RW Essen vs RB Leipzig (27 October 2026) ⋆ DFB Pokal - 1/16-finals ⋆ Live Score, Results, H2H, Stats & Lineups

Match events

9' Goal - L. Brumme1 : 0
23' Yellow card - D. Abiama
34' Yellow card - N. Seiwald
44' Yellow card - N. Seiwald
44' Red card - N. Seiwald
46' SubstitutionA. Maksimovic off - N. El Aynaoui on
46' SubstitutionR. Reitz off - B. Gruda on
62' SubstitutionE. Banzuzi off - C. Baumgartner on
62' SubstitutionR. Baku off - A. Nusa on
65' SubstitutionL. Brumme off - E. Celebi on
73' Yellow card - C. Baumgartner
74' SubstitutionM. Kostka off - N. Batzner on
76' Yellow card - N. El Aynaoui
77' Yellow card - N. Batzner
78' Goal - C. BaumgartnerAssist - A. Nusa • 1 : 1
80' SubstitutionN. Pesch off - L. Bazzoli on
80' SubstitutionD. Abiama off - F. Vasic on
82' Goal - C. BaumgartnerAssist - D. Raum • 1 : 2
82' Yellow card - M. Demichelis
87' SubstitutionRomulo Cardoso off - B. Henrichs on
90+5' Yellow card - O. Nyland

Match statistics

37%Ball Possession63%

9Shots Total11

1Shots On Goal2

35Dangerous Attacks48

112Attacks131

5Corners7

Full statistics

Match information

Country: Germany
Competition: DFB Pokal - 1/16-finals
Season: 2026/2027
Stage: 1/16-finals
Date: 27 October 2026
Kick-off: 17:00
Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstrasse
Referee: F. Exner

Recent form

RW Essen

DDWLW

RB Leipzig

WWLLW

Head-to-head

17 August 2024 • DFB Pokal • Rot-Weiss Essen 1 : 4 RB Leipzig (Half-time 1 : 2)

Full H2H

Clubs

RW Essen

Founded: 1907
Country: Germany
Stadium: Stadion Essen
City: Essen
Capacity: 20 650
Surface: grass

RB Leipzig

Founded: 2009
Country: Germany
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
City: Leipzig
Capacity: 47 800
Surface: grass

Match commentary

It is all over: RW Essen 1 : 2 RB Leipzig.
90+5'Yellow card for O. Nyland (RB Leipzig).
87'RB Leipzig make a change: Romulo Cardoso off, B. Henrichs on.
82'Yellow card for M. Demichelis (RB Leipzig).
82'RB Leipzig score! D. Raum sets it up and C. Baumgartner finishes. 1 : 2.
80'RW Essen make a change: D. Abiama off, F. Vasic on.
80'RW Essen make a change: N. Pesch off, L. Bazzoli on.
78'RB Leipzig score! A. Nusa sets it up and C. Baumgartner finishes. 1 : 1.
77'Yellow card for N. Batzner (RW Essen).
76'Yellow card for N. El Aynaoui (RB Leipzig).
74'RW Essen make a change: M. Kostka off, N. Batzner on.
73'Yellow card for C. Baumgartner (RB Leipzig).
65'RW Essen make a change: L. Brumme off, E. Celebi on.
62'RB Leipzig make a change: R. Baku off, A. Nusa on.
62'RB Leipzig make a change: E. Banzuzi off, C. Baumgartner on.
46'RB Leipzig make a change: R. Reitz off, B. Gruda on.
46'RB Leipzig make a change: A. Maksimovic off, N. El Aynaoui on.
We are back for the second half.
Half-time. 1 : 0.
44'Red card! N. Seiwald (RB Leipzig) is sent off.
44'Yellow card for N. Seiwald (RB Leipzig).
34'Yellow card for N. Seiwald (RB Leipzig).
23'Yellow card for D. Abiama (RW Essen).
9'Goal! L. Brumme scores for RW Essen. 1 : 0.
Kick-off! The match is under way.

