In this week 1 match on the 7th of August, RB Leipzig will travel to Stuttgart to battle Stuttgart in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 15th placed Stuttgart, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Dynamo Dresden. Darko Churlinov struck first for Stuttgart in the 33rd minute on a feed from Josha Vagnoman, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Dynamo Dresden couldn’t manage to score, and Stuttgart took the shutout win. Stuttgart is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while rB Leipzig sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Freiburg. Maximilian Eggestein struck first for Freiburg in the 19th minute on a feed from Roland Sallai, but Christopher Nkunku got the equalizer for RB Leipzig in the 76th minute . RB Leipzig is on a hot streak lately, with 6 wins in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season RB Leipzig won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
RB Leipzig is glad to have Christopher Nkunku in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored four goals. Stuttgart’s most prolific scorer has been Darko Churlinov. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.