Possible nail-biting contest in RB Leipzig - Borussia Dortmund game

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena (42558 seats)

The RB Leipzig & Borussia Dortmund managers J. Nagelsmann and E. Terzic are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Bundesliga league table.

Insights:
  • RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (9) in Bundesliga
  • Borussia Dortmund has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Bundesliga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

Home games in the Bundesliga have been a walk in the park for RB Leipzig so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

The Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 375 minutes without conceding a goal in the Bundesliga.

A strong away win for Leipzig against Stuttgart the last match, as Dani Olmo were on target. Before that match, a DFB Pokal win away at Augsburg.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Leipzig have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost one.

The RB Leipzig manager J. Nagelsmann has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. Leipzig have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.

Borussia's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wolfsburg that finished 0-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Eintracht Braunschweig at their stadium, the result 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Borussia playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were zero Borussia Dortmund wins, zero draws and one defeat.

The travelling fans enjoy Borussia Dortmund's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. Borussia Dortmund have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - two - four (Leipzig wins - draws - Borussia Dortmund wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Borussia DortmundE. Håland
E. Håland
10 goals
RB LeipzigY. Yurary Poulsen
Y. Yurary Poulsen
4 goals
RB LeipzigJ. Esmoris Tasende
J. Esmoris Tasende
4 goals

RB Leipzig missing players

Borussia Dortmund missing players

RB Leipzig Borussia Dortmund
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 0 Played P 1 7 14
9 6 0 Won W 0 4 7
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 5
25 16 0 Scored S 1 12 26
9 3 0 Conceded C 2 8 18
93% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
71% 86% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 86%
43% 71% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 64%
21% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 29%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 21%
43% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 50%
50% 57% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 43%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.5 19.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 17 16.6 13.8
5.7 7.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 6.1 5.3
31% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 35%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Borussia Dortmund has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Bundesliga
  • Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (9) in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig has the most clean sheets (4) at home in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig has the most clean sheets (7) in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig has the most matches under the total-line (10) in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig has the most points (19) at home in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RB Leipzig 14 9 4 1 25 9 7 6 1 0 16 3 7 3 3 1 9 6 16 31
2 Bayern München 13 9 3 1 39 19 6 4 2 0 23 8 7 5 1 1 16 11 20 30
3 Bayer Leverkusen 14 8 4 2 29 14 6 3 2 1 13 8 8 5 2 1 16 6 15 28
4 Union Berlin 14 6 6 2 29 18 7 3 3 1 17 9 7 3 3 1 12 9 11 24
5 Wolfsburg 13 6 6 1 20 13 7 5 2 0 12 6 6 1 4 1 8 7 7 24
6 Borussia Dortmund 13 7 1 5 26 18 6 3 0 3 14 10 7 4 1 2 12 8 8 22
7 Borussia M'gladbach 14 5 6 3 25 22 7 2 4 1 10 7 7 3 2 2 15 15 3 21
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 14 4 8 2 23 23 7 2 5 0 11 9 7 2 3 2 12 14 0 20
9 Freiburg 14 5 5 4 23 24 7 2 3 2 13 12 7 3 2 2 10 12 -1 20
10 Augsburg 14 5 4 5 16 19 7 2 2 3 8 11 7 3 2 2 8 8 -3 19
11 Stuttgart 14 4 6 4 26 21 7 0 4 3 9 13 7 4 2 1 17 8 5 18
12 Hertha BSC 14 4 4 6 23 24 7 2 2 3 10 12 7 2 2 3 13 12 -1 16
13 Hoffenheim 14 4 3 7 22 26 7 2 1 4 12 13 7 2 2 3 10 13 -4 15
14 Werder Bremen 14 3 5 6 16 23 7 1 2 4 6 12 7 2 3 2 10 11 -7 14
15 Köln 14 2 5 7 13 22 8 0 2 6 8 18 6 2 3 1 5 4 -9 11
16 Arminia Bielefeld 14 3 1 10 9 24 7 2 0 5 5 11 7 1 1 5 4 13 -15 10
17 Mainz 05 13 1 3 9 12 26 7 0 2 5 6 13 6 1 1 4 6 13 -14 6
18 Schalke 04 14 0 4 10 8 39 7 0 2 5 3 13 7 0 2 5 5 26 -31 4

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