Two-time cup winners RB Leipzig reached the next round of the DFB Cup without much trouble, winning safely at third-division side Rot-Weiss Essen. The Champions League participants won the game at the traditional club on Hafenstrasse 4:1 (2:1) in front of 17,000 spectators.
The goals for the visitors were scored by Benjamin Sesko (12th minute), Lois Openda (40th), new signing Antonio Nusa (84th) and Xavi Simons (88th). Ramien Safi had given RWE a 1:0 lead in the 2nd minute. The hosts were thus eliminated for the seventh time in their last eight first-round matches. As in the previous year, Leipzig made it through to the second round.
First, however, the visitors were caught out cold. The hosts' first attack down the left led to 1:0 through the speedy Safi, who, after a perfect pass from Torben Müsel, hit the inside of the post with a shot into the far corner, from where the ball bounced into the goal. The RWE fans celebrated the goal after less than two minutes against the clear favourites.
