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RB Leipzig vs Hoffenheim Prediction & Betting tips
On 31.10.2018 at 19:45 clock is the duel in the Red Bull Arena Leipzig vs.. Hoffenheim. One of the four direct Bundesliga duels in the DFB Cup promises a lot of excitement. Both teams have recently shown very good performances. To name a clear favorite is very difficult. Both teams “suffer” from the triple burden and thus have no competitive advantage or disadvantage to the counterparty. Nevertheless, the bookmakers send the Leipzig as favorites in this game.
RB Leipzig:
Leipzig got it in the first round of the DFB Cup with the regional league Viktoria Cologne to do. Not very spectacular, yet sovereign won the Saxons 3-1. In the second round the luck was only limited on the side of the bulls. Although they were assigned a home game, but a Champions League participants would certainly not have wished. In the direct duel the Rangnick-Elf could set a small exclamation point in the direction of the current duelist at the end of September.
On 29.09. The Bulls beat Hoffenheim in Sinsheim 2-1. Thus, the future Rangnick successor lost the game against his upcoming employer.
In the Bundesliga, the Leipzig are after last ordinary performances in fifth place. Hertha from Berlin lurking at the same point behind it. Fortunately, the gap to second place is only three points. Leipzig seems accordingly in the target. We have still found a very curious fact.
Who would have thought that Leipzig is now the best defense in the league after the initial problems in the defense? With only nine goals against, they are the best in the Bundesliga in this category. In the last four competitive games, they were not given a single goal. We bet that this series will also hold against Hoffenheim and will place our tip accordingly. Ralf Rangnick will miss Emil Forsberg and Atinc Nukan.
Hoffenheim:
Hoffenheim was allowed to travel to the traditional Betzenberg in the first round of the DFB Cup. 6: 1 they defeated at the end of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern. In the Bundesliga, it is currently mediocre. Hoffenheim is in a goal balance of 18:13 with 13 points in eighth place. The hoped-for Champions League places are therefore a bit distant. The problem is definitely the defense. Until last weekend they played in no single competitive match to zero! Only the 4: 0 against VfB Stuttgart broke this spell.
Of course, this phenomenon is literally screaming for a bet on “both teams meet”. But at Leipzig – Hoffenheim the betting odds for this type of tip are so deep that bets are no longer worthwhile. Just a quota of 1.40 is offered here. Despite the rather mediocre place in the table, there is a positive trend. The last three competitive games were not lost and the last two Bundesliga games were even won (3: 1 against Nuremberg and 4: 0 against Stuttgart). Julian Nagelsmann has to give up Benjamin Hübner, Leonardo Bittencourt, Florian Grillitsch, Pavel Kaderabek, Lukas Rupp, Nadiem Amiri and Stefan Posch.
RB Leipzig vs Hoffenheim head to head matches
29.09.18 BUN Hoffenheim RB Leipzig 1 : 2
21.04.18 BUN RB Leipzig Hoffenheim 2 : 5
02.12.17 BUN Hoffenheim RB Leipzig 4 : 0
28.01.17 BUN RB Leipzig Hoffenheim 2 : 1
28.08.16 BUN Hoffenheim RB Leipzig 2 : 2