RB Leipzig vs Koln
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Even without Liverpool-bound Keita, I am struggling to doubt RB Leipzig’s credentials here, particularly given Koln’s difficult situation.
My main concern with RB Leipzig, as ever, is that they only tend to turn up for one half. I don’t know why they do that, but they do. I’m not concerned by their defeat against SSC Napoli earlier this week; anybody who read my preview on that game knows precisely why the visitors won that one. It wasn’t a shock to me. It’d be a shock if RB Leipzig failed to make their superiority count against Koln today though.
Helpfully, Swedish attacker Forsberg is getting near to his brilliant best once more and with options like Bruma, Werner, Poulsen, and Kampl in the mix too, I don’t see a good reason to doubt the home team. They sometimes play brilliant football and sometimes look rather unconvincing but they do tend to have that typical German efficiency about them, at least when it comes to the Bundesliga. Beating Koln convincingly shouldn’t require more than that right now.
Draws are no longer of use to Koln; they need to go for wins. That’s how bad their situation is. Unfortunately for them, doing that here is verging on suicidal because of how good their hosts are. Even the return of Bittencourt from injury isn’t magically going to make things better for the visitors here. Indeed, their new “hero” Terodde is a doubt for this game so this game could be even worse for Koln today.
Let me be quite clear on something here though. I do not doubt the attitudes nor work-rate of Koln’s players. They fight hard in each fixture I see them in. However, they lack quality in almost all areas right now for a variety of reasons so good teams are managing to beat them. Koln find it especially tough on the road, as per usual, and I don’t see why today’s game would be any different, even if they are in better condition than their hosts fitness-wise.
To me, it’s worth taking RB Leipzig to beat the -1 Asian Handicap here.
Verdict: RB Leipzig to beat the -1 Asian Handicap at 23/25.
Sunday’s Thoughts
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Argentinian Superliga:
Chacarita Juniors vs Belgrano de Cordoba
Independiente vs Banfield
Union de Santa Fe vs Colon de Santa Fe
Boca Juniors vs San Martin de San Juan
Australian A-League:
Sydney FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers
Austrian Bundesliga:
Sturm Graz vs Salzburg
Belgian Eerste Klasse:
RSC Anderlecht vs Royal Excel Mouscron
Standard de Liege vs Club Brugge
Kortrijk vs Zulte-Waregem
Bulgarian A PFG:
Pirin Blagoevgrad vs Vitosha Bistritsa
Slavia Sofia vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Croatian Prva Liga:
Cibalia Vinkovci vs Rudes
Rijeka vs Dinamo Zagreb
Czech Republic HET Liga:
Karvina vs Zlin
Slavia Prague vs Bohemians 1905
Danish Superligaen:
Hobro vs FC Midtjylland
Aalborg BK vs FC Nordsjaelland
Brondby vs FC Helsingor
FC Copenhagen vs OB Odense
English Premier League:
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United vs Chelsea
English League Cup:
Arsenal vs Manchester City
French Ligue 1:
Girondins de Bordeaux vs OGC Nice
Olympique Lyonnais vs AS Saint-Etienne
Paris Saint-Germain vs Olympique de Marseille
German Bundesliga:
Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Schalke 04
RB Leipzig vs Koln
Israeli Ligat Ha’al:
Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Hapoel Be’er Sheva vs Beitar Jerusalem
Italian Serie A:
Crotone vs SPAL
ACF Fiorentina vs Chievo Verona
Sassuolo vs SS Lazio
Hellas Verona vs Torino
Sampdoria vs Udinese
Juventus vs Atalanta Bergamo
AS Roma vs AC Milan
Dutch Eredivisie:
AFC Ajax Amsterdam vs ADO Den Haag
Feyenoord Rotterdam vs PSV Eindhoven
Willem II vs Roda JC Kerkrade
FC Utrecht vs Twente Enschede
Portuguese Liga 1:
Chaves vs Estoril
Boavista vs Vitoria Setubal
Portimonense vs FC Porto
Portuguese Liga 2:
CD Nacional de Madeira vs FC Porto II
Arouca vs Varzim
Vitoria Guimaraes II vs Academico Viseu
Leixoes Matosinhos vs Uniao Madeira
Penafiel vs Real
Santa Clara vs Gil Vicente
SL Benfica II vs Cova Piedade
Spanish Primera Liga:
Villarreal CF vs Getafe
Athletic Club de Bilbao vs Malaga CF
Valencia CF vs Real Sociedad
Sevilla CF vs Atletico Madrid
Swedish Svenska Cupen:
Gefle vs Malmo FF
Brommapojkarna vs Dalkurd
Norrby vs BK Hacken Goteborg
Varberg vs Sirius
Jonkopings Sodra vs Degerfors
Kalmar FF vs Trelleborg
Vasalund vs Elfsborg Boras
Hammarby vs GAIS Goteborg
Swiss Super League:
Grasshopper Zurich vs FC Zurich
Luzern vs Thun
St. Gallen vs Lugano
Swiss Challenge League:
Winterthur vs Vaduz
Turkish Super Lig:
Osmanlispor vs Antalyaspor
Yeni Malatyaspor vs Karabukspor
Goztepe vs Sivasspor
Besiktas JK vs Fenerbahce
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