RB Leipzig vs Aston Villa 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

RB Leipzig

27': Loïs Openda
62': Christoph Baumgartner

FT
2 - 3

Aston Villa

3': John McGinn
52': Jhon Durán
85': Ross Barkley

Ross Barkley winner sees Aston Villa past RB Leipzig

Aston Villa substitutes Jhon Duran and Ross Barkley bagged second-half goals to salvage a 3-2 victory over RB Leipzig on Tuesday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
3': Goal! RB Leipzig 0, Aston Villa 1. John McGinn (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ollie Watkins with a headed pass.
27': Goal! RB Leipzig 1, Aston Villa 1. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolas Seiwald with a through ball.
45': Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
45'+1': First Half ends, RB Leipzig 1, Aston Villa 1.
45': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Kevin Kampl replaces Amadou Haidara.
45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jhon Durán replaces Ollie Watkins.
52': Goal! RB Leipzig 1, Aston Villa 2. Jhon Durán (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Youri Tielemans following a fast break.
62': Goal! RB Leipzig 2, Aston Villa 2. Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Loïs Openda with a cross following a fast break.
71': Substitution, Aston Villa. Kosta Nedeljkovic replaces Matty Cash.
76': Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces John McGinn.
76': Substitution, RB Leipzig. André Silva replaces Benjamin Sesko.
79': Diego Carlos (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81': Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.
83': Substitution, Aston Villa. Ross Barkley replaces Youri Tielemans.
83': Substitution, Aston Villa. Ian Maatsen replaces Lucas Digne.
84': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Lukas Klostermann replaces Arthur Vermeeren.
85': Goal! RB Leipzig 2, Aston Villa 3. Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
90'+4': Second Half ends, RB Leipzig 2, Aston Villa 3.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Red Bull Arena
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Attendance: 40,406

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+12	Liverpool	6	18	0
+14	Barcelona	6	15	1
+9	Arsenal	6	13	1
+7	Bayer Leverkusen	6	13	1

Full Table

Statistics

AVL		RBL
7	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
7	Corner Kicks	5
4	Saves	5
53.3	Possession	46.7
19	SHOTS	17
8	ON GOAL	6
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
436	Accurate Passes	380
509	Passes	448
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	3
17	Crosses	12
0.3	Cross %	0.3
24	Long Balls	39
16	Accurate Long Balls	16
0.7	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	5
6	Effective Tackles	10
9	Tackles	21
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
13	Interceptions	11
9	Effective Clearances	20
9	Clearances	20

Line-Ups

RB Leipzig (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Péter Gulácsi (GK)
4	Willi Orbán
3	Lutsharel Geertruida
39	Benjamin Henrichs
13	Nicolas Seiwald
8	Amadou Haidara
18	Arthur Vermeeren
7	Antonio Nusa
14	Christoph Baumgartner
11	Loïs Openda
30	Benjamin Sesko

Substitutes:

Kevin Kampl, Viggo Gebel, Lukas Klostermann, Maarten Vandevoordt, André Silva, Nuha Jatta, Faik Sakar.

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
23	Emiliano Martínez (GK)
14	Pau Torres
3	Diego Carlos
12	Lucas Digne
4	Ezri Konsa
27	Morgan Rogers
44	Boubacar Kamara
8	Youri Tielemans
11	Ollie Watkins
7	John McGinn
2	Matty Cash

Substitutes:

Ross Barkley, Kosta Nedeljkovic, Joe Gauci, Sil Swinkels, Amadou Onana, Jhon Durán, Emiliano Buendía, Jaden Philogene, Ian Maatsen, Tyrone Mings, Lamar Bogarde, Robin Olsen.

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