Darwin Nunez goes from maverick to team player and helps Liverpool escape with victory

Say what you like about Darwin Nunez but he is lethal from 1.51 yards.

The Uruguayan’s poacher’s goal in Leipzig means Arne Slot could have more records than the British Library by the end of his first season. The Dutchman has guided his side where no Liverpool team has been before by winning eleven of their first twelve games of a season, including six consecutive away wins to start a campaign. Another club first.

“We should be proud because so many great teams have worn this shirt and so many great managers have been at the club, so to achieve something that hasn’t been done before is nice and almost impossible,” said Slot.

“But there is something that is much nicer than records and you know what I mean by that; trophies.”

The Champions League triumph over RB Leipzig will linger in the memory for those milestones more than the overall performance, although Slot was more content after this victory than against Chelsea. This was Liverpool at their most pragmatic rather than flamboyant, although one suspects the manager will be as thrilled with Nunez’s latest goal as much as any so far this season.

In the absence of Diogo Jota, Nunez carried greater responsibility to be the team player more than the maverick.

He was a bit of both, in truth, but the nature of his strike  - virtually on the goalline when he tapped in Mohamed Salah’s latest assist after 27 minutes - is of the kind he needs to deliver more. The occasional spectacular effort is all and well and good, but penalty box predators can take a side far. In that respect, his scruffy winner was entirely in keeping with much of Liverpool’s display.

If victory over Chelsea was about a brave rearguard action, being pushed into retreat by a strong opponent, this was more erratic, the best moments sandwiched between a sloppy start and unnecessarily tighter finish when slicker opponents could have meted out punishment.

“We controlled the game in large parts apart from the last few minutes. We needed Virgil and Ibou (Konate) and our goalkeeper,” said Slot.

“If we had left this place with a draw then I would have felt we lost something.”

Liverpool won while giving the impression minds were already drifting towards Sunday’s trip to the Emirates Stadium. How else to explain Slot replacing Salah just after an hour, and also substituting Trent Alexander-Arnold and goalscorer Nunez when his side was trying to see out victory?

Leipzig had their chances. Caoimhin Kelleher made several saves and Leipzig had three goals ruled out for offside - a result of their striker’s carelessness more than bad luck.

“What will they be like when they really start playing well?” is a relevant question where Liverpool are concerned. There have been some complete performances against Manchester United and AC Milan. The pursuit of perfection is ceaseless.

In mitigation for the difficult opening, Liverpool could have been forgiven for thinking they were attending another Jurgen Klopp tribute night upon arrival. The Red Bull empire is still celebrating the coup of appointing their new head of football, and Leipzig coach Marco Rose seemed to be taking the deference to the ex-Kop manager to the extreme by turning up in full Klopp gear.

With his flat cap, greying beard, baggy hoodie and variety of mannerisms echoing Klopp’s, Liverpool’s players must have offered a double-take each time they looked at the technical area.

That may have even explained so much sloppy passing. Alexander-Arnold was lucky to escape on a couple of occasions, as was the wasteful Dominik Szoboszlai. Slot watched on bemused.

Kelleher was most relieved when dashing from his goal to make a headed clearance, offering Benjamin Sesko the chance for a spectacular finish from the left touchline. Ireland’s number one had earlier saved Amadou Haidara’s shot from distance as Leipzig found encouragement from Liverpool’s lapses.

But Liverpool’s firepower is such that a game can be turned in an instant. Cody Gakpo enjoyed himself on Liverpool’s left, and his combination with Kostas Tsimikas allowed the Greek full-back to cross for Salah to head across to Nunez.

From there, Liverpool settled. Nunez should have headed the second from another Gakpo cross, and when he was tripped by Willi Orban he was denied what looked like a clear penalty by Swiss referee Sandro Scharer.

Nunez’s general performance was encouraging, leading the line and linking with his team mates to such an extent his early substitution could be taken as a compliment as he will be unleashed against Arsenal this weekend.

