RB Leipzig 6-0 Eintracht Frankfurt: Nkunku hits a hat-trick
Short review AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 0.17 vs 0.08 xG per shot: better chances for Leipzig
- Nine saves from Vandevoordt for the clean sheet
- Led for 89 of 90 minutes after a 1' opener
A heavy win with less of the ball
Leipzig won at a canter despite 46% possession, below their six-match season average. Their shots were also better placed, with 0.17 xG per shot against 0.08 for Frankfurt. Frankfurt's nine shots on target all met Maarten Vandevoordt, who kept a clean sheet.
The match was settled in the opening minutes
The opener came in the first minute, and Ezechiel Banzuzi's goal was worth +0.5 FN xPts. Christopher Nkunku made it 2-0 in the fifth minute, and by the 44th minute it was 4-0. Leipzig led for 89 of the 90 minutes.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Christopher Nkunku 9.2Dominant
He scored three goals from six shots, three of them on target.
Nkunku scored in the 5th, 41st and 44th minutes, which made it 4-0 at the break. He was withdrawn after 64 minutes, with the match already well beyond Frankfurt.
Game state
1-02-03-04-05-06-0
RB Leipzig ahead 89 min · level 1 min · Eintracht Frankfurt ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
1'
Ezechiel Banzuzi
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Neil El Aynaoui +0.2 · SGE −0.4
+0.5
5'
Christopher Nkunku
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Antonio Nusa +0.1 · SGE −0.3
+0.4
41'
Christopher Nkunku
Goal · SGE −0.1
+0.2
44'
Christopher Nkunku
Goal · SGE 0.0
0.0
54'
Antonio Nusa
Goal · assist Ezechiel Banzuzi · SGE 0.0
0.0
89'
Tidiam Gomis
Goal · assist Benjamin Henrichs · SGE 0.0
0.0
RB Leipzig
Expected (last two seasons) 1.8Own moments +1.1Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Eintracht Frankfurt
Expected (last two seasons) 1.0Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −0.2→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
RB LeipzigEintracht Frankfurt
3.36Expected goals (xG)1.5
Compared with usual
RB Leipzig
6 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 6 | 2.7 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 3.36 | 2.2 | |
| xG against | 1.5 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 20 | 19.5 | |
| On target | 10 | 6.7 | |
| Shots faced | 18 | 12.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.17 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 46% | 59% | |
| Passes | 433 | 556.2 | |
| Corners | 3 | 7.2 | |
| Fouls | 16 | 9.3 | |
Eintracht Frankfurt
last 4 matches, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2.3 | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2.5 | |
| xG | 1.5 | 2 | |
| xG against | 3.36 | 2 | |
| Shots | 18 | 13.8 | |
| On target | 9 | 4.8 | |
| Shots faced | 20 | 19 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.16 | |
| Possession | 54% | 49.5% | |
| Passes | 490 | 420.8 | |
| Corners | 6 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 10.3 | |
Timeline
- 1'
Goal
Ezechiel Banzuzi league goal #1 assist Neil El Aynaoui
- 5'
Goal
Christopher Nkunku league goal #2 assist Antonio Nusa
- 27'
Yellow
Neil El Aynaoui
- 41'
Goal
Christopher Nkunku league goal #3
- 44'
Goal
Christopher Nkunku league goal #4
- 45'
Sub
Keita Kosugi → Younes Ebnoutalib
- 45'
Sub
Robin Koch → Elias Baum
- 54'
Goal
Antonio Nusa league goal #3 assist Ezechiel Banzuzi
- 58'
Sub
Ridle Baku → Benjamin Henrichs
- 58'
Sub
Neil El Aynaoui → Nicolas Seiwald
- 62'
Yellow
Elias Baum
- 64'
Sub
Antonio Nusa → Max Finkgräfe
- 64'
Sub
Christopher Nkunku → Tidiam Gomis
- 73'
Sub
Ritsu Doan → Love Arrhov
- 73'
Sub
Ezechiel Banzuzi → Rocco Reitz
- 73'
Sub
Noël Aséko → Farès Chaïbi
- 76'
Yellow
Ansgar Knauff
- 84'
Yellow
Raphael Onyedika
- 89'
Goal
Tidiam Gomis league goal #2 assist Benjamin Henrichs
Category leaders
- Key passesCan Uzun4
- Duels wonLilian Brassier8/10
- DribblesAntonio Nusa3/4
- Defensive actionsAnsgar Knauff7
- ShotsChristopher Nkunku6 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonJonathan Burkardt4
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This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.