Leipzig thrash Elversberg 4-0 in Bundesliga

RB Leipzig secured a big 4-0 win over visitors SV Elversberg in the match between the two sides in matchday 7 of the Bundesliga, on 24 October at 16:30 Saudi time.

Tidiam Gomis opened the scoring for the hosts in the 48th minute, before Rômulo added the second goal in the 66th minute. In the 84th minute, Christoph Baumgartner extended Leipzig's lead with the third goal, before Rômulo wrapped up the match with his second goal in the 90+4th minute.

The match saw no red cards, with referee Bastian Dankert only showing one yellow card to each side.

Rômulo was named man of the match after scoring two goals in the 45 minutes he played, with a rating of 8.81.

Statistically, Leipzig dominated possession with 55 percent compared to 45 percent for Elversberg, and had 13 shots compared to 5 for their visitors, including 6 on target compared to just one for Elversberg. Leipzig also had the better expected goals rate, recording 2.91 compared to 0.68 for Elversberg, while Elversberg committed more fouls, with 18 compared to 10 for the hosts, and won 6 corners compared to 4 for Leipzig.

With this result, Leipzig raised their tally to 9 points to sit in seventh place in the table after playing 6 matches, winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 3, scoring 16 goals and conceding 11.

Meanwhile, Elversberg remained in sixth place with 10 points from 6 matches, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 2, scoring 12 goals and conceding 11.