Betting tips for RB Leipzig VS Dortmund 19.01.2019

The Bundesliga came back and brought a great challenge to open 2019, with Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund playing out on Saturday afternoon at the Red Bull Arena in a challenge for the 18th round of the championship. Leipzig showed a fickle shape at the end of the year, but managed to close 2018 with a win against Werder Bremen, remaining in the top-4 of the table. On the other side comes a Borussia Dortmund who remains isolated in the lead, but who faces here a test of fire at the beginning of the year.

Leipzig ranked fourth with 31 points, 9 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, with 31 goals scored and 17 goals conceded. The Bulls come here in a fickle time, winning 3 of the last 6 league games, losing the remaining 3. The victories were all won at home, against Borussia M'Gladbach (2-0), Mainz (4-1) and Werder Bremen (3-2) and defeats were all as visitors to Wolfsburg (1-0), Freiburg (3-0) and Bayern Munich (1-0).

The East German side are hoping for Wolfsburg 3-1 down, and a win here could lift them to 3rd place, with 3rd Borussia M'Gladbach sliding into the match. At home is where Leipzig have been better this season, has not lost any of the 9 league games, won 7, scoring 24 goals and 4 goals conceded. Despite Forsberg's absence, injured, and Ilsanker's chastised, the team benefits from an opponent with important elements from the outside defense, something that needs to be taken advantage of so that they can be happy at the end of the 90 minutes.


 Borussia Dortmund, in turn, ranks first with 42 points, with 13 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, with 44 goals scored and 18 goals conceded. Dortmund were the winter champions by winning the first half of the German championship, entering a 6-point lead over Bayern Munich. The team won 7 of their last eight consecutive Bundesliga matches, with the remaining result to be completed at a 2-1 home fixture at Dusseldorf on the penultimate round but only to be re-emerged on the final day by beating Borussia M'Gladbach (2 -1), thus closing the year with a win. Out of doors the team has already played eight Bundesliga games, losing only 1 and winning 5, scoring 15 goals and 7 conceded goals.

The Auri-Negros ended up conceding the first defeat of the championship in their last out-of-doors game, a snub that ended a record of five consecutive wins as visitors. Lucien Favre has done an excellent job at the helm of the team, with this being the best attack of the race and the second best defense. However, the offsides in the defensive line for this game are of concern, with Zagadou, Akanji and Toprak from the outside, injured, Diallo in doubt, and still Leonardo Balerdi from outside, in the service of the respective selection. This current leader of the championship then starts the year 2019 with a test of fire, but winning is imperative in order to be able to remain at the top of the table.


Leipzig have been a strong side to play at home and the current championship leader is also in good shape here. Guess a balanced game and very intense, with both teams should be able to reach the goal at least once.

RB Leipzig  VS Dortmund  Prediction: X/2 4.80

RB Leipzig  VS Dortmund   Betting Tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 2.00

RB Leipzig  VS Dortmund  Score Recommendations: 1-2 10.00