“In the lead up (to the goal) Cody and Mo were just as important as Darwin. But Darwin was strong, comfortable on the ball, fighting if he had to defend, and he made it very difficult for the two centre-backs of Leipzig,” said Slot.

Alexis Mac Allister was closest to adding to the lead when his second half shot from distance clipped the top of the crossbar.

It was a case of job done with plenty to spare as Rose’s Klopp imitation did not extend to rousing his players or supporters for a memorable fightback.

Liverpool stride purposely on, neither haunted by the ghost of their former manager nor his lookalikes.

Slot’s Liverpool roll on after professional away performance: As it happened

10:27 PM BST

The Slot machine rolls on

10:26 PM BST

Six away wins on the trot for Liverpool to start the season

10:25 PM BST

Arne Slot speaking to TNT Sports

10:17 PM BST

Nedum Onuoha on BBC Radio 5 Live

10:13 PM BST

TNT pundits on Kelleher

10:11 PM BST

Liverpool have conceded just five goals in their first 12 games of the season

10:10 PM BST

Clean sheet for Kelleher

10:09 PM BST

Match stats

Possession: RB Leipzig 43%-57% Liverpool

Shots: 13-17

Shots on target: 6-8

Corners: 5-7

Touches in opposition box: 18-30

10:07 PM BST

Another win for Slot and Liverpool

10:05 PM BST

Champions League table in full

10:04 PM BST

Pat Nevin on BBC Radio 5 Live

10:03 PM BST

Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock on the BBC

09:58 PM BST

Top three in the Champions League table

1. Aston Villa- 9pts

2. Liverpool- 9pts

3. Manchester City- 7pts

A very English look at the top of the table. Only two teams have won their opening three games; Aston Villa and Liverpool.

09:57 PM BST

Full-time scores

Atalanta 0-0 Celtic

Brest 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen

Atletico Madrid 1-3 Lille

Barcelona 4-1 Bayern Munich

Benfica 1-3 Feyenoord

Manchester City 5-0 Sparta Prague

RB Leipzig 0-1 Liverpool

Red Bull Salzburg 0-2 Dinamo Zagreb

Young Boys 0-1 Inter Milan

09:54 PM BST

Perfect start in the Champions League for Arne Slot’s side

09:52 PM BST

Full-time

There is the final whistle and Liverpool win 1-0 in Leipzig thanks to Darwin Nunez’s first-half goal. Three wins from three so far for Arne Slot’s side in this season’s Champions League. Three straight defeats in the competition for Leipzig.

09:51 PM BST

90+4 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Diaz shoots from just inside the Leipzig box and Gulacsi parries it behind for a corner.

09:50 PM BST

90+3 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Just two added minutes remaining in Leipzig.

09:49 PM BST

90+1 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Openda is played through and instead of shooting he tries to lay it across to Poulsen, but plays the ball behind him. The offside flag goes up anyway against Openda, who is cuaght offside once again tonight.

09:47 PM BST

90 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

There will be five added minutes.

09:46 PM BST

89 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Brilliant save from Gulacsi. Gakpo is found on the left and cuts inside. He unleashes a ferocious shot towards the top corner but Gulacsi tips it over the bar.

Just one minute of normal time remains.

09:43 PM BST

86 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Liverpool have given the ball away poorly on a few occasions in recent minutes, which is giving the home fans just a little bit of confidence.

09:43 PM BST

85 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Final Leipzig change:

OFF Haidara

ON Elmas

09:40 PM BST

83 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Openda has the ball in the net but for the second time tonight he is flagged for offside. Henrichs fires the ball across and Kelleher can only parry it to Openda, who taps it in at the back post. The flag goes up and he was offside.

09:39 PM BST

81 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

With Salah and Nunez off, Diaz is on the left of the front three having initially come on for Salah on the right. Gakpo has shifted from the left into the middle of the front three and Szoboszlai is playing on the right.

