At 3:30 a.m. Beijing time on December 16, a match in the 16th round of the Bundesliga was contested, and Leipzig came to challenge Augsburg. Leipzig have excellent players but have a poor record this season, with only 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats in their first 15 league games. However, Leipzig have won the last two matches, first beating the powerful Manchester City 2-1 at home in the Champions League, and then beating Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-1. Consecutive wins have allowed leipzig players to regain their confidence. And this Leipzig is against relegation team Augsburg. The last four meetings between the two sides have been won by Leipzig. This time Leipzig's goal is still to take all three points, but Leipzig messed up, only to get a draw, and broke a cold.
Leipzig lined up in a 3412 formation for this game. Gulasic served as the starting goalkeeper. Gueva dior, Orban and Simakhan are paired at 3 defenders. Angelinho, Campoir, Lemmer and Henrihis make up a 4-midfield. The attacking combination of Fossberg, Nkunku and AndreI Silva joined forces. Sobosloy and Mujelle sit on the bench.
In the 4th minute of the match, Gueva dior passed the ball to Fosberg at the edge of the penalty area, and Fossberg burst into the box and shot into the far corner, which was deflected. Five minutes later, Leipzig launched a quick attack, Nkunku advanced with the ball, and then crossed the ball to Andre Silva on the right side of the penalty area. Andre Silva did not shoot the first time, dangling away from the defender and shooting again, only to be blocked. In the 19th minute, Leipzig scored and Andre Silva swept the ball in front of goal. After that, Andre Silva had a chance to score twice, but unfortunately his header was high on the top of the goal. At the end of the half, Leipzig led by one goal.
In the second half, Gregoric broke free in front of the goal and kicked the ball in the direction of the goal, fortunately high enough to make the goalkeeper break out in a cold sweat. In the 57th minute, Fossberg relied on counter-attack opportunities to score, but unfortunately, the offside was first and the goal was invalid. In the 77th minute, Angelinho burst into the left side of the penalty area and shot into the near corner from a tight angle, and the goalkeeper saved the ball. Leipzig never scored another goal, which left them penalized in the 86th minute. Henrichs handballed inside the penalty area and the referee awarded a penalty. Calijuri took the penalty, pumped hard and the ball went in! Augsburg completed the draw. Leipzig failed to score again for the rest of the day. The final score was set at 1-1, and Leipzig was snatched by Augsburg for a point. Leipzig lost 11 points in five league games, which was terrible.
Leipzig had 69% of the ball in this game, with 12 shots on goal, 3 shots on target, and only 1 goal. Augsburg scored 1 goal with 9 shots on goal and only 1 shot on target. Leipzig lost the crucial 2 points for his own mistakes. In the post-match whoscored rating, Andre Silva scored a game-high 7.5 points, he shot 3 on target in 4 shots, scored 1 goal, and tried 3 times. It's just a pity that he didn't bring 3 points to the team.