On Friday Jan 27th, in week 18, Stuttgart will travel to Leipzig to battle RB Leipzig in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 5th placed RB Leipzig is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Bayern München. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting struck first for Bayern München in the 37th minute, then Marcel Halstenberg got the equalizer for RB Leipzig in the 52nd minute on a feed from Dominik Szoboszlai earning them at least the one point. RB Leipzig should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches, while stuttgart is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Mainz 05. Sehrou Guirassy struck first for Stuttgart in the 36th minute on a feed from Wataru Endo, but Marcus Ingvartsen got the equalizer for Mainz 05 in the 40th minute earning Mainz 05 at least a draw. Stuttgart looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Mercedes-benz-arena, Stuttgart and RB Leipzig battled to a 1-1 draw in front of almost 46000. Christopher Nkunku struck first for RB Leipzig in the 8th minute on a feed from Daniel Olmo, but Naouirou Ahamada got the equalizer for Stuttgart in the 31st minute earning Stuttgart at least a draw.
Sehrou Guirassy has been the most effective weapon for Stuttgart lately. The French attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. RB Leipzig’s most prolific scorer has been Christopher Nkunku. The French midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
RB Leipzig will be without Timo Werner, Konrad Laimer, Christopher Nkunku, Péter Gulácsi and Timo Schlieck, while Bruno Labbadia’s squad will be without Silla Wamangituka, Borna Sosa and Pascal Stenzel.