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Leipzig to Continue Pursuit of Bundesliga Title

RB Leipzig vs Bayer Leverkusen - 01/03/2020

Leipzig to Continue Pursuit of Bundesliga Title
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There are 3 games to enjoy in the German Bundesliga on Sunday afternoon. We have the opportunity to see two of the leading teams in action as RB Leipzig welcome Bayer Leverkusen to the Red Bull Arena.

The hosts began the weekend in 2nd place just one point behind the leaders Bayern Munich. Bayer Leverkusen start in 5th place on 43 points, 5 points behind RB Leipzig.

RB Leipzig continued their pursuit of the Bundesliga title with a comprehensive 5-0 victory at Schalke last weekend. That win came on the back of another tremendous performance as RB Leipzig defeated Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 away from home in the Round of 16 of the Champions League. Those 2 wins mean RB Leipzig are undefeated in their last 4 games in all competitions and have lost only 2 of their last 20 matches.

Trends show RB Leipzig are undefeated in their last 10 home matches in all competitions. In each of their last 9 home games in all competitions RB Leipzig have managed to score 2 or more goals. in fact, RB Leipzig have scored 3 or more goals in 6 of their last 8 home matches.

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Both teams have scored in 9 of RB Leipzig's last 11 home Bundesliga matches and they have managed to keep just one clean sheet in their last 7 at the Red Bull Arena. Therefore, both teams have scored in 6 of the last 7 home games in all competitions.

Bayer Leverkusen come into this game having made the trip to Portugal on Thursday night in the Europa League. They met Porto in the 2nd leg of their Round of 32 tie and came out on top, winning 3-1. It was a good result and means Bayer Leverkusen progress to the next round of the competition.

However, they will also have their eye on the Bundesliga title and this is an important game in that respect. Bayer Leverkusen are in good form having won each of their last 6 matches in all competitions. There have been victories over Borussia Dortmund and Augsburg at home in the Bundesliga plus Porto in the Europa League. Bayer Leverkusen have also defeated Stuttgart and Union Berlin away from home in the Bundesliga.

Bayer Leverkusen have won 3 of their last 4 away Bundesliga matches and have seen both teams score in each of their last 3 on the road. Over 2.5 goals have been scored in 17 of Bayer Leverkusen's last 21 away matches in the Bundesliga.

Team news and RB Leipzig will be without the suspended Konrad Laimer. Defender Will Orban has a knee injury while Ibrahima Konaté, Ethan Ampadu, Kevin Kampl, Konrad Laimer, Tyler Adams and Yussuf Poulsen are all doubts.

Bayer Leverkusen travel without injured forward Kevin Volland while Charles Aranguiz, Lars Bender and Niklas Lomb are all doubts.

RB Leipzig have picked up a couple of excellent victories in recent games and will be full of confidence going into this match. Expect to see goals, with both teams finding the back of the net but RB Leipzig should come out on top in an exciting game.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
De1
413128
1
3 - 2
3.73
1.53
1.53 4.80 5.75 1 -1 -1
FT
1 - 1(1 - 1)
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- - -
Bundesliga Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Bayer Leverkusen 81 31 25 6 0 55
2
Bayern München 69 31 22 3 6 51
3
Stuttgart 64 31 20 4 7 32
4
RB Leipzig 62 31 19 5 7 38
5
Borussia Dortmund 57 31 16 9 6 20
6
Eintracht Frankfurt 45 31 11 12 8 5
7
Freiburg 40 31 11 7 13 -12
8
Augsburg 39 31 10 9 12 -4
9
Hoffenheim 39 31 11 6 14 -8
10
Heidenheim 37 31 9 10 12 -8
11
Werder Bremen 37 31 10 7 14 -9
12
Wolfsburg 34 31 9 7 15 -14
13
Borussia M'gladbach 32 31 7 11 13 -7
14
Union Berlin 30 31 8 6 17 -24
15
Bochum 30 31 6 12 13 -25
16
Mainz 28 31 5 13 13 -17
17
Köln 23 31 4 11 16 -30
18
Darmstadt 17 31 3 8 20 -43

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