RB Leipzig faces Tottenham Hotspur

RB Leipzig faces Tottenham Hotspur

RB Leipzig faces Tottenham Hotspur at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig in a second leg from the Champions League 1/8-finals. The German team is in a better position after the result in the first game, but Spurs are not a team to be written off. We expect some dramatic moments on Tuesday. Let’s take a look.

Being hurt by too many injury problems, Tottenham Hotspur didn’t play their best Champions League game against RB Leipzig two weeks ago. The German side won the game with 1-0 after a penalty kick, scored by their star striker Timo Werner. After the game Spurs’ manager Jose Mourinho likened his team to “a gun with no bullets”.

Tottenham are currently without their two best strikers Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min, which is a huge problem for the Portuguese manager. In the first leg against Leipzig he put Dele Alli and Lucas Moura upfront, but both of them are not really pure strikers. Mourinho was right – he really didn’t have much of a choice in attack.

RB Leipzig on the other hand did what they had to do – they defended well and scored a crucial away goal which guaranteed them the win. But on Tuesday they must be cautious – Tottenham are hurt, but they are still in the competition. Jose Mourinho is a tactician with a vast experience, so we won’t be surprised if he creates some unique plan to turn the tie in his team’s favour.

Except Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min who we already mentioned, Moussa Sissoko and Juan Foyth remain sidelined for Tottenham. In the same time RB Leipzig’s manager Julian Nagelsmann can’t use Kevin Kampl, Tyler Adams, Ibrahima Konate and Willi Orban who are all injured at the moment.

Can Tottenham Hotspur survive in the Champions League against RB Leipzig? That’s the pretty good question we must ask now. Spurs lost the first game at home, but they have 90 minutes to turn things in their favour.

Hoffenheim – Wolfsburg

Hoffenheim hosts Wolfsburg in a match from the 31th round of the German Bundesliga. How about to have a look at this game and see what’s the situation with these two sides at this moment.

 

RIght now Hoffenheim are 6th in the Bundesliga with 50 points, trying to secure their place in Europe for next season. Julian Nagelsmann’s team even have some solid chances to qualify for the Champions League, being just 3 points behind the 4th Eintracht Frankfurt.

 

So far in the league Hoffenheim have won 13 of their games, doing 11 draws and suffering 6 losses. In their last five games Hoffe are almost perfect – one draw, followed by four consecutive wins. Right now Hoffenheim are among the teams in the best shape in the Bundesliga.

 

In their last game Hoffenheim travelled to Gelsenkirchen and enjoyed a solid 5-2 win over Schalke 04. Ishak Belfodil scored a brace for the winning side, while Andrej Kramaric, Adam Szalai and Nadiem Amiri also scored for the visitors.

 

Meanwhile Wolfsburg are 9th in the standings with 46 points, but still having some chances to play in Europe. The Wolves are only 4 points behind their next opponent, so for them this is a perfect chance to ressurect their hopes of European football for next seaseon. So far in the league Wolfsburg have 13 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses.

 

Wolfsburg’s recent form is pretty inconsistent – two wins, two losses and one draw. In their last match Bruno Labbadia’s boys made a 1-1 draw at home against a very strong opponent – Eintracht Frankfurt. The Wolves were very close to losing this one, but a late equalising goal from John Brooks in the 90th minute saved them.

 

That’s what we had to say about the Bundesliga clash between Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg from the 31th round of the league. Good luck!