RB Leipzig are taking on Liverpool in Budapest on Tuesday for the Champions League’s round of 16. RB Leipzig, semi-finalist of the last edition, and Liverpool, winner of the C1 in 2019, both would like to take an option on the qualification in the quarter-finals.
Leipzig are doing strong and remain on four wins in a row. But they cannot host this match in Germany because of health restrictions. The meeting will therefore take place in Budapest. And it therefore requires the German club also to travel. An obvious disadvantage for Leipzig. At the national level, the RB remain on 4 consecutive victories. In the Bundesliga, the men of Julian Nagelsmann are the last survivors to follow the rhythm of Bayern Munich. 2nd on the table with 44 points, Leipzig is 4 points behind the Bavarians with an extra match, and 5 points ahead of the current 3rd. In the pool phase, the Red Bull finished 2nd with 12 points, behind PSG in the head-to-head matches but ahead of Manchester United, who had 9 points after 4 days and seemed to be in pole position to qualify.
Liverpool are in a difficult situation now. The team is performing very poorly. Problems everywhere you look. And not everything works in the offensive sector. There are few goals. In defense, they concede a lot. There are a lot of silly mistakes. This is the crisis. Now we can talk about it already. But, on the other hand, after 60 minutes against Leicester, Liverpool had a very serious advantage. And then in 15 minutes, everything collapsed. This comes from a lack of confidence. Liverpool do not believe in themselves at the moment.
Against Leipzig, I think Liverpool will act very carefully. Now they have no time for open football. It is important to play strictly, without mistakes. The match takes place on neutral ground. Leipzig will have no advantage. Therefore, they will be much quiet.
The objectives will all be the same. How can such offensive teams get rid of each other? But there won’t be many – 2 or 3, in my opinion. This option can be taken in the 1xbet bookmaker for a coefficient of 2.02.