Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
All eyes will be on Red Bull Arena when Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen face each other in the Bundesliga derby on Sunday afternoon. The Red Bulls failed to impress in a 2-0 loss at Hoffenheim, but they are still seen as favourites to beat the BayArena outfit in front of home fans. Keep in mind, though, that all Dani Olmo, Dominik Szboboszlai, Yussuf Poulsen, Amadou Haidara, and Konrad Laimer are sidelined with injuries.
Leverkusen, on the other hand, recorded a hard-fought 1-0 win over Bochum on Matchday 12. Considering that both Karim Bellarabi and Patrik Schick return from injuries, we predict that the visitors are going to grab something from the match. Taking everything into account, we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw. All Lucas Alario, Mitchel Bakker, and Timothy Fosu-Mensah are injured for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Yussuf Poulsen):
Yussuf Poulsen is a Danish footballer who started his youth career at BK Skjold. At the age of 14 he joined Lyngby and he made his debut for the first team on 4 December, 2011. He came as a substitute in a match against Horsens after 84 minutes, substituting Mathias Tauber. However, he made no more than five league appearances for Lyngby in the 2011/2012 season.
Despite the fact that Lyngby dropped to Denmark 1st Division, Poulsen did not leave the club in the summer transfer window and it has to be noted that he made 30 appearances for the Vikings in the 2012/2013 campaign. On 4 July, 2013 he signed a deal with Leipzig and he has been playing for the German outfit ever since.
The 193-cm-tall attacker is capable of playing as both right and left winger. Poulsen’s father is Tanzanian, but he decided to represent the Danish national team. He made his debut for the senior team against Albania on 11 October, 2014. Poulsen scored his first ever goal for Denmark in a 2-0 win over Serbia on June 13, 2015.
Highlighted Team (Bayer Leverkusen):
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club from the city Leverkusen in the North Rhine-Westphalia region. The home kit of Bayer Leverkusen is black and red. The club is playing his home games in the Bay Arena.
Bayer Leverkusen started to play in the Bundesliga from season 1979/1980. In 1988 Bayer Leverkusen managed to win the UEFA Cup by beating Espanyol in the final with 1-0. In the national league Bayer Leverkusen has been the most successful in the last couple of years with the 2nd place as their best performance.
Bayer Leverkusen never managed to win the league title. The current biggest rival of Bayer Leverkusen is 1. Koln. Next to football Bayer Leverkusen has a volleyball and basketball division as well. Currently Bayer Leverkusen is one of the biggest teams in the Bundesliga. Known players that played for Bayer Leverkusen are: Michael Ballack, Rudi Voller, Lucio and Arturo Vidal.