Line-up - RW Essen • 4-2-3-1

14Brumme

18Abiama11Pesch37Hofmann

22Sietan16Reisig

19Bouebari23Alonso15Ben Hüning2Kostka

1Golz (C)

15Ben Hüning
18Dickson Abiama
19Franci Bouebari
11Noah Pesch
22Janne Sietan
2Michael Kostka
37Jannik Hofmann
16Ruben Reisig
14Lucas Brumme
23José-Enrique Ríos Alonso
1Jakob Golz C

Substitutes

32Luca Bazzoli
35Felix Wienand
25Nick Bätzner
26Ekin Çelebi
33Eric Verstappen
40Rami Malaeb
43Fadih Vasic
36James Gnagnon

Line-up - RB Leipzig • 4-2-3-1

40Rômulo

27Gomis30Maksimović20Reitz

6Banzuzi13Seiwald

22Raum (C)23Lukeba4Orbán17Baku

1Nyland

23Castello Lukeba
20Rocco Reitz
13Nicolas Seiwald
40Rômulo
17Ridle Baku
6Ezechiel Banzuzi
22David Raum C
1Ørjan Nyland
4Willi Orbán
27Tidiam Gomis
30Andrija Maksimović

Substitutes

2Abdoul Kone
21Neil El Aynaoui
11Johan Bakayoko
10Brajan Gruda
26Maarten Vandevoordt
35Max Finkgräfe
7Antonio Nusa
14Christoph Baumgartner
39Benjamin Henrichs

Coaches

RW Essen: Uwe Koschinat
RB Leipzig: Martin Demichelis

Team statistics

RW EssenRB Leipzig

5Corners7

0Throw In0

0Free Kick0

0Goal Kick0

0Penalty0

4Substitution5

112Attacks131

35Dangerous Attacks48

37%Ball Possession63%

9Shots Total11

1Shots On Goal2

6Shots Off Goal4

2Shots Blocked5

6Shots Inside Box9

3Shots Outside Box2

15Fouls10

2Offsides2

2Yellow Cards5

0Red Cards1

296Passes Total516

186Passes Accurate396

Player statistics - RW Essen

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Shots	On target	Dribbles	Offsides
1Jakob Golz C	6.7	90	0	0	0	-	0
15Ben Hüning	6.7	90	0	0	0	0/1	0
19Franci Bouebari	5.6	90	0	0	0	0/4	0
23José-Enrique Ríos Alonso	6.3	90	0	1	0	-	0
2Michael Kostka	6.9	74	0	0	0	-	0
18Dickson Abiama	6.3	80	0	0	0	0/4	0
22Janne Sietan	7.3	90	0	0	0	0/2	0
37Jannik Hofmann	6.0	90	0	0	0	0/1	0
11Noah Pesch	6.3	80	0	1	0	0/1	1
16Ruben Reisig	6.3	90	0	1	0	1/3	0
14Lucas Brumme	8.5	65	1	2	1	1/3	1
26Ekin Çelebi sub	6.3	25	0	0	0	-	0
25Nick Bätzner sub	6.5	16	0	0	0	-	0
43Fadih Vasic sub	6.7	10	0	1	0	-	0
32Luca Bazzoli sub	6.2	10	0	1	0	-	0

Player	Rating	Passes	Accurate	Accuracy	Key passes	Crosses
1Jakob Golz C	6.7	40	23	57%	0	-
15Ben Hüning	6.7	40	25	63%	0	-
19Franci Bouebari	5.6	25	19	76%	0	-
23José-Enrique Ríos Alonso	6.3	32	22	69%	0	-
2Michael Kostka	6.9	15	8	53%	0	-
18Dickson Abiama	6.3	22	16	73%	0	-
22Janne Sietan	7.3	28	20	71%	2	-
37Jannik Hofmann	6.0	20	10	50%	0	0/3
11Noah Pesch	6.3	9	6	67%	0	2/2
16Ruben Reisig	6.3	34	19	56%	1	0/2
14Lucas Brumme	8.5	9	3	33%	0	0/2
26Ekin Çelebi sub	6.3	2	2	100%	0	-
25Nick Bätzner sub	6.5	7	2	29%	2	2/5
43Fadih Vasic sub	6.7	8	7	88%	0	0/1
32Luca Bazzoli sub	6.2	5	4	80%	0	-

