In a weekend match in week 16, on Friday Jan 20th, RB Leipzig will host Bayern München at Red Bull Arena in a clash of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only -1 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, RB Leipzig recorded a 2-1 win against Werder Bremen. André Silva struck first for RB Leipzig in the 13th minute on a feed from Emil Forsberg, then in the 57th minute, Romano Schmid sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Christian Groß. RB Leipzig is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while bayern München sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Schalke 04. Serge Gnabry struck first for Bayern München in the 38th minute, then Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting added another in the 52nd minute In the end, Schalke 04 was frustrated by Bayern München’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Bayern München ended the match with the shutout victory. Bayern München is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Bayern München won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Bayern München has been fortunate! In the last five matches, both Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Serge Gnabry are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 5 goals for Bayern München and look to continue their dominance.. RB Leipzig is fortunate enough to have Christopher Nkunku in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals
Timo Werner, Konrad Laimer, Christopher Nkunku and Péter Gulácsi are unavailable to play for Marco Rose’s team, while Julian Nagelsmann’s Bayern München squad will be without Lucas Hernández and Manuel Neuer.