RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th March 2025

RB Leipzig enjoy home advantage, when visitors Borussia Dortmund swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

RB Leipzig approach round 26 as number 6 in the Bundesliga table with 39 points on their account so far. With 25 rounds behind them, Borussia Dortmund have amassed 35 points, placing them as number 10 in the standings.

Borussia Dortmund will be eager to close the gap on RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga table on Saturday. Naturally, they will be very cautious of not losing further ground on their upcoming opponent as they are playing away. We could have a tight match between these two coming on.

RB Leipzig are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 15 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.5 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 13 goals, or an average of 1.3 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to four clean sheets in this run.

Borussia Dortmund scored 17 goals, conceded 17 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

RB Leipzig took a hit when Borussia Dortmund handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 4-1 win.

RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction

RB Leipzig Form

RB Leipzig recorded a win, a loss and a draw in their previous three matches, where they first beat Wolfsburg 1-0. They were then defeated 1-2 against Mainz 05, before drawing 0-0 against Freiburg. RB Leipzig won three of their previous six matches at Red Bull Arena Leipzig in the Bundesliga. They drew two and suffered one defeats, scoring 13 goals to nine against.

Borussia Dortmund Form

Borussia Dortmund got a mix of results in their last three matches. An encounter with Lille brought a 1-1 draw, which was followed by a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Augsburg. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail as they beat Lille by a 1-2 scoreline. Borussia Dortmund won half their previous six away matches in the Bundesliga, as well as seeing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored nine goals whilst conceding ten.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund won four of their last 11 matches against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table, scoring 18 and conceding 19 goals. They collected 14 points from these. RB Leipzig have a record of ten wins, nine draws and six defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Borussia Dortmund are looking at ten wins, five draws and ten defeats in the Bundesliga.

RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund Squads

RB Leipzig Squad

The 48-year-old coach of the home team, Marco Rose, will select the lineup against Borussia Dortmund from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Leopold Zingerle (0/0), Maarten Vandevoordt (0/2), Peter Gulacsi (0/24), Benjamin Henrichs (0/15), Castello Lukeba (0/15), David Raum (1/17), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (0/14), Hugo Novoa (0/0), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/3), Lukas Klostermann (0/20), Lutsharel Geertruida (1/18), Willi Orban (5/22), Amadou Haidara (0/21), Antonio Nusa (3/21), Arthur Vermeeren (0/21), Christoph Baumgartner (2/23), Forzan Assan Ouedraogo (0/3), Kevin Kampl (1/22), Nicolas Seiwald (0/21), Ridle Baku (2/25), Xaver Schlager (0/4), Xavi Simons (6/17), Benjamin Sesko (10/24), Fabrice Hartmann (0/0), Ikoma Lois Openda (7/24), Tidiam Gomis (0/1), Yussuf Poulsen (0/15).

Borussia Dortmund Squad

Here is the full team squad of Borussia Dortmund. The 53 year-old Niko Kovac will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Alexander Meyer (0/2), Gregor Kobel (0/23), Almugera Kabar (0/4), Daniel Svensson (0/4), Filippo Mane (0/0), Julian Ryerson (1/20), Nico Schlotterbeck (0/21), Niklas Suele (0/8), Ramy Bensebaini (1/22), Waldemar Anton (0/17), Yan Couto (0/17), Carney Chukwuemeka (0/2), Emre Can (2/22), Felix Nmecha (2/19), Giovanni Reyna (2/14), Jamie Gittens (7/25), Julian Brandt (3/21), Kjell Waetjen (0/2), Marcel Sabitzer (0/22), Pascal Gross (0/23), Salih Oezcan (0/16), Cole Campbell (0/4), Julian Hettwer (0/0), Julien Duranville (0/10), Karim Adeyemi (3/16), Maximilian Beier (5/24), Serhou Guirassy (14/22).

RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund Team News

RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund Lineups

RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund H2H

RB Leipzig took a hit when Borussia Dortmund handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 4-1 win. RB Leipzig won five times, while Borussia Dortmund won five times of their last ten encounters, meaning not a single one of these ended in a stalemate. The home win gets you odds at 23/17 with the bookmakers, while the best betting odds on the visitors at full-time are at 9/5.

RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund Results

Goals should be expected when RB Leipzig welcome Borussia Dortmund as their previous ten matches have been very entertaining. Over 2.5 goals happened nine times. Best priced odds on over 2.5 goals are 4/7 at the bookmakers.

RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Benjamin Sesko, who is performing well for RB Leipzig. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Bundesliga outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Borussia Dortmund.The visitors will be looking to Serhou Guirassy to find the net once again, after managing six Bundesliga goals for Borussia Dortmund in recent matches.

RB Leipzig won six of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Red Bull Arena Leipzig. They drew two and lost two as well, while Borussia Dortmund won five of their last 10 games away. They drew one and lost four. Goals are usually flowing for RB Leipzig on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for Borussia Dortmund in their last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened five times. RB Leipzig managed an average of 2.1 goals, while Borussia Dortmund averaged 1.7 goals a game. RB Leipzig saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Borussia Dortmund played across all tournaments. They scored 1.7 times on average in the process.