Player	Rating	Tackles	Interceptions	Clearances	Blocks	Duels won	Aerials	Fouls	YC
1Jakob Golz C	6.7	0	0	0	0	1/1	0	0	0
15Ben Hüning	6.7	2	1	5	0	5/8	3	1	0
19Franci Bouebari	5.6	3	2	3	0	4/17	1	2	0
23José-Enrique Ríos Alonso	6.3	0	2	5	1	2/6	2	0	0
2Michael Kostka	6.9	0	1	5	0	0/3	0	1	0
18Dickson Abiama	6.3	2	0	2	0	6/18	3	1	1
22Janne Sietan	7.3	6	0	1	0	10/16	2	1	0
37Jannik Hofmann	6.0	3	1	1	0	4/13	0	3	0
11Noah Pesch	6.3	0	0	1	0	1/4	1	2	0
16Ruben Reisig	6.3	0	2	2	2	9/20	6	1	0
14Lucas Brumme	8.5	3	0	1	0	11/18	5	2	0
26Ekin Çelebi sub	6.3	2	0	0	0	3/3	0	0	0
25Nick Bätzner sub	6.5	0	0	0	0	0/2	0	1	1
43Fadih Vasic sub	6.7	1	0	0	0	1/1	0	0	0
32Luca Bazzoli sub	6.2	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0

Player	Rating	Min	Saves	In the box	Punches	Conceded	Pens saved
1Jakob Golz C	6.7	90	0	0	0	2	0

Player statistics - RB Leipzig

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	On target	Dribbles	Offsides
1Ørjan Nyland	5.9	90	0	0	0	0	-	0
23Castello Lukeba	6.2	90	0	0	0	0	-	0
22David Raum C	8.3	90	0	1	0	0	-	0
17Ridle Baku	7.7	62	0	0	0	0	2/2	0
4Willi Orbán	6.3	90	0	0	1	0	-	0
30Andrija Maksimović	6.5	45	0	0	0	0	1/2	0
6Ezechiel Banzuzi	6.5	62	0	0	0	0	0/2	0
13Nicolas Seiwald	5.5	44	0	0	0	0	-	0
20Rocco Reitz	6.9	45	0	0	0	0	1/1	0
27Tidiam Gomis	6.6	90	0	0	2	0	8/10	0
40Rômulo	6.3	87	0	0	0	0	1/1	2
10Brajan Gruda sub	7.7	45	0	0	0	0	4/5	0
21Neil El Aynaoui sub	6.9	45	0	0	0	0	0/1	0
7Antonio Nusa sub	7.3	28	0	1	0	0	2/5	0
14Christoph Baumgartner sub	8.2	28	2	0	3	2	0/1	0
39Benjamin Henrichs sub	7.0	8	0	0	0	0	-	0

Player	Rating	Passes	Accurate	Accuracy	Key passes	Crosses
1Ørjan Nyland	5.9	39	27	69%	0	-
23Castello Lukeba	6.2	79	75	95%	0	-
22David Raum C	8.3	67	52	78%	6	5/11
17Ridle Baku	7.7	40	31	78%	0	1/3
4Willi Orbán	6.3	79	60	76%	0	-
30Andrija Maksimović	6.5	19	15	79%	0	-
6Ezechiel Banzuzi	6.5	30	22	73%	1	0/1
13Nicolas Seiwald	5.5	29	18	62%	0	-
20Rocco Reitz	6.9	24	13	54%	1	0/1
27Tidiam Gomis	6.6	24	16	67%	0	0/3
40Rômulo	6.3	24	18	75%	0	-
10Brajan Gruda sub	7.7	18	12	67%	0	0/1
21Neil El Aynaoui sub	6.9	25	22	88%	0	-
7Antonio Nusa sub	7.3	8	7	88%	2	-
14Christoph Baumgartner sub	8.2	9	6	67%	0	-
39Benjamin Henrichs sub	7.0	2	2	100%	0	-