09:34 PM BST

77 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Change for Leipzig:

OFF Simons

ON Poulsen

Simons is limping off with assistance from two members of Leipzig’s medical staff and looks to have injured his ankle. Both sides have now made four changes.

09:33 PM BST

76 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Gakpo shoots from distance but he cannot keep his effort down and it goes sailing over the bar.

09:32 PM BST

75 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Triple Liverpool change:

OFF Nunez, Tsimikas, Alexander-Arnold

ON Jones, Robertson, Gomez

09:31 PM BST

74 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Triple Leipzig change:

OFF Sesko, Geertruida, Vermeeren

ON Baumgartner, Bitshiabu, Kampl

09:30 PM BST

72 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Konate gives the ball away inside his own half and Leipzig drive towards the Liverpool box. The ball eventually finds the feet of Sesko from Simons inside the area. Kelleher makes a great save and then the follow-up shot goes behind for a corner.

Leipzig play it short and in the end Simons has a deflected shot inside the box. It is looping towards the Liverpool goal and it forces Kelleher into a good save to tip it over.

09:27 PM BST

70 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

What an unbelievable goal that would have been. It is exceptional interplay between Mac Allister and Szoboszlai, which results in a shot from just outside the box for the former. His effort looks like it is going to find the top corner but it clips the bar.

09:25 PM BST

68 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Openda is played into the left-hand channel and his shot from inside the box is deflected behind for a corner by Konate. But the offside flag is up as Openda is adjudged to be offside as he was played through. Looking at the replays it was a close call and it looked like he may have been onside.

09:24 PM BST

67 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Nunez takes on a shot from the edge of the box which Gulacsi just about saves. It was straight at him but did bounce just before him.

09:20 PM BST

63 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

First change of the night for Liverpool:

OFF Salah

ON Diaz

09:18 PM BST

61 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Leipzig have a free-kick not far outside the Liverpool box as Nunez is adjudged to have fouled Haidara.

Simons sends it in but the delivery has too much pace on it and it goes behind for a goal-kick.

09:16 PM BST

59 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

After sublime play by Gravenberch in the centre of the pitch, the ball is switched out to the right to find Salah. He cuts inside and tries to find the far corner but his effort goes over the bar.

09:13 PM BST

56 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Mac Allister is down in a bit of pain. He was hit in a rather tender area of the body and I probably do not need to explain where that is. He blocked a shot from Henrichs. He should be fine to continue but he will need a few moments, as all members of the male race will know all too well!

09:09 PM BST

51 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Simons gets into the Liverpool box on the left-hand side and plays the ball across. Gravenberch slides in with a crucial interception for the visitors.

09:07 PM BST

49 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Liverpool should be 2-0 up. Leipzig give the ball away deep in their own half. Nunez gets on to it and plays the ball across the box. Leipzig make a hash of clearing the ball. It falls to Gakpo, no more than eight yards out and he has to score. His shot is saved though by Gulacsi. Quick reactions from the Leipzig keeper but Gakpo should have given him no chance of saving that.

09:02 PM BST

Second half

We are back under way in Leipzig. No changes for either side at the break.

08:59 PM BST

No penalty, apparently

How was this not given? The pundits on TNT Sports are dumbfounded as to how Liverpool were not awarded a penalty. Willi Orban got none of the ball and fouled Darwin Nunez, yet nothing given.

08:55 PM BST

Match stats

Possession: RB Leipzig 38%-62% Liverpool

Shots: 5-7

Shots on target: 3-4

Corners: 1-5

Touches in opposition box: 8-18

08:51 PM BST

HT verdict

08:51 PM BST

Tonight’s fixtures

Half-time unless otherwise stated:

Atalanta 0-0 Celtic FT

Brest 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen FT

Atletico Madrid 1-0 Lille

Barcelona 3-1 Bayern Munich

Benfica 0-2 Feyenoord

Manchester City 1-0 Sparta Prague

RB Leipzig 0-1 Liverpool

Red Bull Salzburg 0-0 Dinamo Zagreb

Young Boys 0-0 Inter Milan

08:46 PM BST

Half-time

There is the whistle and Liverpool lead 1-0 at the break thanks to Nunez’s goal.

