Arminia Bielefeld vs RB Leipzig

Schüco Arena is the venue as warm relegation candidates Arminia Bielefeld take on top-four bidders RB Leipzig.

Arminia Bielefeld look like a doomed outfit ahead of the final round of Bundesliga fixtures after last weekend’s 2-1 defeat to Bochum stretched their winless league streak to ten matches (D2, L8). With 17th-placed Stuttgart three points clear, Bielefeld will not only have to beat Leipzig for the second time in four meetings (W1, L2), but they’ll need the other results to go their way to make the relegation play-offs. With the return to Germany’s second-tier looking imminent, ‘Die Arminen’ will hope to at least entertain the fans as they’ve done recently. Indeed, five of Bielefeld’s seven previous Bundesliga outings have featured over 2.5 goals, with the last three seeing both teams on the scoresheet. By contrast, four of their five league games against Leipzig have contained two goals or fewer.

On the other hand, Leipzig are one win away from mathematically sealing a place in next season’s Champions League, though even a loss may not affect their top-four bid in some scenarios. Domenico Tedesco’s men halted a run of consecutive Bundesliga defeats in thumping fashion by dismantling Augsburg 4-0 last time out. But a 3-1 reverse at Borussia Monchengladbach on their most recent league travel has brought Leipzig’s five-game winning Bundesliga streak away from home to an end. The visitors should feel comfortable about their scoring prospects here, with only Borussia Dortmund (42) netting more Bundesliga goals than ‘Die Roten Bullen’ (41) in the second half of the season.