RB Leipzig vs Eintracht Frankfurt 6-0

RB Leipzig put six past Eintracht Frankfurt and the result was settled long before the interval. Christopher Nkunku scored three times in the first half, with Ezechiel Banzuzi and Antonio Nusa also on target, before Tidiam Gomis added a late sixth.

Leipzig were ahead inside a minute when Banzuzi finished from Neil El Aynaoui for 1-0. Nkunku made it 2-0 in the fifth minute after Antonio Nusa’s pass, then moved the score to 3-0 in the 41st minute for his second of the match. He completed his hat-trick in the 44th minute to send Leipzig in 4-0 up at half-time.

Nusa made it 5-0 in the 54th minute from Banzuzi’s assist, and Leipzig’s changes followed soon after as they made two substitutions in the 58th minute and two more in the 64th minute. Eintracht Frankfurt had already made two changes at half-time and another two in the 73rd minute, but they never found a reply. Tidiam Gomis, who came on in the 64th minute, sealed it in the 89th minute from Benjamin Henrichs, who had come on in the 58th minute.

The numbers show Frankfurt had more of the ball, with 53% possession to Leipzig’s 47%, and more passes, 490 to 432. They also had more corners, 6 to 3, and more shots on target, 9 to 10, while Leipzig’s 20 shots beat Frankfurt’s 18 and their xG was 3.44 to 1.38.

Leipzig were booked once, with Neil El Aynaoui shown yellow in the 27th minute. Frankfurt collected three bookings for Elias Niklas Baum in the 62nd minute, Ansgar Knauff in the 76th minute and Raphael Onyedika Nwadike in the 84th minute.