In a weekend match in week 1, on Sat Aug 19th, Bayer Leverkusen will host RB Leipzig in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, a perfect day for football. 1st placed Bayer Leverkusen is fresh off their 8-0 blowout win against Teutonia Hamburg. Edmond Tapsoba struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 16th minute, then Victor Okoh Boniface added another in the 42nd minute on a feed from Álex Grimaldo In the end, Teutonia Hamburg was frustrated by Bayer Leverkusen’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Bayer Leverkusen ended the match with the shutout victory. Bayer Leverkusen is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while rB Leipzig is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Christopher Nkunku struck first for RB Leipzig in the 71st minute, then Dominik Szoboszlai added another in the 85th minute on a feed from Christopher Nkunku At the end of 90 a dissapointed Eintracht Frankfurt couldn’t manage to score, and RB Leipzig took the shutout win. RB Leipzig looks to continue their winning ways, having 6 wins 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 apiece.
RB Leipzig is fortunate enough to have Christopher Nkunku in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals. Bayer Leverkusen is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Jonas Hofmann and Adam Hložek each having 2 goals in their last 5
Xabier Alonso Olano’s Bayer Leverkusen squad will be without Sardar Azmoun, Patrik Schick, Amine Adli, Odilon Kossounou and Robert Andrich, while Amadou Haidara, Péter Gulácsi and El Chadaille Bitshiabu are unavailable to play for RB Leipzig.