RB Leipzig 1-0 PSV: result and report

Report

RB Leipzig beat PSV 1-0 at home in the Champions League. It was a deserved win, though the scoreline made it look closer than the chances did.

How the game was decided

PSV had the first big moment, but Ivan Perisic missed a penalty in the 19th minute. The first half finished goalless, so that miss mattered more the longer the game stayed level.

Brajan Gruda finally broke through on 75 minutes. With only a quarter of an hour left, that one goal was enough to settle it.

RB Leipzig: the better chances

Leipzig made more of the clear openings, even though they needed until the final stretch to take one. They finished with 2.10 xG to PSV's 1.43. They also had 13 shots to eight, and seven on target to five.

The bigger gap was in chance quality. Leipzig created three big chances to PSV's one. They missed all three, which helps explain why a game they shaded for openings was still goalless at the 75th minute. PSV's goalkeeper also made six saves, so Leipzig kept testing him rather than relying on one moment.

PSV: more of the ball, less threat

PSV had 57% of the possession and spent longer on top by the pressure measure. That counts for something, because Leipzig were not camped in the PSV half for 90 minutes.

Still, PSV's spells on the ball rarely became clear openings. They created one big chance in the whole match and missed it. Leipzig had fewer of those spells, but theirs carried the higher peak and the better shooting numbers.