The story
Leipzig beat Schalke 4-2 at Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) in the Bundesliga, matchday 34.
Leipzig's goals came from Konrad Laimer (10'), Christopher Nkunku (19', 90+4'), Yussuf Poulsen (83') and an own goal by Willi Orbán (49'); Marcin Kaminski (28') replied for Schalke.
It was 2-1 at half-time.
Leipzig had 53% of the ball and 19 shots to Schalke's 16.
The result leaves Leipzig 3rd and Schalke 17th in the table.
Match stats
Key moments
- 10' Konrad Laimer Goal · Leipzig 1-0
- 19' Christopher Nkunku Goal · Leipzig 2-0 Assist: Dani Olmo
- 28' Marcin Kaminski Goal · Schalke 2-1 Assist: Rodrigo Zalazar
- 49' Willi Orbán Own goal · Leipzig 3-1
- 83' Yussuf Poulsen Goal · Leipzig 4-1 Assist: Christopher Nkunku
- 90+4' Christopher Nkunku Goal · Leipzig 5-1 Assist: Ørjan Nyland
Line-ups
Leipzig
- Ørjan NylandGoalkeeper
- Willi OrbánDefender
- Lukas KlostermannDefender
- Mohamed SimakanDefender
- Marcel Halstenbergoff 61'Defender
- Konrad Laimeroff 61'Midfielder
- Amadou Haidaraoff 46'Midfielder
- Christopher NkunkuForward
- Timo Werneroff 61'Forward
- Dani OlmoForward
- Emil Forsbergoff 68'Forward
Schalke
- Ralf FährmannGoalkeeper
- Sepp van den BergDefender
- Marcin KaminskiDefender
- Cédric BrunnerDefender
- Henning Matricianioff 70'Defender
- Alex KralMidfielder
- Dominick DrexlerMidfielder
- Rodrigo Zalazaroff 56'Midfielder
- Danny Latzaoff 75'Midfielder
- Marius BülterForward
- Sebastian PolterForward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (10)
- 10' ⚽ Konrad Laimer
- 19' ⚽ Christopher Nkunkuassist Dani Olmo
- 20' 🟨 Cédric Brunner
- 28' ⚽ Marcin Kaminskiassist Rodrigo Zalazar
- 41' 🟨 Amadou Haidara
- 49' ⚽ Willi Orbán (og)
- 63' 🟨 Sebastian Polter
- 83' ⚽ Yussuf Poulsenassist Christopher Nkunku
- 90+4' ⚽ Christopher Nkunkuassist Ørjan Nyland
- 90+5' 🟨 Christopher Nkunku
Head to head
5Leipzig wins0Draws1Schalke wins