RB Leipzig is at the moment in third place within the Bundesliga behind Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund with simply three matches left to play. They can not mathematically leapfrog both Bayern or Dortmund, but when they don’t get the precise outcomes, they might slip out of the highest 4, and thus, a Champions League qualifying spot. Each Union Berlin and SC Freiburg are just one level behind Leipzig in fifth and sixth place, respectively, and Leipzig nonetheless has to journey to the Allianz Enviornment to tackle Bayern in one in every of their remaining matches.
To this point this season, from the 2 conferences between Bayern and RB Leipzig to this point, Bayern received the DFL-Supercup 5-3, whereas the Hinrunde assembly within the Bundesliga between the 2 sides completed 1-1, although it technically got here after the World Cup and winter break. Either side have had their fare share of tumultuous spells this season, with Leipzig having to interchange their supervisor for the second time in as many seasons when Marco Rose got here in for Demeico Tedesco, who had changed Jesse Marsch final season. For Bayern, they made the choice to interchange Julian Nagelsmann with Thomas Tuchel for what they mentioned have been purely sporting causes, feeling that Nagelsmann wasn’t fairly assembly their expectations.
To return full circle, the conflict between Bayern and Leipzig on the penultimate match day of the Bundesliga season bears a lot significance for either side. For Bayern, their eleventh straight Meisterschale hangs within the stability and for Leipzig, Champions League qualification hangs within the stability simply weeks earlier than the DFB-Pokal ultimate towards Eintracht Frankfurt in Berlin.
In an interview with Sport Bild, Leipzig midfielder Emil Forsberg was requested in regards to the prospect of beating Bayern and with the ability to probably aide in another person successful the Bundesliga title for the primary time in 11 seasons; it could be Dortmund if Bayern do drop factors. For now, the Swede mentioned he’s solely centered on holding Leipzig in a Champions League spot and making certain they finish the season there. “I wish to beat Bayern so we qualify for the Champions League. Dortmund should do the remaining themselves. If it occurs, then BVB would have deserved it,” he diplomatically mentioned (by way of @iMiaSanMia).
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For Dortmund, their remaining matches are towards Borussia Monchengladbach, FC Augsburg, and Mainz whereas Bayern has Schalke, Leipzig, and FC Koln left. On paper, each of these fixtures’ lists are nearly equal, however each Dortmund and Bayern have proven that they’ll slip up and drop factors the place they actually shouldn’t be. Something may occur with three match weeks left to play.
