Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund vs. RB Leipzig Preview, Odds, Prediction

Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig meet in the derby of Bundesliga‘s round 28. The two sides meet after an international break, and many of their players have participated in various matches, but that can’t and won’t be an alibi for failure. The situation in the standings is next: Borussia has six points fewer than Bayern Munich, and they still hope to catch the champions and eventually take the title. We are going to tell you straight away that won’t happen. Meanwhile, RB is fourth, and they would like to stay there or at least go one position higher because of the next year’s UEFA Champions League participation.

Preview

Borussia Dortmund (+135) is wasting points all over the place. They didn’t lose in the last six games but managed to win three times. During that stretch, Marco Rose’s boys suffered elimination from the Europa League and for example, played 1-1 against FC Koln in the last Bundesliga game.

With two more points from that game, the Millionaires would sit just four points behind Bayern, but a draw in Koln was a sign that they aren’t as strong as many believe. If we check out their results at home, there is a lot of proof of their inconsistency.

In the past 10 matches, Borussia won six times, and lost four events. In each of their losses, the defense has been catastrophic, allowing at least three goals. Even though their strikers hit the target, havoc in the back line was too much for them to cover. Also, nine of those 10 events at Westfalen saw three or more goals.

RB Leipzig (+175) severely improved its form, not losing in the past nine games, winning seven of them, and having drawn twice at home vs Freiburg and Eintracht Frankfurt. Overall, they play much better on the road than in Leipzig, which has been characteristic of them for a long time.

Since coming into the Bundesliga, fast and pacey counter-attacks are the biggest weapon, and the Bulls aren’t giving up on that.

Currently, this unit won the previous six contests in a row, scoring fantastic 20 goals while on the other hand, allowing only three, which is impressive, you have to admit.

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As usual, the situation in Borussia is troublesome. Meunier, Moukoko, Passlack, Schmelzer, Schulz, Tigges and the captain Reuss are all injured and our for this event.

On the other side, only Poulsen is our for the guests.

Head to Head

The first meeting of the year ended 2-1 for RB at their stadium. Nkunku and Poulsen scored for the hosts, while Reus netted for the Millionaires.

The previous four head-to-head games all saw over 2.5 goals and both teams to score.

Prediction

RB’s good performances on the road promise a good and interesting event on Saturday afternoon. We are sure that the Bulls aren’t going to back out but will try to hurt the hosts’ fragile defense. All this suggests that we should see a lot of goals, and on both sides as well. The odds on that are -125, which would be our choice in this event.

Pick: Over 2.5 goals and both teams to score -125