RB Leipzig vs St Pauli - prediction, team news, lineups

RB Leipzig person an accidental to unafraid Champions League shot erstwhile they big relegation-threatened St Pauli for a tasty Bundesliga clash astatine the Red Bull Arena this Saturday afternoon.

Die Roten Bullen are conscionable 1 triumph distant from securing their instrumentality to the European elite, portion their opponents are hopeless for points aft dropping into the automatic relegation spots.

Match preview

Saturday’s lucifer volition people the archetypal large lawsuit successful Leipzig since Monday’s car onslaught successful the metropolis centre which saw 2 radical suffer their lives.

While the metropolis remains successful mourning, RB Leipzig players volition wage their respects by wearing achromatic armbands during their lucifer astatine the Red Bull Arena.

The club’s fans person besides decided to cancel their planned instrumentality march, and they volition regenerate their accustomed reddish and achromatic flags with achromatic and achromatic ones. 

Head manager Ole Werner chopped an affectional fig during the pre-match property conference, though helium does judge that Saturday’s ‘special atmosphere’ volition beryllium overmuch needed.

Victory would unafraid Champions League shot for Leipzig adjacent season, though Die Roten Bullen are coming into this crippled connected the backmost of a achy 4-1 decision to Bayer Leverkusen.

That effect not lone ended their five-match winning run, but it was besides the archetypal clip since January that Die Roten Bullen conceded 4 goals successful a azygous game.

Leipzig, who boast the third-best defence successful the competition, volition beryllium looking for a much-improved antiaircraft show arsenic they acceptable sights connected a 12th Bundesliga cleanable expanse this season.

While Leipzig contemplate rubbing shoulders with European giants successful the Champions League, St Pauli are facing a superior hazard of dropping into the 2nd division.

Head manager Alexander Blessin watched his broadside driblet into the automatic relegation spots past play pursuing a 2-1 decision to Mainz 05.

The deficiency of strength has go a superior contented for St Pauli successful caller games, and that was underlined by their paltry 40% tackle occurrence complaint successful the archetypal fractional past Sunday.

The Hamburg outfit are successful the midst of an eight-match winless tally successful the Bundesliga, picking up conscionable 3 points since the commencement of March.

Blessin and his men person not tasted triumph since their 1-0 occurrence implicit Hoffenheim backmost successful February, and 1 of the main drivers for their caller troubles has been a wide deficiency of goals.

The Kiezkicker person rattled the nett 4 times successful conscionable implicit 2 months, leaving them with the worst attacking grounds successful the competition.

RB Leipzig Bundesliga form:

W W W W W L

St Pauli Bundesliga form:

L D L D L L 

Team News

When it comes to injuries, RB Leipzig stay without young guardant Ezechiel Banzuzi, who missed the past 3 games with a genu problem.

Castello Lukeba managed 45 minutes of enactment past play arsenic helium marked his instrumentality from a musculus injury, though uncertainty remains implicit his fittingness heading into Saturday.

Defender David Raum picked up a flimsy groin contented astir a period ago, but the Leipzig skipper is expected to instrumentality this weekend.

Speaking of returns, St Pauli person been handed affirmative quality regarding English guardant Ricky-Jade Jones.

The 23-year-old has returned to grooming earlier than expected, and helium could beryllium disposable for the last crippled of the play against Wolfsburg.

Elsewhere, Blessin is acceptable to beryllium without the antiaircraft duo of Manolis Saliakas and Karol Mets.

Mathias Pereira Lage and James Sands volition besides beryllium missed successful St Pauli’s midfield arsenic some men proceed to caregiver genu and ankle injuries. 

RB Leipzig imaginable starting lineup:

Vandevoordt; Baku, Orban, Lukeba, Raum; Ouedraogo, Seiwald, Baumgartner; Gruda, Romulo, Diomande

St Pauli imaginable starting lineup:

Vasilj; Ando, Wahl, Nemeth; Pyrka, Irvine, Smith, Ritzka; Sinani, Fujita; Kaars

We say: RB Leipzig 2-0 St Pauli

RB Leipzig volition beryllium looking to people their last location crippled of the play with a win, and we are not expecting St Pauli to basal successful their way.

The hosts are pushing for Champions League football, and we expect them to person excessively overmuch prime for a St Pauli broadside that is struggling with a toothless attack.

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