08:45 PM BST

45 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

One added minute at the end of this first half.

08:44 PM BST

44 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Close for the visitors. Gakpo does brilliantly in the centre of the pitch and finds Szoboszlai. Gakpo continues his run into the box and Szoboszlai finds with a cute forward pass. Gakpo takes it first time but his effort hits the side netting.

08:43 PM BST

43 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Haidara has his second long-range effort of the half but once again Kelleher is on hand to make a reasonably comfortable save.

08:42 PM BST

41 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Liverpool have another corner from the right as they continue to exert pressure on the Leipzig goal. It is another dangerous delivery from Tsimikas but Leipzig get the ball away from danger. Tsimikas is getting good connection on these corners and placing them into dangerous areas.

08:40 PM BST

39 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Tsimikas sends the ball in from the left and he nearly finds Nunez on the penalty spot but Leipzig just about clear their lines.

08:39 PM BST

38 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Nunez goes down wanting a penalty after a clear foul by Orban but the referee waves it away. VAR checks and staggeringly sticks with the on-field decision. That was a penalty and the most ridiculous thing about it all is VAR claiming it checked the incident.

08:37 PM BST

37 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Mac Allister lays it into the path of Alexander-Arnold, who fakes the shot once and then lets rip from outside the box. His effort is deflected behind for a corner.

Tsimikas sends in the inswinger to find van Dijk at the near post. The Liverpool captain is in acres of space and his header is tipped over the bar well by Gulacsi.

08:33 PM BST

33 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1

Liverpool so close to a second and Nunez nearly scored his second of the night. Gakpo sends in a cross with the outside of his right foot and Nunez leaps to meet it, forcing Gulacsi into a good save. There was a VAR check as Szoboszlai looked like he was pushed but nothing given.

08:28 PM BST

GOAL! Nunez gives Liverpool the lead

Leipzig thought they had the lead just moments ago but Liverpool do now. Tsimikas stands a cross up from the left-hand side of the box to the far post, where Salah meets it. He heads back across goal and Nunez pokes it in to make sure the ball went in. 1-0 Liverpool.

08:26 PM BST

26 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

Leipzig have the ball in the back of the net but the offside flag is up. It was a terrific finish from Openda into the top left-hand corner but he was clearly offside as the ball was played forward to him.

08:23 PM BST

23 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

Another booking for Leipzig as Geertruida is shown a yellow card for a foul on Gakpo. Dutchman on Dutchman. Arne Slot also knows Geertruida very well as they worked at Feyenoord together.

08:21 PM BST

21 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

08:20 PM BST

19 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

Mac Allister finds Salah on the right-hand side of the box. The Egyptian tries to beat Gulacsi at his near post but it misses the target.

08:19 PM BST

18 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

Gakpo sends in a delicious ball from the left but Leipzig do brilliantly to head the ball away from danger.

Down the other end Kelleher comes out of his goal and heads towards the touchline. Sesko keeps it in play and, with Kelleher off his line, he attempts a curling shot which just misses the far post.

08:14 PM BST

13 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

Leipzig are given a corner, which Konate is furious about. He did not agree with the referee’s call there; he felt that the last touch came off Openda.

Leipzig play it short and take a while to decide what they are going to do with it. It is cut back to Haidara on the edge of the box, who hits it first time and forces Kelleher into a save.

Not long after Sesko cuts it across the box from the right, trying to find a teammate but is unable to and Liverpool can clear.

08:12 PM BST

12 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

Mac Allister is booked for a dive and frankly that is a poor decision. Orban made contact and it certainly was not a dive. A yellow card apiece now for both sides.

