RB Leipzig will look to finish a five-game winless run in all competitions after they welcome Wolfsburg to the Crimson Bull Area for Saturday’s Bundesliga conflict.
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RB Leipzig
Marco Rose’s facet are within the midst of a poor run of kind, having misplaced 4 of their final 5 matches in all competitions. They started that interval of outcomes with away defeats in opposition to Borussia Dortmund and Celtic within the Bundesliga and the Champions League respectively. Die Roten Bullen went on to play out a goalless draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach, earlier than they suffered a 4-3 defeat in final Saturday’s conflict in opposition to Hoffenheim.
Sadly for Leipzig, they fell to a different defeat in Tuesday’s Champions League away assembly with Inter Milan. Castello Lukeba’s first-half personal aim proved sufficient to sentence Leipzig to a slim 1-0 loss, leaving Marco Rose’s facet in thirty fourth place within the league part and not using a level to their title.
With every of their final 4 defeats going down on the highway, Leipzig might be wanting ahead to returning to the Crimson Bull Area, the place they’re but to lose within the Bundesliga this season. Actually, the third-placed facet has gone 12 consecutive Bundesliga residence video games with out defeat since they misplaced 3-2 to Bayer Leverkusen in January.
Group Information
The hosts are unable to name upon Yussuf Poulsen, Xavi Simons, Assan Ouédraogo, David Raum, Lukas Klostermann, Eljif Elmas and El Chadaille Bitshiabu.
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg are sitting in eleventh place within the Bundesliga after profitable 4, drawing three and shedding 4 of their 11 matches. Ralph Hasenhüttl’s facet have put collectively a four-game unbeaten league run since they misplaced 4-2 in final month’s residence assembly with Werder Bremen. They kicked off that unbeaten spell with consecutive attracts, earlier than they ran out 3-1 winners of their away match in opposition to Heidenheim. Die Wölfe added three extra factors to their tally with a slim 1-0 win in final Saturday’s conflict in opposition to Union Berlin, with Ridle Baku netting the sport’s decisive aim to information his crew to their first residence win of the Bundesliga season.
They are going to now head on their travels as they give the impression of being to construct upon their latest success on the highway, having gained three of their 5 away league video games this season (D1, L1). After beating Heidenheim of their most up-to-date away journey, Wolfsburg have the possibility to file back-to-back away league victories for the primary time since February/March 2023. Nevertheless, that could be simpler than finished as a result of they haven’t crushed Leipzig on the Crimson Bull Area since claiming a 1-0 victory in March 2017.
Group Information
The guests might be with out the providers of Niklas Klinger, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Aster Vranckx, Lovro Majer, Bartosz Białek, Kevin Paredes and Rogério.
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