Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
There will be fireworks when Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund face each other in a highly-anticipated Bundesliga game. The Red Bulls head into the match following a 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt, and, no doubt, they are eager to keep their title hopes alive. All Lukas Klostermann, Marcel Halstenberg, Brian Brobbey, and Marcelo Saracchi are out of contention with injuries, but Dani Olmo is fit for the match.
Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, continue life without injured ace Erling Haaland. The Norway international was not sorely missed in a 2-0 win over Koln, but Marco Rose’s men will have a much bigger fish to fry in Saturday’s derby. Since Leipzig are a real force to be reckoned with at home, we predict that Marco Reus and Co. will return home empty-handed. The likes of Emre Can, Nico Schulz, Raphael Guerreiro, Mahmoud Dahoud, and Giovanni Reyna are sidelined with injuries as well.
Highlighted Player (Willi Orban):
Willi Orban was born on 3 November, 1992 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Orban plays as a centre back, but he can operate as a defensive midfielder as well. The 185-cm-tall footballer is a product of Kaiserslautern’s youth academy and he played 35 league games for the reserve team between 2011 and 2013.
Orban made his debut for the first team in 2011, against Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. The Kaiserslautern footballer made 68 league appearances for Kaiserslautern, scoring 7 goals for the German outfit between 2011 and 2015, but in May 2015 he signed a contract with Leipzig. Kaislerslautern fans were very angry with the defender when he decided to join die Bullen.
Willi Orban has two caps for Germany U21, but he has yet to make his debut for the senior team. He has a contract with Leipzig, which expires on 30 June, 2019. Willi Orban has a dual citizenship (Germany, Hungary).
Highlighted Team (Borussia Dortmund):
1909 by eighteen footballers from Dortmund. Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellows) play their home games at Signal Iduna Park, but the stadium’s original name is Westfalenstadion. The capacity of Borussia’s home ground is 81,539 and it has to be noted that the stadium was opened in 1974. BVB have the highest average attendance in the world of football.
Borussia Dortmund have won eight Bundesliga trophies, while clinching the German Cup title three times.
However, the club’s biggest success came in 1997 when they outplayed Juventus in the Champions League final. Karl-Heinz Riedle scored a brace for BVB in the 3-1 win over Juve, with Lars Ricken finding the net in the title game as well. Borussia’s biggest rivals are Schalke 04 and the two teams square off against each other in the Revierderby.