calms the game down a bit and lets the Middle Franconia take the lead to wait for more counterattacks. But the Middle Franconia don’t really let themselves be lured out of their reserve.
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20:07
Fürth tries again from a distance. Seguin isn’t lucky either. The tight shot from the right from 26 meters just misses the bottom left corner.
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20:06
On the other hand, Hrgota takes heart and pulls sharply from 20 meters. The left shot starts to flutter, but goes half a meter over the crossbar.
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20:04
Tooor for RB Leipzig, 1: 3 by Konrad Laimer
Fürth affords a little inattentiveness and the Red Bulls flex their muscles and make it 3-1. After a free kick from Middle Franconia, the Saxon counterattack rolls out. Nkunku serves Laimer in the run at the perfect moment, who then lobs over the outflowing Linde into the empty goal from a half-right position. This is counter-football par excellence.
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20:02
Tooor for RB Leipzig, 1: 2 by Emil Forsberg
Leipzig turns the game and increases to 2:1. Nkunku makes Christiansen stand with a simple body trick and then pulls away sharply. But there is still a Fürth leg in between, so the shot to the corner is blocked. After a short corner, Nkunku then passes to Forsberg, who shoots from 21 meters. Linde still has a hand on it, but can no longer prevent the impact. Although the slightly concealed right-footed shot is powerful, it is not unconditionally precise. Maybe Linde should have had the ball.
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20:00
Half an hour has passed and although RB Leipzig is the much more active team, the clover leaves continue to counteract and create dangerous situations with high balls and aggressive counter-pressing.
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19:58
Håvard Nielsen presses aggressively and, in Mohamed Simakan, is able to separate the last Saxon man from the ball. Luckily for the guests, the referee then whistles the scene because of an alleged offensive foul. That seems extremely flattering.
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19:55
Big chance for the Saxons! Nkunku has the eye for the free Forsberg, who unpacks the right glue from 13 meters. The leather rushes over the crossbar by a hair’s breadth. Kick off Fuerth.
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19:52
Yellow card for Jetro Willems (SpVgg Greuther Fürth)
Laimer pulls past Willems on the right wing, who pulls his opponent’s shirt several times and finally brings it to a stop. Clear yellow card.
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19:50
The Fürthers are sticking to their match plan and continue to look for their chance with high balls in depth. Willems comes up to the baseline on the left, but doesn’t cross very precisely into the center. Orban is there and clears with his head.
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19:47
Tooor for RB Leipzig, 1: 1 by André Silva
Now the red bulls have the answer. The guests equalize at 1:1. Angeliño has plenty of space on the left wing and is free to cross into the centre. The pass comes soft as butter and with the perfect height directly into André Silva’s run, who only has to bring precision into the header from six meters. An easy exercise for the goal-getters, which Linde unsustainably executes in the left corner. All pointers back to zero!
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19:45
Unnecessarily, Willems heads straight into Laimer’s feet when clearing, who immediately looks for Silva, but cannot find him in the narrow penalty area of Middle Franconia.
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19:43
Fürth switches again at lightning speed. Leweling went through from the right and sent a sharp cross to the far post, where Henrichs was just able to clear ahead of Nielsen. In the early stages, the home side know how to put Leipzig under pressure.
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19:41
The red bulls are struggling for a quick answer, but aren’t creating any clear chances. The cloverleaf has been very handy defensively so far.
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19:38
On the other side, Laimer puts through for André Silva, who puts the ball past Linde with his outside instep, but can no longer control the ball before the baseline.
5
19:37
Leweling has obviously tasted blood. In the Leipzig third he follows up and wins the ball with aggressive pressing. However, two Leipzigers can block the goal scorer together.
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19:33
Tooor for SpVgg Greuther Fürth, 1:0 by Jamie Leweling
The Middle Franconia go 1-0 in the lead. A very simple pass in depth undermines the Leipzig defense because Haïdara is too hesitant in the duel with Leweling. His attempt at a cross pass is then blocked by Orban, but lands again at Leweling, who quickly tries it himself and hits the left-footed shot in the lower right corner of the inside post, from which the ball rushes into the net. Gulácsi is in the corner, but can no longer prevent the impact. What a start!
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19:30
Kick-off in Middle Franconia. The hosts are all in white. The guests from Saxony are dressed entirely in red. The ball rolls.
19:29
There is a short-term change with the guests: Due to muscular problems, Klostermann is not enough for the starting XI. Gvardiol moves into the first eleven.
19:02
Both teams face each other in a competitive game for the sixth time today. So far, RB Leipzig have never lost a game against the cloverleaf (four wins, one draw). The Saxons not only won the first leg 4-1, they also won their only two guest appearances at Ronhof Sports Park | Thomas Sommer.
18:54
Last weekend, RB Leipzig only managed a 1-1 draw against SC Freiburg in their own stadium. Coach Tedesco also made four changes today, with which the jump to fourth place in the table should succeed: Simakan, Henrichs, André Silva and Laimer start for Poulsen, Mukiele, Gvardiol (all three benches) and Kampl (earache).
18:48
RB Leipzig initially went without a win in seven away games under Jesse Marsch in the 2021/22 season. Under Domenico Tedesco, on the other hand, the Saxons got their weakness away from home under control again. The Red Bulls have won three of their five away league games under their new coach, and recently celebrated a 3-1 win in San Sebastián in the Europa League and a 4-0 win in Hanover in the DFB Cup. Overall, RBL has all won the last four competitive games in the distance with 14: 2 goals.
18:42
Most recently, the Mittelfranken lost 2-1 away to VfL Bochum. Stefan Leitl made four changes to his starting line-up compared to this away game: Bauer, Willems, Nielsen and Green take over for Tillman, Seguin (both on the bench), Dudziak (Achilles tendon problems) and Griesbeck (suspended).
18:36
The Fürther have lost 17 of their 25 league games and thus still hold the red lantern. Nevertheless, the cloverleaf can also report a positive series at the moment: the Middle Franconia have not lost a single one of the last six home games in the Bundesliga (three wins, three draws). After only one point and only two of their own goals in the first six home games, Stefan Leitl’s team has always scored in six consecutive home games and scored ten goals in total.
18:30
RB Leipzig leads the second half of the table with 19 out of a possible 24 points and brings an impressive record against promoted teams to Middle Franconia. The reigning runner-up has never lost a game in the Bundesliga against a promoted team (20 wins, three draws).
Good evening and welcome from the Ronhof sports park | Thomas Sommer. Here, SpVgg Greuther Fürth welcomes RB Leipzig at 7:30 p.m. today as part of the 26th match day of the Bundesliga.