Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
After sharing the spoils with Mainz at Mewa Arena, Leipzig will look to return to winning ways in the Bundesliga when they face Hertha Berlin on Saturday afternoon. The Red Bulls are eager to move closer to the Champions League berth, and we are positive that they will adopt an attack-minded approach against the capital club. The attacking partnership of Nkunku and Werner seems to be in a fine working order, and we predict that the duo will pose a big threat to the opposition back-line. All Marcel Halstenberg, Peter Gulacsi, Konrad Laimer, Dani Olmo, and Lukas Klostermann remain on the sidelines with injuries.
The visitors, on the other hand, have drawn each of their last four league fixtures, but holding Leipzig to a draw at Red Bull Arena is easier said than done. In their last meeting at the venue Leipzig crushed Hertha 6-0, and we predict that the history will repeat itself. Both Wilfried Kanga and Davie Selke should recover in time to face the Red Bulls, while all Jessic Ngankam, Filip Urenovic, Jean-Paul Boetius, and Kelian Nsona remain in the recovery room.
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 (Hertha):
Hertha Berlin is a German football club from the city Berlin which is currently active in the highest German football division the Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1892 and is active in the Bundesliga since 2011//2012. Between 1926 and 1931 Hertha BSC managed to reach 6 times to the final of the Deutsche Meisterschaft which they managed to win 2 times (in 1930 and one year later in 1931).
Hertha Berlin originally played its home games in the Plumpe which got bombed during the WW II. After the bombings Hertha Berlin stated to play their games in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. The club colors of Hertha Berlin are blue and red and is also known as Die Alte Dame which is the same nickname as Juventus. Next to winning the German national league Hertha Berlin managed to reach to the final in the DFB Pokal in 1977, 1979 and 1993.
Hertha played several times in the UEFA Cup (former Europa League) and qualified for the group stage in the Champions League in the season 1999/2000. Known players that played for Hertha BSC are: Basturk, Deisler, Bobic and Marcelinho.