Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th December 2023

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

Borussia Dortmund are placed fiveth with 25 points after 13 matches. RB Leipzig occupy a position as fourth in the league on 26 points.

The two sides seem evenly matched, but Borussia Dortmund can leapfrog RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga table with a win this coming Saturday. They will, of course, be extremely eager to do just that, the question is, how will the visitors respond to the threat?

Borussia Dortmund show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.2 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 22 goals, whilst they allowed 17 goals against, for an average of 1.7 per outing. They pulled off two clean sheets.

RB Leipzig scored 21 goals, conceded nine and held on for a clean sheet in four of their last ten matches.

Borussia Dortmund triumphed in a 2-1 win against RB Leipzig, the last time they faced off. However, RB Leipzig secured a 3-0 win in the match before that.

While RB Leipzig had a free midweek, Dortmund travelled down to Stuttgart only to get dumped out of the cup. They need to show a reaction here, but things are not great for Borussia.

Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig Prediction

Borussia Dortmund Form

Borussia Dortmund claimed four points to their account in the last three matches, where they won 1-3 against AC Milan, followed by a 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen. Their latest game against VfB Stuttgart resulted in a 2-0 defeat. Borussia Dortmund won four of their last six Bundesliga matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded ten and scored 12 goals.

RB Leipzig Form

RB Leipzig collected one win from their last three matches, as Wolfsburg won by 2-1. Manchester City were too strong as well, winning 3-2, before RB Leipzig won 2-1 against FC Heidenheim. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, RB Leipzig have three wins, they've drawn zero and lost one three. They scored ten while also conceding eight times. They also experienced zero draws and three defeats.

Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig looks like an equal match, and it is difficult to separate one from the other currently, which makes the draw seem worth a punt.

Borussia Dortmund earned four points from their last four matches against teams inside the top six. They claimed one wins, following five goals scored while also conceding eight. Borussia Dortmund are looking at a record of seven wins, four draws and two defeats in the Bundesliga this season. RB Leipzig have eight wins, two draws and three defeats in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig Squads

Borussia Dortmund Squad

The 41-year-old Terzic will select the starting eleven against RB Leipzig from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Alexander Meyer (0/1), Gregor Kobel (0/13), Marcel Lotka (0/0), Julian Ryerson (3/10), Mateu Morey (0/0), Mats Hummels (2/12), Nico Schlotterbeck (1/12), Niklas Suele (0/8), Ramy Bensebaini (0/10), Abdoulaye Kamara (0/0), Emre Can (1/10), Felix Nmecha (0/10), Giovanni Reyna (0/5), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (1/5), Julian Brandt (4/13), Marcel Sabitzer (2/10), Marco Reus (3/11), Marius Wolf (0/11), Ole Pohlmann (0/0), Salih Oezcan (0/8), Thomas Meunier (0/1), Donyell Malen (4/12), Julien Duranville (0/0), Karim Adeyemi (0/10), Niclas Fuellkrug (4/13), Sebastien Haller (0/9), Youssoufa Moukoko (1/8).

RB Leipzig Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 47 year-old RB Leipzig manager Rose will select his starting XI from these players:

Janis Blaswich (0/13), Leopold Zingerle (0/0), Peter Gulacsi (0/0), Timo Schlieck (0/0), Benjamin Henrichs (1/12), Castello Lukeba (1/12), Christopher Lenz (0/5), David Raum (2/13), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (0/0), Lukas Klostermann (0/10), Mohamed Simakan (0/13), Tim Koehler (0/0), Willi Orban (0/3), Amadou Haidara (0/7), Christoph Baumgartner (2/12), Emil Forsberg (1/11), Fabio Carvalho (0/7), Ilaix Moriba (0/0), Kevin Kampl (1/10), Nicolas Seiwald (0/5), Xaver Schlager (0/12), Xavi Simons (4/13), Benjamin Sesko (3/10), Dani Olmo (2/5), Ikoma Lois Openda (10/13), Timo Werner (2/8), Yussuf Poulsen (2/12).

Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig Team News

Borussia Dortmund are looking at up to six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their home match against RB Leipzig on Saturday. There is no need for Marcel Lotka to show up in the Borussia Dortmund dressing room, as he is suspended.

Giovanni Reyna, Sebastien Haller, Felix Nmecha, Julien Duranville and Julien Duranville take up space in the treatment room and won't be eligible to be called up for home side Borussia Dortmund, when they face RB Leipzig this coming Saturday.

RB Leipzig have five on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Borussia Dortmund this coming Saturday.

Timo Werner, Dani Olmo, Willi Orban, El Chadaille Bitshiabu and Amadou Haidara all face a spell on the sidelines for RB Leipzig due to various injuries.

Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig Lineups

Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig H2H

Borussia Dortmund won 2-1 against RB Leipzig, whereas RB Leipzig claimed a 3-0 win in their most recent matches. A draw might be high-priced, but nevertheless seems fairly unlikely, judging by their ten recent outings against each other. Borussia Dortmund managed five wins, while RB Leipzig grabbed all three points four times in these ten matches. Picking the home win gets you odds at 17/11 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 3/2.

Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only two times in ten matches between Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/9 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig Betting Tips

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

Borussia Dortmund claimed all three points seven times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. RB Leipzig won six of their last 10 games away, while drawing zero and losing four in this series of matches. Who'll impose themselves on the match first at Signal Iduna Park on Saturday? Borussia Dortmund scored the opening goal seven times in 10 home games, while RB Leipzig did it in seven of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times from a possible ten encounters between Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig, as Borussia Dortmund averaged two goals per game. RB Leipzig served up an average of 1.7 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times over the same period. In the past ten matches for Borussia Dortmund across all competitions, over 2.5 goals happened in five times of them with an average of 1.6 goals goals scored by themselves. Over 2.5 goals appeared in eight of the last ten matches that RB Leipzig played across all tournaments. They scored 2.2 times on average in the process.