Borussia Dortmund travel to Red Bull Arena to face second placed RB Leipzig to close the points gap to 3 points. Alley Sport is here with Borussia Dortmund predicted lineup vs RB Leipzig.
Under Edin Terzic Dortmund have won 2 and lost 1 game in the Bundesliga Terzic was signwed in hopes of bringing ‘Heavy Metal’ football sysytem back to Borussia Dortmund.
Dortmund hosted Wolfsburg last Sunday and won the game 2-0 with both goals scored in the second half. Dortmund found the break-through via Manuel Akanji in the sixty-sixth minute who headed home a Jadon Sancho corner.
Jadon Sancho got his first goal of the season in the added time when he was played in by Emre Can and Sancho then beat the Wolfsburg defender with a shimmy and then placed the ball with his side-foot into the bottom corner. RB Leipzig have 2 wins and 1 draw in last 3 games Leipzig come into this game with 1-0 win over VfB Stuttgart in which Dani Olmo scored the only goal of the match in the sixty-seventh minute.
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RB Leipzig have only won 2 out of 8 games vs Borussia Dortmund, with Leipzig having only a lesser win rate vs league leaders Bayern Munich.
Borussia Dortmund have won 3 and drawn 2 of the last 5 games vs RB Leipzig with Leipzig failing to win last 5 games. Dortmund are going into a game against Leipzig in the Bundesliga where they are lower than Leipzig for the third time,although they have won 1 game and drawn 1 game vs Leipzig.
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Terzic will be happy with the fact that Erling Haaland is back after hamstring injury and played well vs Wolfburg last week but was only shy of a goal. Dortmund don’t have any injuries in the squad now the only question wbhich arises is will Jadon Sancho stay at Dortmund with reports suspecting that Manchester United will try to pursue the player when the January market opens.
Borussia Dortmund predicted lineup vs RB Leipzig
Here’s our Borussia Dortmund predicted lineup:
Formation 4-2-3-1
GK: Roman Bürki
RB: Thomas Munier
RCB: Manuel Akanji
LCB: Matt Hummels
LB: Raphaël Guerreiro
DM: Axel Witsel
CM: Thomas Delaney
RW: Jadon Sancho
CAM: Marco Reus
LW: Giovanni Reyna
ST: Erling Haaland
We predict that the match will be a draw 2-2 as both teams will be happy to share a point.
Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig Live Stream
The match kicks off at GMT 05:30 PM on Saurday 9th January for British viewers, and the match can be caught live on Sky Sports UK. For Indian viewers, the match kicks off at IST 10:00 PM on Saturday, 9th January, and can be streamed on Fancode.
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