On the 29th of October, Bayer Leverkusen will travel to Leipzig to battle RB Leipzig in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 8th placed RB Leipzig, recorded a 3-2 win against Real Madrid. Joško Gvardiol struck first for RB Leipzig in the 13th minute on a feed from André Silva, then Christopher Nkunku added another in the 18th minute. RB Leipzig is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while bayer Leverkusen sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Wolfsburg. Moussa Diaby struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 17th minute, then Robert Andrich tied it up for Wolfsburg on an own goal in the 28th minute . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Bayer Leverkusen’s most prolific scorer has been Jeremie Frimpong. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Both Emil Forsberg and Yussuf Poulsen have been the hottest scorers for RB Leipzig in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Marcel Halstenberg, Timo Werner, Konrad Laimer, Lukas Klostermann, Daniel Olmo and Péter Gulácsi are unavailable to play for Marco Rose’s team, while Karim Bellarabi, Sardar Azmoun, Exequiel Palacios and Florian Wirtz are unavailable to play for Bayer Leverkusen.