RB Leipzig snap winless run with narrow victory over Hamburg on the road

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rb-leipzig/KbS1suSm/"]Leipzig[/a] went into the game looking to close the gap on the top four and got off to a fast start, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/romulo-cardoso/MqtfWqDL/"]Romulo Cardoso[/a] stung the palms of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heuer-fernandes-daniel/Mcx5TeXa/"]Daniel Heuer Fernandes[/a] early on.[/p][p]It was an end-to-end affair, with the home side going close when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/downs-damion/2g6lypL5/"]Damion Downs[/a] forced a save out of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vandevoordt-maarten/AFY9ARa5/"]Maarten Vandevoordt[/a], who got down low to deny the USA international.[/p][p]The home side were dealt a blow with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/capaldo-nicolas/CtSuqGep/"]Nicolas Capaldo[/a] forced off through injury just before the midway point of the first half, but they soon put that behind them, breaking the deadlock minutes later.[/p][p][b]After forcing a turnover on the halfway line, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hamburger/v9k3aY5F/"]Hamburg[/a] broke forward, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vieira-fabio/E1jSdqUR/"]Fabio Vieira[/a] finished off a swift team move, firing past Vandevoordt for his second goal in as many games. [/b][/p][p]Leipzig responded well to going behind and almost immediately equalised through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baumgartner-christoph/rqcu4a9O/"]Christoph Baumgartner[/a], but the Austrian’s header flashed narrowly wide.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gruda-brajan/4EjPxBOf/"]Brajan Gruda[/a] was next to go close for Die Roten Bullen, and the visitors’ pressure told as they levelled the contest in the 36th minute.[/p][p][b]A cross to the back post was chested down by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baku-bote/AVMjVAqt/"]Ridle Baku[/a] into Romulo, who, despite having his back to goal, netted with a sublime backheel, beating Heuer Fernandes with an exceptional instinctive finish.[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="0bc7840c-17c9-438c-b2df-60c40cc0ba1e" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="23b5e33b-d3d1-4a3d-b1ec-318de9dd6944" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Armed with the momentum, Ole Werner’s men got off to the best possible start to the second half, completing the comeback within five minutes of the restart.[/p][p][b]After winning possession in Hamburg’s half again, the hosts were punished following a neat build-up which saw Romulo slip [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diomande-yan/0p2ORrJi/"]Yan Diomande[/a] through, and the talented Ivorian did well to shrug off the pressure of three opposition defenders before slamming into the roof of the net.[/b][/p][p]Romulo was in the thick of the action for Leipzig and had the opportunity to double his tally for the evening from the penalty spot after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/remberg-nicolai/0btMY7wU/"]Nicolai Remberg[/a] was penalised for handball in the box. Romulo stepped up, but his low effort from 12 yards was easily saved by Heuer Fernandes, keeping Hamburg in the contest with a little over half an hour remaining. [/p][p]Hamburg ultimately failed to capitalise on that reprieve. Instead, the away side looked the likeliest to net again, though [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/banzuzi-ezechiel/pjNug3Y0/"]Ezechiel Banzuzi[/a] missed a header from close range.[/p][embed guid="797e3fc1-3655-416d-bf85-2e8a35611d3a" url="https://x.com/RBLeipzig_EN/status/2028205853438812205" social-type="twitter" /][p]That did not come back to bite Leipzig, however, as they claimed just their second win in six Bundesliga games, moving to within two points of the top four as a result.[/p][p]Hamburg, meanwhile, remain in 11th place but just four points above the relegation places and are now winless in the last six meetings with Leipzig.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/romulo-cardoso/MqtfWqDL/"]Romulo Cardoso[/a] (RB Leipzig)[/b][/p][image alt="Match momentun" id="2ee66f98-8deb-49a0-b4ce-45baff5542a2" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="d2d09430-ff45-4607-aaf8-41711f654270" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hamburger-sv-v9k3aY5F/rb-leipzig-KbS1suSm/summary/stats/?mid=4AjdVPXG"]Find more match stats on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]