Player	Rating	Tackles	Interceptions	Clearances	Blocks	Duels won	Aerials	Fouls	YC	RC
1Ørjan Nyland	5.9	0	0	2	0	2/3	2	0	1	0
23Castello Lukeba	6.2	1	0	5	0	1/3	0	0	0	0
22David Raum C	8.3	2	4	2	1	4/6	0	0	0	0
17Ridle Baku	7.7	8	0	3	0	13/17	2	0	0	0
4Willi Orbán	6.3	1	2	6	0	8/12	6	0	0	0
30Andrija Maksimović	6.5	2	0	0	0	3/8	0	0	0	0
6Ezechiel Banzuzi	6.5	3	0	3	0	5/13	1	1	0	0
13Nicolas Seiwald	5.5	2	1	1	1	2/6	0	4	2	1
20Rocco Reitz	6.9	4	0	0	0	6/7	0	0	0	0
27Tidiam Gomis	6.6	0	0	0	0	12/18	1	1	0	0
40Rômulo	6.3	1	0	0	0	5/14	2	2	0	0
10Brajan Gruda sub	7.7	0	0	2	0	5/7	0	1	0	0
21Neil El Aynaoui sub	6.9	1	0	3	0	3/6	1	0	1	0
7Antonio Nusa sub	7.3	0	0	1	0	3/7	0	0	0	0
14Christoph Baumgartner sub	8.2	0	0	1	0	1/3	1	1	1	0
39Benjamin Henrichs sub	7.0	1	0	3	0	1/2	0	0	0	0

Player	Rating	Min	Saves	In the box	Punches	Conceded	Pens saved
1Ørjan Nyland	5.9	90	0	0	2	1	0

Head-to-head

Last 1 meetings

RW Essen wins0

Draws0

RB Leipzig wins1

Goals: RW Essen: 1 (1.0)
Goals: RB Leipzig: 4 (4.0)
Goals per match: 5.0
Both teams scored: 1 / 1
Over 2.5 goals: 1 / 1

Results

17 August 2024 • DFB Pokal • Rot-Weiss Essen 1 : 4 RB Leipzig (Half-time 1 : 2)

Form: last 9 matches

	RW Essen	RB Leipzig
W-D-L	5-3-1	4-0-5
Scored (per match)	18 (2.0)	20 (2.2)
Conceded (per match)	10 (1.1)	19 (2.1)
Clean sheets	3 / 9	4 / 9
Both teams scored	5 / 9	4 / 9
Over 2.5 goals	4 / 9	7 / 9

Recent form - RW Essen

W23 October 2026 • 3. Liga • RW Essen 1 : 0 Regensburg (Half-time 1 : 0)
L17 October 2026 • 3. Liga • Ingolstadt 1 : 0 RW Essen (Half-time 0 : 0)
W13 October 2026 • 3. Liga • RW Essen 2 : 0 Fortuna Koln (Half-time 1 : 0)
D9 October 2026 • 3. Liga • Preussen Munster 3 : 3 RW Essen (Half-time 2 : 0)
D3 October 2026 • Club Friendlies • Arminia Bielefeld 2 : 2 RW Essen
D20 September 2026 • 3. Liga • RW Essen 1 : 1 Hansa Rostock (Half-time 0 : 0)
W16 September 2026 • 3. Liga • Mannheim 1 : 2 RW Essen (Half-time 0 : 0)
W12 September 2026 • 3. Liga • RW Essen 6 : 2 Wurzburger Kickers (Half-time 3 : 0)
W5 September 2026 • 3. Liga • RW Essen 1 : 0 Viktoria Koln (Half-time 1 : 0)

Recent form - RB Leipzig

W24 October 2026 • Bundesliga • RB Leipzig 4 : 0 Elversberg (Half-time 0 : 0)
L21 October 2026 • UEFA Champions League • Real Madrid 4 : 1 RB Leipzig (Half-time 1 : 0)
L17 October 2026 • Bundesliga • Bayern Munich 6 : 1 RB Leipzig (Half-time 3 : 0)
W13 October 2026 • UEFA Champions League • RB Leipzig 1 : 0 PSV (Half-time 0 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • Bundesliga • RB Leipzig 6 : 0 Eintracht Frankfurt (Half-time 4 : 0)
L20 September 2026 • Bundesliga • Bayer Leverkusen 2 : 0 RB Leipzig (Half-time 1 : 0)
W13 September 2026 • Bundesliga • RB Leipzig 5 : 0 Hamburger SV (Half-time 2 : 0)
L10 September 2026 • UEFA Champions League • Como 4 : 1 RB Leipzig (Half-time 2 : 0)
L5 September 2026 • Bundesliga • Werder Bremen 3 : 1 RB Leipzig (Half-time 1 : 0)