Energie Cottbus vs RB Leipzig · DFB-Pokal

Energie Cottbus were beaten 4-1 by RB Leipzig at Stadion Der Freundschaft (crowd 19,700). Johan Bakayoko got the deciding goal at the 13-minute mark and it went to 0-2 when Christoph Baumgartner scored after 28 minutes; Christoph Baumgartner widened the gap at the 37-minute mark and Ezechiel Banzuzi widened the gap after 59 minutes. Erik Engelhardt reduced the gap for Cottbus late on, at 86 minutes. RB Leipzig led the shot count 17-16 and held 61% possession. 8 of the 16 shots by Cottbus were on target.