Bayern Munich vs RB Leipzig

Allianz Arena is the venue as pacesetters Bayern Munich and resurgent RB Leipzig go head-to-head in a mouth-watering Bundesliga encounter.

An overwhelming 4-1 victory at Hertha Berlin last time out took Bayern Munich’s tally to 65 goals after just 20 Bundesliga matches, a new top-flight record. Remarkably, since being held to a scoreless draw to non-other than Leipzig in February 2020, the record-time German champions have found the net in 67 consecutive Bundesliga outings, setting up an unprecedented feat in the competition. After winning their last two league games by an aggregate score of 8-1 to maintain a six-point lead at the top of the table, the ‘Bavarians’ will be looking to build on their impressive overall league record against Leipzig (W7, D3, L1). Indeed, Julian Nagelsmann’s men are unbeaten in their last seven top-flight H2Hs (W4, D3), restricting Leipzig to a maximum of one goal per game on each occasion.

Meanwhile, Leipzig have seemingly found their feet under new boss Domenico Tedesco, going from a pair of league games without winning (D1, L1) to three Bundesliga victories in a row, all of which came by at least a two-goal margin. However, ‘Die Roten Bullen’ have experienced a thoroughly disappointing away league campaign so far, as they went winless in their opening eight Bundesliga travels (D4, L4) before cruising to a 2-0 win at Stuttgart last time out. Though Leipzig carry a reputation as a high-scoring team, they have bagged a measly average of 0.77 goals per Bundesliga away match this season, scoring a league-low two second-half goals on the road in the process. So the fact they’ve lost four out of five away league games when conceding first is not as odd as it sounds (D1).