Leipzig take on the visitors Red Bull Salzburg at the Red Bull Arena the Round 1 of the UEFA Europa League Group B. The match will be played in the eponymous city Leipzig on Thursday, September 20th.
Leipzig went through some Europa League qualification rounds before getting to the group stage of the tournament. In the second qualification round Die Bullen beat Hacken from Sweden (4-0, 1-1). In the third qualification round they went through the weak U Craiova 1948 from Romania (3-1, 1-1). In the qualification play-offs the team of Ralf Rangnick beat the strong Zorya Luhansk from Ukraine with a real struggle especially in the second leg fixture (0-0, 3-2). In their last three matches Leipzig beat Hannover 96 with a 3-2 score, Zaglebie with a 1-0 score and drew against Fortuna Dusseldorf with a 1-1 score.
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Red Bull Salzburg lost in the Champions League qualification play-offs to Red Star Belgrade which was a shock for many because Die Roten Bullen were considered a favourite in that pair. In the first leg match against the Serbians they drew with a 0-0 score on the away side. In the second leg match the team of Marco Rose drew with a 2-2 score and got knocked out to the Europa League because of the away goal rule. Before that the team had beaten Shkendija from Macedonia in the third qualification round of the UEFA Champions League (3-0, 1-0). In their last three matches Red Bull Salzburg beat St. Polten with a 3-1 score, Admira with the same 3-1 score and drew against Red Star Belgrade with a 2-2 score.
The only fixture between Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg happened in 2015 when a 3-3 draw was settled. The upcoming match will be a very hard one for both teams and they should score a lot of goals.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 goals scored.
