Although Leipzig's clean sheet came to an end in the top-flight clash against Freiburg, RB still won 3-1 and became league leaders overnight.

Not only did Leipzig coach Marco Rose suffer his third Champions League defeat in a narrow 0-1 win over Liverpool, he also lost Xavi Simons. The Dutchman has injured ligaments in his left ankle and will be out for several weeks. In addition to Xavi, Vermeeren (substitute) was also absent from the Liverpool starting lineup. Kampl and Baumgartner started.

For Freiburg, who have never won in Leipzig so far (0-3-6) and have not won any of their 11 official matches against RB (0-4-7), Schuster changed the starting lineup for the first time in four games, hoping to continue his good momentum in the Bundesliga.

The Leipzig goalkeeper was eager to set a record, having previously kept five clean sheets in a row. This was the longest streak in the team's history, but it was eventually broken. Ritsu Doan's header made it 1-0 in the 15th minute.

Freiburg's lead was no problem at all, as they were the better team in the first half. They won the ball several times in the midfield, defended well and were more threatening to score. After Doan's header made it 1-0 (15th), Kubler (21st), Gunther (31st) and Dinkic (33rd) missed chances to make it 2-0. Overall, RB had too little power, too little intensity, too little pace and too little determination. The Saxons didn't look dangerous up front until the end of the first half. But the visitors went into the break with a 1-0 lead thanks to two powerful saves from Atubolu against Cesco (36th, 39th).

After this game, Gulasi was substituted due to injury, which meant that the 22-year-old Van der Voort unexpectedly made his official debut. Just after the second half began, Henrichs crossed from the left, and captain Orban scored with a header, tying the score.

Grifo's free kick went high (52nd minute), and Junior Adamu's header was blocked by van der Voort (53rd minute), and Baumgartner launched a reversal: the Austrian sent Ounda steeply, and Ounda simply crossed inside from the left side of the penalty area, which was blocked by van der Voort. Fortunately, the ball was passed to Giltruida who rushed over - the score was rewritten to 2-1 in the 58th minute, and Leipzig took the lead.

After taking the lead, the home team's defense line seemed more stable, and suddenly became more grippy in the duel, and the excessive chain gaps that appeared again and again before were no longer obvious. Andre Silva assisted Oponda to score another goal, and the suspense of the game was officially over, but Oponda was also shown a yellow card for excessive celebration.

RB beat Freiburg 3-1 and temporarily topped the standings, as Bayern and Bochum have not yet started their games. They will host St. Pauli in the German Cup on Tuesday. After that, Freiburg will host Hamburg at home.