The RB Leipzig & Bayer Leverkusen managers J. Nagelsmann and P. Bosz are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Bundesliga league table.
- RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (17) in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen has the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Bundesliga
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
RB Leipzig form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Red Bull Arena as RB Leipzig, who have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Bundesliga, have scored 18 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Bundesliga are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
RB Leipzig lost their last game at Mainz 05 (placed 17th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Union Berlin.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how RB Leipzig have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won zero times, drawn one and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the DFB Pokal game versus Bochum in only four days. This game is also played here at Red Bull Arena.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 9 games), Leipzig's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, RB Leipzig have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Playing away, Bayer Leverkusen, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Bundesliga, have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Leverkusen seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The manager P. Bosz was unhappy after their last game, a Bundesliga match played at their home ground BayArena. Leverkusen suffered a 0-1 loss to Wolfsburg (placed 4th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Borussia Dortmund.
We have checked recent matches where Leverkusen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, zero draws and three defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Leverkusen manager P. Bosz as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Rot-Weiss Essen.
The travelling fans enjoy Leverkusen's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. Leverkusen are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bayer Leverkusen - RB Leipzig 1-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Leipzig four wins, four draws and Bayer Leverkusen one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Alario 8 goals |  P. Schick 5 goals |   E. Forsberg 4 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
| RB Leipzig | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | 18 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 32 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 94% | 89% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 89% |
| 72% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 72% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 56% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 61% |
| 44% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 28% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.7 | 18 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 13.1 | 13.4 |
| 5.3 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 32% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 36% | 34% |
- Bayer Leverkusen has the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen has the most clean sheets (4) away in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen has the the best goal difference (+9) away in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (17) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig has the most clean sheets (5) at home in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig has the most clean sheets (8) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig has the most points (22) at home in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Wolfsburg | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Borussia M'gladbach | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 29 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 28 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 22 |
| 11 | Augsburg | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 21 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -15 | 17 |
| 16 | Köln | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -13 | 15 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -20 | 10 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 29 | -30 | 7 |