In this week 17 match on Dec 18th, RB Leipzig plays host to Arminia Bielefeld in a Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 9th placed RB Leipzig is fresh off their 4-1 win against Borussia M’gladbach. Joško Gvardiol scored the first goal for RB Leipzig in the 21st minute, then André Silva added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Angeliño. With 17 points in their last 10 matches RB Leipzig should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 17th placed Arminia Bielefeld, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Bochum. Masaya Okugawa struck first for Arminia Bielefeld in the 51st minute, then Patrick Wimmer added another in the 69th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bochum couldn’t manage to score, and Arminia Bielefeld took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season RB Leipzig won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Arminia Bielefeld’s most prolific scorer has been Masaya Okugawa. The Japaneese midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. RB Leipzig has been fortunate! In the last five matches, both Christopher Nkunku and André Silva are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for RB Leipzig and look to continue their dominance.
RB Leipzig will be without Marcel Halstenberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Daniel Olmo, Willi Orbán and Péter Gulácsi, while Lennart Czyborra is unavailable to play for Arminia Bielefeld.