We are fast approaching the end of the season in the German Bundesliga and on the weekend, we have a massive game as Borussia Dortmund meet RB Leipzig.
The match will be played at Signal-Iduna-Park and the hosts begin the weekend in fifth place on 55 points while the visitors are in second place on 64 points.
Borussia Dortmund come into the match having recorded a comfortable 5-0 win over Holstein Kiel in the semi-final of the DFB Pokal.
That result was a fourth successive victory for Borussia Dortmund and prior to their cup triumph, they enjoyed victories over Werder Bremen and Union Berlin at home plus Wolfsburg away in the Bundesliga.
The three successive wins in the Bundesliga has brought Borussia Dortmund back into the equation for Champions League qualification this season.
Their home form in the league shows just one defeat from their last 9 games, with wins coming over Wolfsburg, Augsburg, Arminia Bielefeld, Hertha Berlin, Werder Bremen, and Union Berlin.
Trends show Borussia Dortmund are a team who like to score goals and they have succeeded in scoring at least one goal in their last 43 consecutive games in all competitions, including at least 2 goals in their last 4 games in the Bundesliga.
In home Bundesliga games, Borussia Dortmund have scored 2 or more goals in 6 of their last 7 home league matches.
RB Leipzig come into the game having also progressed to the final of the DFB Pokal by beating Werder Bremen 2-1 after extra-time.
Having opened the scoring at the beginning of the extra period, Werder Bremen equalised but RB Leipzig showed great character to score the winning goal in the 120th minute.
That result means RB Leipzig have won each of their last 2 matches following the 2-0 win at home over Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.
However, RB Leipzig have been inconsistent in the Bundesliga of late and they have won only 3 of their last 7 games.
They lost their most recent away league match 2-1 at Koln but prior to that defeat RB Leipzig were on a run of 5 successive Bundesliga victories on the road.
RB Leipzig have scored 1 or more goals in their last 12 away Bundesliga games in a row but have conceded in each of their last two.
Looking ahead to the team news and Borussia Dortmund are without Jude Bellingham, who is suspended. Mateu Morey, Youssoufa Moukoko, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Axel Witsel, and Marcel Schmelzer are all injured and there are doubts over the fitness of Erling Braut Haaland.
RB Leipzig have a few injuries of their own, with Christopher Nkunku, Marcel Halstenberg, Justin Kluivert, Lukas Klostermann, and Dominik Szoboszlai all expected to miss out.
We expect to see plenty of attacking intent in this game and both teams scoring.
Borussia Dortmund will be determined to get the win as they aim to finish in the top four and even if Haaland is unavailable in attack, they could succeed with over 2.5 goals scored in the game.
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