RB Leipzig hosts Istanbul Basaksehir in round 1 of the Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Tuesday, October 20th at Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)
The Leipzig Bulls set a higher bar in the last season, having managed to reach the Champions League semifinals, where they lost to PSG. And Julian Nagelsmann's team is ready for new achievements in the new season. At the start of the new Bundesliga, RB Leipzig demonstrates confident and powerful football. It stumbled only in the away match with Bayer (1:1), while Mainz (3:1), Schalke 04 (4:0), and Augsburg (2:0) were confidently beaten. Now Nagelsmann's team is the sole leader, outranking Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund by one point.
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Istanbul Basaksehir achieved historic success in the last championship, having won the first-ever title in the Turkish Super League. But the start of the new season did not go well for Okan Buruk's team. The visitors did not score a single goal in the first four rounds, losing to Hatayspor, Galatasaray, and Karagyumruk with the same 0:2 score. And the match with Goztepe ended in a goalless draw. Only after the October pause for the matches of the national teams, Buruk's men beat Trabzonspor away (2:0). Fortunately, Basaksehir did not have to play in the Champions League qualification, so its debut in the most prestigious club tournament in Europe did not slip out.
The Turks look very vulnerable at the beginning of this season. It is not apparent that the victory over Trabzonspor signalized about the recovery of Basaksehir since the team from Trabzon is very unstable at the start of the season. RB Leipzig should win this match with a confident goal difference.
Prediction for the match: RB Leipzig to win with -2.0 handicap
