In the Europa League preliminaries on Thursday, starting at 17:30, the RB Leipzig – Hacken game will be played. The fight will take place on the Red Bull Arena.
In the full competition season, the host team addresses the game with the morale affected after the defeats suffered lately. In the weekend just passed, Djurgarden lost 1-2, although Paulinho opened the score as early as the 15th minute. The 32-year-old striker scored for the fifth time in the last seven games in which he evolved. It was the third consecutive defeat with the same score after Norrkoping (championship) and FK Liepaja (Europa League). Thus, after finishing fourth in the previous edition, Hacken was only 10th out of hope for a new European Cup. In the eight runs made no less than six defeats.
Instead, for “bulls,” this is the first official match of the season. The occasion with which Ralf Rangnick will debut on the technical bench. The 60-year-old technician has prepared Leipzig between May 29, 2015 and May 16, 2016. It was his last tenure as coach. Most likely, the offensive line will be led by Timo Werner, who scored 21 goals in all competitions in the previous season. Although this summer his name has been linked to teams like Man.United, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid, the striker of only 22 years is preparing for a new season in Europe. In the previous edition, Leipzig reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League, where it was eliminated by Marseille, with the overall score of 5-3.
Probable teams:
Leipzig: Gulacsi – Mukiele, Orban (c), Upamecano, Saracchi – Ilsanker, Demme – Bruma, Kampl, Forsberg – Werner
Häcken: Abrahamsson – Ekpolo, Lindgren (c), Wahlström, Arkivuo – Friberg, Irandust, Faltsetas – Mohammed, Kamara, Paulinho
This will be the first direct confrontation between the two bands.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1.48
