Dortmund – RB Leipzig Prediction & Picks (26.08.2018)

The first matchday in the new season of the Bundesliga comes up with two crackers – well distributed on the beginning and the end. On Friday, FC Bayern will welcome TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the opening game of the new season, and on Sunday at 18:30, the match between Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig rounds off the first matchday. The Red Bulls have after their two seasons in Germany’s upper house a positive balance against BVB and go to the Signal Iduna Park to take something countable there. In Dortmund last season was hot in Dortmund and also on Sunday you can expect a heated game. In the match between Dortmund and RB Leipzig the betting odds speak for a tip on black and yellow – rightly?

Dortmund:

Just got away with a black eye! Lucien Favre’s comeback debut as Borussia Dortmund’s new coach was almost over his head. In the first round of the DFB Cup, BVB had to play last weekend at SpVgg Greuther Fürth. After a few missed own chances Dortmund had to run from the 77th minute to a 0: 1 backlog. Only in the fifth minute of injury time (!) And with the last action rescued Axel Witsel his new employer in the extension. There it was again a goal in the last second, which brought Dortmund in round two. Previously Fürth had his chances and Borussia could not have complained about leaving. But that was just enough. With Abdou Diallo (Mainz), Thomas Delaney (Bremen), Axel Witsel (Zenit St. Petersburg), Marius Wolf (Frankfurt), Marwin Hitz (Augsburg) and Achraf Hakimi (loan from Real Madrid), Dortmund used almost exclusively in the Bundesliga , Currently there are still rumors about a commitment of Paco Alcacer from FC Barcelona.

The main departures are Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham United), Sokratis (Arsenal), Mikel Merino (Newcastle), Gonzalo Castro (VfB Stuttgart) and André Schürrle (Lending to Fulham). Interesting: Dortmund handed over six of eight players to clubs from the English Premier League. The preparations were basically good with victories at the International Champions Cup against Manchester City and Liverpool and a defeat on penalties against Benfica. However, there were also less good results such as the 1: 1 against Stade Rennes or the 1: 3 against Naples. In the match between Dortmund and RB Leipzig, according to the betting odds, the tip on BVB seems to be the supposedly safest alternative.

RB Leipzig:

RB Leipzig also struggled in the first round of the DFB Cup with Viktoria Köln from Regionalliga West, at least in the first half. Thanks to a performance improvement in the second round, the Red Bulls were still able to turn the 0-1 deficit to the break and earned in the end and despite 3-1 inferior fifteen-minute win. In the preparation RB Leipzig renounced many test matches, since the club since the second round in the qualification for Europa League participates and one has assumed in the camp of the Saxons that the Red Bulls at least reach the playoffs. That’s the case. In rounds two and three, RB Leipzig were able to win the first leg at home against BK Häcken of Sweden (4-0) and Craiova of Romania (3-1) and played away 1-1 away. On Thursday, RB Leipzig had in the playoffs then initially ran on the opponent’s place and played in Sorja Luhansk from Ukraine only 0: 0. Only because RB Leipzig from the 17th minute played in excess and the odds at the end 30: 6 (!) Was. So RB Leipzig now has to win the second leg at home, because the Red Bulls would be eliminated with every draw from 1: 1.

Due to the now five games in qualifying for the Europa League RB Leipzig was limited in preparation for tests against Grimma from the Sachsenliga (7: 0), the ZFC Meuselwitz (2: 2) and Huddersfield Town from the English Premier League (0: 3). The results should not be overstated. The goalless draw on Thursday with Sorja Luhansk does not reflect the actual course of the game. For example, Diego Demme testified that his team had “chances for three games”. First and foremost Naby Keita (Liverpool) had to separate RB Leipzig from a key player. To strengthen the club Nordi Mukiele (Montpellier), Matheus Cunha (Sion) and Marcelo Saracchi (River Plate). In the game of Dortmund against RB Leipzig are according to the odds, the Red Bulls clearly outsiders.