Leipzig back into Champions League spot with dominant win over Schalke
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10-second readRB Leipzig move to fourth place in the Bundesliga table, as they defeat sixteenth-place FC Schalke 04 by a 2-0 result at Veltins-Arena. Antonio Nusa (37' P) and Rômulo (78') scored for the visitors in the victory.


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FC Schalke 04 (1-3-3, 16th) played host to RB Leipzig (4-0-3, 6th) in the eighth matchweek of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season on Saturday afternoon. Miron Muslić’s Königsblauen went into this match desperate for a victory to avoid the relegation zone, ahead of only 1.
FC Union Berlin and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the table. In the last four matches for the Nordrhein-Westfalen side, they have picked up just two points (0-2-2), scoring one goal and conceding three.
The Bundesliga has become their main focus, after their DFB-Pokal campaign ended in the second round to SG Dynamo Dresden by an 0-2 result this past Wednesday.
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- RB Leipzig, Schalke 04
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