08:10 PM BST

10 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

Liverpool get the first corner of the night as Orban blocks a cross from the byline Nunez, who was played in behind by Salah. Tsimikas sends in an inswinger, which Leipzig do well to deal with as it was sent into a dangerous area.

08:08 PM BST

8 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

The first yellow card of the night goes to Leipzig as Lukeka goes in with a nasty, late challenge on former Leipzig midfielder Szoboszlai.

08:07 PM BST

7 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

Simons sends in a cross from the left and picks out Sesko in the middle. He somehow has a free header inside the Liverpool box but his effort is straight at Kelleher.

08:05 PM BST

5 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

Chance for Liverpool. They come all the way from the edge of their own box as Alexander-Arnold drives forward. He plays it into Nunez, who finds Gakpo wide on the left-hand side. He dribbles into the box and gets past his marker to send in a cross. He has the chance to find Salah at the far post but the cross is too heavy.

08:03 PM BST

3 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

First chance of the night goes to the hosts as Simons blazes well over the bar with a first-time effort from the edge of the box.

08:02 PM BST

2 mins: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 0

08:00 PM BST

Kick-off

We are under way in Leipzig. Can Liverpool make it three wins from three in the Champions League or will RB Leipzig get off the mark with their first points in this competitions this season?

07:56 PM BST

Kick-off fast approaching

Both sides have emerged from the tunnel and we are just moments away from kick-off in Leipzig.

07:53 PM BST

Back in 2021

These two sides met in the last-16 of the Champions League during the 2020-21 season. Both legs were played in Budapest due to Covid-19 and Liverpool won 2-0 in both legs to progress through to the quarter-finals 4-0 on aggregate. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane both scored in each leg.

07:51 PM BST

Reminder of the team news

RB Leipzig: Gulacsi, Henrichs, Geertruida, Orban, Lukeba, Vermeeren, Haidara, Openda, Simons, Nusa, Sesko.

Substitutes: Vandevoordt, Bitshiabu, Elmas, Poulsen, Baumgartner, Andre Silva, Kampl, Gebel.

Liverpool: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Nunez, Gakpo.

Substitutes: Jaros, Gomez, Endo, Diaz, Jones, Robertson, Quansah, Morton, Nyoni, Davies.

07:46 PM BST

Pre-match rituals

07:46 PM BST

Tonight’s fixtures

Atalanta 0-0 Celtic FT

Brest 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen FT

Atletico Madrid vs Lille

Barcelona vs Bayern Munich

Benfica vs Feyenoord

Manchester City vs Sparta Prague

RB Leipzig vs Liverpool

Red Bull Salzburg vs Dinamo Zagreb

Young Boys vs Inter Milan

07:43 PM BST

Klopp to join Red Bull

Having left Liverpool over the summer after nearly nine years in charge at Anfield, Jurgen Klopp will take over as Red Bull’s Head of Global Football in January. RB Leipzig sporting director Rouven Schroder has been speaking to TNT Sports about Klopp joining the Red Bull family.

07:40 PM BST

Home side gearing up

07:35 PM BST

More reunions

Ibrahima Konate and Dominik Szoboszlai are starting for Liverpool against their former club. In the Leipzig goal is the former Liverpool keeper Peter Gulcasi, who is an international teammate of Szoboszlai.

07:31 PM BST

Liverpool’s new kit deal

To read more from Chris Bascombe, click here.

07:29 PM BST

Salah is now being hailed for his selflessness rather than selfishness

Chris Bascombe has the full analysis on how Salah has become one of the Premier League’s finest creators as he matures.

07:26 PM BST

Return to his former club for Dominik Szoboszlai

07:24 PM BST

The thoughts of Arne Slot

07:21 PM BST

Inside the away dressing room

07:17 PM BST

No Jones in starting XI

07:15 PM BST

Other British sides in action

Celtic are playing Atalanta in Italy and it is still 0-0 after 70 minutes. You can follow that match with our live blog.

