RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich Competition – German Bundesliga Stadium – Red Bull Arena Date: 20th January 2023 Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT
Bundesliga returns this Friday with league leaders Bayern Munich taking on RB Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena. The hosts will look to continue where they left off before the World Cup break, as they went into the extended break on a run of 13 competitive games without defeat (W11, D2). That run included four-straight Bundesliga wins and catapulted them to third place, six points behind Bayern Munich. After struggling early this season under Domenico Tedesco, Marco Rose has transformed Leipzig into a force, particularly in the last eight league games where they are unbeaten (W6, D2). But games against Bayern Munich often don’t come that easy for Rose who has lost his last four meetings against Bayern, conceding at least three goals on each occasion. His side also have a poor record against the Bavarians, with just one win over the league leaders in all competitions (D4, L10). Bayern Munich will look to make it seven consecutive league wins when they travel to Leipzig on Friday. The league leaders went into the World Cup break in excellent shape, with their six-straight wins accompanied by three clean sheets taking them to the top of the league. They come into this round of games sitting four points ahead of the rest. However, they won’t take anything for granted here as any slip could see them come under pressure from Freiburg and their opponents, Leipzig. Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:
German Bundesliga Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
34
28
6
0
89
24
+65
90
2
Stuttgart
34
23
4
7
78
39
+39
73
3
Bayern Munich
34
23
3
8
94
45
+49
72
4
RB Leipzig
34
19
8
7
77
39
+38
65
5
Borussia Dortmund
34
18
9
7
68
43
+25
63
6
Eintracht Frankfurt
34
11
14
9
51
50
+1
47
7
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
34
13
7
14
66
66
+0
46
8
Heidenheim
34
10
12
12
50
55
-5
42
9
Werder Bremen
34
11
9
14
48
54
-6
42
10
SC Freiburg
34
11
9
14
45
58
-13
42
11
Augsburg 1907
34
10
9
15
50
60
-10
39
12
Wolfsburg
34
10
7
17
41
56
-15
37
13
Mainz
34
7
14
13
39
51
-12
35
14
Borussia Mönchengladbach
34
7
13
14
56
67
-11
34
15
Union Berlin
34
9
6
19
33
58
-25
33
16
VFL Bochum
34
7
12
15
42
74
-32
33
17
FC Cologne
34
5
12
17
28
60
-32
27
18
Darmstadt
34
3
8
23
30
86
-56
17
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