RB Leipzig vs SV Elversberg 4-0

RB Leipzig beat SV Elversberg 4-0 at Leipzig Red Bull Arena after a goalless first half. Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz scored twice and Christoph Baumgartner added the third and fourth.

The game stayed level until after the break, when Tidiam Gomis opened the scoring in the 48th minute from Antonio Nusa's assist for 1-0. Half-time was 0-0.

Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz, who had come on in the 45th minute, made it 2-0 in the 66th minute from another Nusa assist. RB Leipzig then made two changes on 72 minutes, and one of those substitutes, Christoph Baumgartner, who had come on in the 72nd minute, finished from Brajan Gruda in the 84th minute for 3-0. Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz, who had come on in the 45th minute, then struck again three minutes into stoppage time from Abdoul Kone's assist to seal a 4-0 win. SV Elversberg had made two changes on 59 minutes and two more on 71 minutes.

RB Leipzig had 55% of the possession and 485 passes to SV Elversberg's 392. They also had more shots, 13 to 5, more on target, 6 to 1, and a higher expected goals figure at 2.28 to 0.68. SV Elversberg won more corners, 6 to 4, while RB Leipzig had 10 fouls to 17 and no offsides, compared with one for the visitors. The save count was 1 for RB Leipzig and 2 for SV Elversberg.

RB Leipzig's only booking went to Rocco Reitz in the 59th minute. SV Elversberg's Lasse Günther was booked in the 74th minute.