Rosenborg take on the visitors Leipzig at the Lerkendal Stadion in the Round 2 of the UEFA Europa League Group B. The match will be played in Trondheim on Thursday, October 4th.
In the Round 1 fixture of the UEFA Europa League Group B Rosenborg faced the favourite of the group Celtic and lost to them with a 0-1 score. Thereby they are on the last place in the group with zero points to their credit at the moment. In the Europa League qualification rounds the Trollongan won all of their matches in front of their home crowd, they scored six goals in those matches and conceded only one. Overall, the team of Rini Coolen has been looking very solid and has been rarely losing in their home games this season. In their last three matches Rosenborg lost to Molde, beat Valerenga with a 2-0 score in the quarterfinals of the NM Cup and Sarpsborg with a 3-1 score.
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In the Round 1 fixture of the UEFA Europa League Group B Leipzig lost to Red Bull Salzburg with a 2-3 score. That defeat was unexpected for the Germans. Die Roten Bullen were losing with a 0-2 score in the course of that match, they scored two goals in return but conceded the crucial goal on the last minutes of the game in the end. Thereby they are on the third place in the Group B with zero points to their credit at the moment. Overall, the team of Ralf Rangnick has been in a good shape lately, they have been undefeated for three Bundesliga fixtures in a row. On the away fields particularly they have gotten four points out of six possible in their previous two away Bundesliga games. In their last three matches Leipzig beat Hoffenheim with a 2-1 score, Stuttgart with a 2-0 score and drew against Eintracht Frankfurt with a 1-1 score.
Rosenberg and Leipzig have never faced each other before. The upcoming fixture will be the first one between them in history. Without a doubt Die Roten Bullen are levels above the Trollongan but the hosting side will have a home crowd advantage on Thursday. The team of Rini Coolen has been looking really good in front of their home crowd lately, it is possible that they will be able to even get some points in the upcoming fixture. They will not lose with more than +1.0 handicap against Leipzig at least.
Prediction for the match: Rosenborg to win with +1.0 handicap.
