In this 7th week match, on Saturday Sep 17th, RB Leipzig and Borussia M’gladbach will play a match in Mönchengladbach in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Borussia M’gladbach recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Freiburg. Neither Freiburg nor Borussia M’gladbach could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 10th placed RB Leipzig, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Borussia Dortmund. Willi Orbán struck first for RB Leipzig in the 6th minute on a feed from Dominik Szoboszlai, then Dominik Szoboszlai added another in the 45th minute on a feed from Mohamed Simakan At the end of 90 a dissapointed Borussia Dortmund couldn’t manage to score, and RB Leipzig took the shutout win. RB Leipzig 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 these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
RB Leipzig is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Christopher Nkunku and Timo Werner each having 3 goals in their last 5. Borussia M’gladbach’s top weapon lately has been Marcus Thuram, who has two goals in the last five matches
Ko Itakura, Ramy Bensebaini, Alassane Pléa, Stefan Lainer and Nico Elvedi are unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach, while RB Leipzig will be without Yussuf Poulsen, Lukas Klostermann, Daniel Olmo and Péter Gulácsi.