Champions League: Red Bull Leipzig vs. Paris Saint-Germain Preview, Odds, Prediction

Red Bull Leipzig is after another sensation in the UEFA Champions League, but on the other side, they have fired-up PSG. The French team had a lot of luck against Atalanta. Two late goals, after numerous misses, sent them into the next round, and after a win like that, the morale is pretty high. Meanwhile, virtually just a few saw Red Bull cruising past Atletico Madrid. To make it even more interesting, they would defeat Simeone with his own weapon, harsh and rough approach in the midfield. Both sides here play to score as many goals as possible, and that guarantees an exciting matchup tonight. 

Preview

Red Bull (+330) defeated Atletico with 2-1, even though they didn’t have Timo Werner anymore. That pretty much silenced all those critics who suggested that the Bulls have nothing to hope for without him upfront. With all due respect towards the new Chelsea signing, it turns out that he benefited a lot from his teammates in the midfield, not the other way around. And the game against the Madridians showed that.

Just to remind you, the team from Leipzig played against Liverpool and Napoli in the group stage, and eliminated Tottenham prior to this, and we can say that this unit had a pretty rough path up to here.

This is a crew whose focus is on fast transitions and quick breakaways, but they aren’t willing to lay back and wait for the same. Julian Nagelsmann is excellent when making offensive schemes, which is why RB plays efficient football with goals on both sides. Seven of the previous 10 ended like that. 

PSG (-125) is as we said, fired-up. They’ve created a massive swing after beating Atalanta the way they did, and not only that, Tomas Tuchel will have Angel Di Maria at disposal, and Kylian Mbappe from the first minute. Now that changes things a lot for the Saints. 

With these two fit and healthy, they are at least 30% stronger. Just remember how Mbappe influenced the game following his entrance against the Italians. Marco Veratti is still questionable, but if he manages to recover and start the contest, that would be a jackpot for the German head coach. 

The Saints are excellent when looking at all the matches played in the last month or so. They have eight wins, and apart from the one in the quarterfinals, they haven’t allowed a single goal.

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Hartmann is out for tonight, while Konate remains doubtful among the Red Bull’s players.

Veratti was listed questionable with small chances of appearing. Kurzawa is game-time, same as Keylor Navas, who picked up an injury against Atalanta. Gueye is also doubtful. 

Head to Head

Apart from one club friendly match from six years ago, when Red Bull defeated PSG with 4-2, there were no games between these two sides.

Prediction

Over 2.5 goals are the best possible solution for this event, even though the odds aren’t that high -190. Meanwhile, we have also prepared a riskier bet, and that is over 1.5 HT with the odds at +130.