One of the biggest games of the weekend in Germany takes place on Sunday the 16th of May as RB Leipzig meet Wolfsburg at the Red Bull Arena.
The hosts begin the weekend in second place on 64 points while the visitors are just one place behind them in the table on 60 points.
That hurts.Congrats to @BlackYellow. 🔴⚪️ #RBLeipzig #RBLBVB pic.twitter.com/wYP1hh3r0X— RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) May 13, 2021
That hurts.Congrats to @BlackYellow. 🔴⚪️ #RBLeipzig #RBLBVB pic.twitter.com/wYP1hh3r0X
RB Leipzig come into the match having suffered a disappointing 4-1 defeat at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in the DFB Pokal final on Thursday night. RB Leipzig found themselves a goal down after only 5 minutes and having conceded two additional goals before half time, they were out of the contest after 45 minutes.
The result was the second successive defeat for RB Leipzig at the hands of Borussia Dortmund following their 3-2 loss away from home in the Bundesliga.
The wins have started to dry up for RB Leipzig and they have recorded only one victory inside 90 minutes in their last 6 matches in all competitions. The win came at home against Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.
However, that was their first Bundesliga victory at home in 4 attempts. Prior to the win over Stuttgart, RB Leipzig were held to a draw against Eintracht Frankfurt and Hoffenheim plus lost to champions, Bayern Munich.
Trends show RB Leipzig have seen under 2.5 goals scored in their 4 most recent home Bundesliga games.
Wolfsburg come into the match having defeated Union Berlin last time out in the Bundesliga but that result was still not good enough to see them secure a top four place and Champions League football next season.
Wins have not been easy to come by in recent matches and Wolfsburg have picked up only two victories from their last 6 Bundesliga fixtures.
The other win came away from home against Stuttgart but there have been defeats at the hands of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund at home plus Eintracht Frankfurt away.
The defeats against Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt could prove particularly costly if Wolfsburg fail to finish in the top four.
Trends show Wolfsburg have been difficult to beat away from home and they have lost only two of their last 9 away league matches. Wolfsburg have been scoring plenty of goals on the road and they netted 2 or more goals in 7 of their last 9 away Bundesliga fixtures.
Team news and RB Leipzig could be without several players, including Angeliño, Lazar Samardzic, Christopher Nkunku, Tyler Adams, and Dominik Szoboszlai.
Wolfsburg travel without the injured trio of Kevin Mbabu, Bartosz Bialek, and Renato Steffen.
RB Leipzig will be keen to get back to winning ways and give their manager a good send off. The hosts have had the better of their opponents in recent meetings and will be playing without any pressure, which could be telling.
RB Leipzig could take maximum points with under 2.5 goals scored, which would mean an interesting finish to the Bundesliga season.