Openda helps Leipzig in narrow win over Eintracht Frankfurt

RB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt in narrow fashion on Sunday during matchday 14 in the Bundesliga thanks to a second half Loïs Openda goal.

For Marco Rose’s RB Leipzig side, Kevin Kampl and Xaver Schlager came into the team for RB Leipzig. 

Starting off strongly, Leipzig’s Loïs Openda scored offside goal within the first minute. 

After period of attacking threat, Leipzig scored through Benjamin Šeško in the 19th minute via a nodded effort from six yards out. 

RB Leipzig continued to put on the pressure for around another 15 minutes.  

However, against the run of play, Omar Marmoush hit the bar in the 32nd minute. 

Levelling the game, Frankfurt got an equaliser following the crossbar hit from Marmoush as Nathaniel Brown hit the ball low and hard into the net in the 40th minute to make it 1-1. 

In the second half, Loïs Openda finally got his goal in the 52nd minute as he scored from a corner after being left unmarked at the back post to put Leipzig 2-1 up. 

During the 55th minute, Frankfurt’s Omar Marmoush nearly crept in at the back post to capitalise on a defensive lapse from Leipzig. 

In the 68th minute, Eintracht’s Ansgar Knauff drew a shot wide of the post. 

Antonio Nusa was on the end of a Leipzig counter attack helped on by Šeško but he was unable to score in the 78th minute. 

Lastly, in the 90th minute, a Benjamin Šeško goal was disallowed thanks to VAR as he was offside meaning the game stayed 2-1 for Leipzig. 

This result means Leipzig stay in fourth place but now draw level with Eintracht Frankfurt on 27 points after fourteen games.