Bundesliga: Red Bull Leipzig vs. Borussia Dortmund Betting Preview, Odds and Prediction

Red Bull Leipzig is hosting Borussia Dortmund, and they need a win here to secure the Champions League spot for the upcoming year. On the other side, the Millionaires already captured the ticket for the UCL, and are heading to Eastern Germany without too much motivation. Still, the absence of the pressure could be good for them, because they can play relaxed and without any tension.

Preview

Red Bull (+125) has two rounds to go and needs to collect three points to earn another UCL campaign. Apart from this match, the Bulls are traveling to Augsburg in the last contest, but for sure they will be looking to solve all the problems as soon as possible.

This team didn’t lose in the last 14 events, 12 of them in Bundesliga, but they didn’t win very often either. It is why they missed a chance to win the title, even though Nagelsmann’s boys were leading the way for so long. 

For instance, since the restart of the championship, they have all four games at home finished with a draw, which is a bit we need to admit. All of them saw both teams score, and the results were 2-2 against Dusseldorf and Hertha and 1-1 against Paderborn and Freiburg.

Borussia (+190) lost in the last round to Mains 0-2, but they didn’t have what to play for in that one because Bayern already secured the silverware. That was the second loss of the Millionaires since the comeback, but it didn’t hurt their UCL prospects.

Believe it or not, just one of their seven matches ended with both teams to score, and that one was in Paderborn, where hosts managed to squeeze one goal in their catastrophic 1-6 loss.

Furthermore, four out of six events were under 2.5 goals, which is highly unusual for this team. After all, they have two of the most talented forwards in Europe, Jaydon Sancho, and Erling Haaland.

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Timo Werner signed for Chelsea, but he will play in this match, as well as the last one also. After that he flys to London. Hartman, Poulsen, and Wolf are all injured. Ampadu is doubtful. 

When looking at Borussia’s list of injured players, their fans experience an excruciating headache. Akanji, Dahound, Delaney, Hakimi, and Zagadou are all out. Gotze, Reus, and Reyna are questionable. So we can say, that Dortmund comes very weakened to Red Bull Arena.

Head to Head Matches

The opening match this season ended 3-3, and it was a spectacle to see it. Borussia had a two-goal lead but managed to drop it. On the other hand, Werner netted twice, and we could say it was one of the best games this year.

The last time these two sides played here, Borussia won 0-1. 

Prediction

This is a no-brainer. Leipzig needs to win and they have injury-shredded opponent coming to town, who doesn’t have any competitive motive. All the factors are pointing towards the hosts’ easy victory. The moneyline for that is +125 and we believe that the bookmakers made a massive mistake for giving that high profits on Red Bull.