Leipzig 4-0 Elversberg: Rômulo double after the interval
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 5 shots faced, Leipzig's fewest in 10 matches
- xG per shot 0.18, a season high for Leipzig
- 0-0 at half-time, then four goals
Four goals, all after the break
It stayed 0-0 until half-time, then Leipzig scored four times after the restart. Tidiam Gomis broke the deadlock in the 48th minute, Rômulo made it 2-0 in the 66th, Christoph Baumgartner added a third in the 84th, and Rômulo completed the scoring four minutes into stoppage time. Elversberg did not score.
Elversberg barely reached the goal
Leipzig's defence gave away very little. Elversberg's five shots and 0.68 xG were both the lowest Leipzig have conceded in their 10 matches this season. Benjamin Henrichs was at the heart of it, leading all players in both duels won and defensive actions.
Efficient rather than overwhelming
Leipzig's finishing was sharp. Their xG per shot of 0.18 was a season high, and the four goals outperformed their xG by 1.72. That points to quality of chance, with most efforts coming from inside the box, rather than sheer volume.
The opener turned a stalemate into a lead
Gomis's 48th-minute opener was worth +0.7 FN xPts to Leipzig, while Elversberg's FN xPts fell by −0.5, the largest combined change of the match, as 0-0 became a lead. Antonio Nusa assisted that goal and the second, and Brajan Gruda's four key passes were the most of any player. The later goals changed little in FN xPts.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Rômulo 8.6Dominant
Introduced at half-time, he put all three of his shots on target and scored twice.
Rômulo made the most of his half-time introduction, scoring twice and completing both of his dribbles. His goal in the 66th minute doubled the lead Gomis had given Leipzig, and his second, four minutes into stoppage time, completed the 4-0. Both goals took him to three in the Bundesliga this season from five appearances.
Game state
1-02-03-04-0
RB Leipzig ahead 42 min · level 48 min · SV Elversberg 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.
48'
Tidiam Gomis
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Antonio Nusa +0.2 · SVE −0.5
+0.7
66'
Rômulo
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Antonio Nusa +0.1 · SVE −0.2
+0.3
84'
Christoph Baumgartner
Goal · assist Brajan Gruda · SVE 0.0
0.0
90+4'
Rômulo
Goal · assist Abdoul Koné · SVE 0.0
0.0
RB Leipzig
Expected (last two seasons) 2.2Own moments +1.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.2→ League points won 3
SV Elversberg
Expected (last two seasons) 0.6Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.7Time effect +0.1→ 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 LeipzigSV Elversberg
2.28Expected goals (xG)0.68
Compared with usual
RB Leipzig
10 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 4 | 2.5 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.9 | |
| xG | 2.28 | 2.1 | |
| xG against | 0.68 | 1.9 | low |
| Shots | 13 | 17.9 | |
| On target | 6 | 6.7 | |
| Shots faced | 5 | 15.2 | low |
| xG per shot | 0.18 | 0.12 | high |
| Possession | 55% | 51.6% | |
| Passes | 486 | 493 | |
| Corners | 4 | 5.6 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 10.3 | |
SV Elversberg
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1.7 | |
| xG | 0.68 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 2.28 | 2.2 | |
| Shots | 5 | 11.7 | |
| On target | 1 | 4.9 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 21.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 45% | 46.7% | |
| Passes | 395 | 403.3 | |
| Corners | 6 | 3.6 | |
| Fouls | 18 | 11.4 | |
Timeline
- 45'
Sub
Andrija Maksimović → Rômulo
- 48'
Goal
Tidiam Gomis league goal #3 assist Antonio Nusa
- 59'
Sub
Maurice Krattenmacher → R. Adam
- 59'
Sub
Jan Gyamerah → Luca Sirch
- 59'
Yellow
Rocco Reitz
- 62'
Sub
Rocco Reitz → Brajan Gruda
- 66'
Goal
Rômulo league goal #2 assist Antonio Nusa
- 71'
Sub
Frederik Schmahl → Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka
- 71'
Sub
David Mokwa → Noel Futkeu
- 72'
Sub
Ezechiel Banzuzi → Christoph Baumgartner
- 72'
Sub
Antonio Nusa → Nicolas Seiwald
- 74'
Yellow
Lasse Günther
- 82'
Sub
Lasse Günther → William Cole Campbell
- 84'
Goal
Christoph Baumgartner league goal #1 assist Brajan Gruda
- 87'
Sub
Tidiam Gomis → Abdoul Koné
- 90+4'
Goal
Rômulo league goal #3 assist Abdoul Koné
Category leaders
- Key passesBrajan Gruda4
- Duels wonBenjamin Henrichs11/15
- DribblesLukas Petkov4/10
- Defensive actionsBenjamin Henrichs10
- ShotsRômulo3 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonMax Finkgräfe3
#Bundesliga#RB Leipzig#SV Elversberg#Rômulo#Antonio Nusa#Tidiam Gomis
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.