On Saturday, starting with 17:30, the Leipzig – Dortmund match will be played, within the 15th round of the Bundesliga. Leipzig is unbeaten in all 4 direct matches, winning 3 of them. The most recent duels took place in the 2018/2019 season, when the “bulls” won 2-0 at home and 3-1 in Stuttgart.
After the victory with Stuttgart, score 1-0 in the 14th round, Leipzig broke a Bundesliga record. The “bulls” won 81 of the first 150 matches on the first stage of German football, surpassing Bayern’s performance (79 victories). Also, Leipzig has a series of 4 consecutive stages without a goal received, its record being 5 in a row, ticking in 2018 with Ralf Rangnick on the technical bench. Julian Nagelsmann’s group, qualified in the eighth round of the Champions League where they will meet Liverpool, ranks second in the Bundesliga with 31 points, two lengths behind the Bayern leader.
Dortmund is unbeaten in the last 5 direct matches with Leipzig, and together with Bayern, it is the only other team with 4 victories in the Bundesliga against the “bulls”. Edin Terzic has two victories (2-1 with Bremen and 2-0 with Wolfsburg) and a defeat (1-2 with Union Berlin) at the leadership of the “yellow-blacks” in the Bundesliga, and now he will have the first important test. In this season’s away matches, Dortmund had inconsistent results, the external record being composed of 4 victories, a draw and two defeats.
Haaland’s return in the first 11 of Dortmund comes as a confidence boost for the guests, who will meet a very strong opponent on their own field. The guests won the last visit to the hosts’ arena, but this time, Nagelsmann can be better prepared for this duel, leaving the derby open for any possible result.
Dortmund is unbeaten in the last 5 direct matches;
Dortmund lost only one of the 4 trips to Leipzig;
Last season, Dortmund won 2-0 away and drew at home, score 3-3;
Leipzig: Gulacsi – Orban, Upamecano, Halstenberg – Adams, Haidara, Kampl, Angelino – Sabitzer (c), Forsberg, Olmo
Absent: Henrichs, Konate, Laimer, Nkunku, Szoboszlai
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann
Dortmund: Bürki – Meunier, Akanji, Hummels, Guerreiro – Witsel, Delaney – Sancho, Reus (c), Reyna – Haaland
Absent: Hazard, Schmelzer
Coach: Edin Terzic
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,55
