Preview: RB Leipzig vs. Werder Bremen - prediction, team news, lineups

RB Leipzig brag Marco Rose volition anticipation to permission the rumours of his imaginable dismissal down successful 2024, and commencement 2025 with a triumph successful the Bundesliga against Werder Bremen astatine location connected Sunday astatine Red Bull Arena.

Die Roten Bullen inhabit the last Champions League spot successful 4th spot and person 27 points aft losing 5-1 against leaders Bayern Munich connected December 20, portion Werder Bremen beat Union Berlin 4-1 connected December 21 and are seventh with 25 points.

Match preview

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Though losing against Bayern is by nary means an unexpected effect considering their quality, the hosts volition consciousness disappointed that they performed truthful poorly astatine some ends of the transportation fixed they faced astir 3.3 xG portion creating conscionable 0.14 xG aft Benjamin Sesko scored their lone extremity successful the 2nd infinitesimal of the archetypal half.

Rose's presumption arsenic caput manager had travel nether unit aft the broadside mislaid 5 and drew 1 of their six games betwixt November 2 and November 30, with the nine conceding 15 times and scoring six goals.

While Die Roten Bullen person triumphed successful 3 of their 5 astir caller matches, they were inactive beaten doubly successful that period, and were eliminated from the Champions League aft losing 3-2 against Aston Villa connected December 10.

Interestingly, Leipzig started their league run with six cleanable sheets successful their archetypal 7 outings, conceding conscionable 2 goals successful that time.

However, the nine prevented their opponents from scoring successful conscionable 2 of their consequent 8 Bundesliga fixtures, and they lone fertile arsenic the division's 10th champion violative broadside having netted 24 goals.

It should beryllium noted that portion Leipzig person mislaid two, drawn 1 and won 1 of their past 4 location games successful each competitions, they person lone been defeated astatine Red Bull Arena erstwhile successful their past 14 league games astatine the stadium, winning 9 times.

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Meanwhile, Werder Bremen faced 16 shots and lone produced 10 of their ain against Union Berlin, and the victors whitethorn beryllium acrophobic that portion they created 5 large chances, Union managed to make four.

Boss Ole Werner hailed his players' performances successful the aftermath of the win, telling reporters: "We played fantabulous shot with immoderate large link-up play, and each our goals were good worked. The information that we did good erstwhile successful possession was besides cardinal today, due to the fact that Union support good and haven't allowed their opponents galore chances truthful acold this season."

The Green-Whites person scored 26 goals and conceded 25 times successful the league this term, and these records makes them the apical flight's eighth champion violative and associated 10th champion antiaircraft team.

Werner's broadside are successful beardown signifier fixed they person achieved 4 victories successful their past 4 games, keeping 3 cleanable sheets and scoring 8 goals successful those matches.

The visitors' distant grounds has mostly been fantabulous this season, arsenic not lone person they won their 2 astir caller fixtures connected the road, they person won seven, drawn 1 and been defeated successful conscionable 2 of their 10 distant matches.

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Team News

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RB Leipzig volition beryllium capable to tract a beardown backline, with Lukas Klostermann and Willi Orban acceptable to diagnostic arsenic centre-backs, but defenders Benjamin Henrichs and Castello Lukeba person been ruled out.

Midfielder Forzan Assan Ouedraogo volition not beryllium disposable for enactment until April, portion Xaver Schlager is simply a doubt, truthful possibly Nicolas Seiwald and Arthur Vermeeren volition signifier a concern successful the mediate of the pitch.

Striker Yussuf Poulsen is nearing a instrumentality from a thigh injury, but determination is nary crushed to suggest that regulars Sesko and Lois Openda volition not commencement connected Sunday.

As for the visitors, their squad is astir wholly available, though they are inactive contending with the absences of wing-back Felix Agu and striker Keke Topp.

Expect Mitchell Weiser and Derrick Kohn to look either broadside of centre-backs Niklas Stark, Marco Friedl and Anthony Jung.

Elsewhere, Jens Stage and Senne Lynen whitethorn commencement successful midfield down a guardant enactment consisting of Marco Grull, Romano Schmid and Marvin Ducksch.

RB Leipzig imaginable starting lineup:
Gulacsi; Geertruida, Klostermann, Orban, Raum; Baumgartner, Seiwald, Vermeeren, Nusa; Sesko, Openda

We say: RB Leipzig 1-1 Werder Bremen

RB Leipzig's antiaircraft grounds successful the past weeks is alarming, and it is hard to spot them preventing Werder Bremen from scoring.

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