Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Hoffenheim and Leipzig square off against each other at PreZero Arena in what is expected to be one of the most interesting games of Saturday’s program. Hoffenheim aim to put an end to their three-game winless run in Bundesliga, but they will have a big fish to fry against Leipzig. All Haris Tabakovic, Tom Bischof, Stanley Nsoki, Christopher Lenz, Ozan Kabak, and Ihlas Bebou miss out with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
The Red Bulls, on the other hand, aim to melt Bayern Munich’s advantage in the Bundesliga standings. Benjamin Sesko is back from the international duty, but seeing that the likes of Elif Elmas, Lutsharel Geertruida, Castello Lukeba, Xavi Simons, David Raum, and Xaver Schlager are sidelined with injuries, we are tempted to put our money on draw. In their last meeting at PreZero Arena the two sides played out a 1-1 draw.
Highlighted Player (Pavel Kaderabek):
Pavel Kaderabek is a Czech Republic defender born on 25 April 1992, who has enjoyed a bright start to his professional career. Coming through the youth ranks at Sparta Prague and gaining some first team experience during a loan spell with Viktoria Zizkov, the right-sided defender was finally able to show what he is capable of during the 2012/2013 season and he didn’t need a lot of time to make the next step in his career.
After scoring impressive 10 goals in 76 league appearances for Sparta Prague, Kaderabek joined Bundesliga side Hoffenheim in the summer of 2015, shortly after he had established himself as a starting right-back in the Czech Republic national team.
The talented footballer helped Repre make it to the Euro 2016 finals by starting 9 qualifying matches, once again proving his killer instinct by scoring two goals. Pavel Kaderabek looks set to become one of leading players of the new generation and a big club move may not be far away either.
Highlighted Team (Leipzig):
Leipzig are a professional football club founded in 2009. Die Bullen (The Bulls) were unbeaten in the 2012/2013 Regionalliga Nordost and, as a result, they secured promotion to the 3. Liga. After finishing the 2013/2014 as 3rd. Liga campaign in second place in the standings, Leipzig were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga and they competed in the German second tier for two seasons.
Despite suffering a loss to Karlsruher on the last day of the 2015/2016 round in the 2. Bundesliga campaign, die Bullen secured promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time ever. Leipzig play their home games at Red Bull Arena (42,959) and it has to be noted that the stadium was opened in 1954.
Die Bullen wear white shirts and red shorts while their away kit is blue and yellow. Ralph Hasenhuttl was appointed as the team’s manager at the end of the 2015/2016 season and you should know that the likes of Ralf Rangnick, Achim Beierlorzer, Alexander Zorniger, Peter Pacult, Tomas Oral and Tino Vogel were in charge of the team in the past as well.