On Aug 25th, RB Leipzig will host Stuttgart in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. RB Leipzig is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Jeremie Frimpong struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 24th minute on a feed from Victor Okoh Boniface, then Jonathan Tah added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Jonas Hofmann. RB Leipzig looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while stuttgart sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 5-0 blowout win against Bochum. Sehrou Guirassy scored the first goal for Stuttgart in the 18th minute, then Dan-Axel Zagadou added another in the 38th minute In the end, Bochum was frustrated by Stuttgart’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Stuttgart ended the match with the shutout victory. Stuttgart is looking for direction having earned 12 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 1 win and 1 draw.
Stuttgart is fortunate enough to have Sehrou Guirassy in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 6 goals. Christopher Nkunku has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored four goals for RB Leipzig
Amadou Haidara, Péter Gulácsi and El Chadaille Bitshiabu are unavailable to play for Marco Rose’s team, while Konstantinos Mavropanos, Deniz Undav, Josha Vagnoman, Fabian Bredlow and Thomas Kastanaras are unavailable to play for Sebastian Hoeneß’s team.