Meanwhile at the Etihad Manchester City are taking on Sparta Prague at 8pm UK time. We will have the action from Manchester covered with our dedicated blog.

Plenty of choice for you this evening in the Champions League.

07:10 PM BST

Slot looks to continue great start

07:03 PM BST

Full team news

RB Leipzig make just one change from their 2-0 win at Mainz on the weekend. Benjamin Henrichs replaces Lukas Klostermann.

RB Leipzig: Gulacsi, Henrichs, Geertruida, Orban, Lukeba, Vermeeren, Haidara, Openda, Simons, Nusa, Sesko.

Substitutes: Vandevoordt, Bitshiabu, Elmas, Poulsen, Baumgartner, Andre Silva, Kampl, Gebel.

Arne Slot makes three changes from Liverpool’s 2-1 win at home against Chelsea on Sunday. Darwin Nunez, Kostas Tsimikas and Alexis Mac Allister come in for Diogo Jota, Andrew Robertson and Curtis Jones. Jota did not travel with the Liverpool squad to Germany after going off injured against Chelsea. Ibrahima Konate and Dominik Szoboszlai both start against their former club.

Liverpool: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Nunez, Gakpo.

Substitutes: Jaros, Gomez, Endo, Diaz, Jones, Robertson, Quansah, Morton, Nyoni, Davies.

06:53 PM BST

Tonight’s fixtures

Atalanta 0-0 Celtic (50’)

Brest 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen (52’)

Atletico Madrid vs Lille

Barcelona vs Bayern Munich

Benfica vs Feyenoord

Manchester City vs Sparta Prague

RB Leipzig vs Liverpool

Red Bull Salzburg vs Dinamo Zagreb

Young Boys vs Inter Milan

06:49 PM BST

Leipzig team news

06:47 PM BST

Liverpool team news

06:43 PM BST

Match preview

Good evening and welcome to coverage from the Champions League as Liverpool travel to Germany to take on RB Leipzig on matchday three as Arne Slot’s side aim to make it three wins from three in the competition. Liverpool beat AC Milan at the San Siro 3-1 on matchday one and made it two wins from two against Bologna at Anfield, winning 2-0. Meanwhile it has been a difficult start to Leipzig’s Champions League campaign. They lost their opening game 2-1 away at Atletico Madrid before somehow losing 3-2 at home to Juventus, despite being 2-1 up and playing against 10 men for the final half an hour.

Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 at Anfield on Sunday to remain top of the Premier League in their first game after the October international break thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah and Curtis Jones. Slot has won 10 of his first 11 games in charge of Liverpool but he still feels there is room for improvement.

“You can’t ask for much more when it comes to the results, but when it comes to what we want there is always room for improvement. I don’t think we outplayed Chelsea, we certainly didn’t, I think they were more dominant with the ball. In an ideal world you would have seen us dominate the game like we did so many other games. We are not there yet.

“The good thing about the team and our result is when we face a team like Chelsea or [Manchester] United you see a team fighting for every centimetre, every metre, fighting for every moment and that can be decisive in the game and that’s what we showed. I am hoping that in the near future we will play a difficult game like the Milan game or the United game and be more dominant than we were against Chelsea.”

Diogo Jota, Conor Bradley, Federico Chiesa, Alisson Becker and Harvey Elliott have not travelled with the Liverpool squad to Germany.

Despite a challenging start to their Champions League campaign, RB Leipzig have made a strong start to the Bundesliga season, winning five and drawing two of their first seven games in the league to sit joint-top with Bayern Munich. They come into tonight’s game off the back of a 2-0 win over Mainz on Saturday thanks to goals from Xavi Simons and Willi Orban. In their seven league matches so far, they have kept six clean sheets.

Team news to follow shortly.