Leipzig stubbornly continue to assert their status in European football. Judge for yourself. The team plays quite successfully in the German Bundesliga including this season, where it is one of the leaders of the championship. On the eve of the bulls gave a real fight to Bavaria on the road, although they did not manage to keep the winning score, having a 3:3 draw. In the last Champions League Leipzig has so far achieved the best result in its history. Julian Nagelsmann’s team reached the semifinals of the tournament, where they gave way to PSG. Whether the German club will be able to repeat the success in the current draw depends on the result of this match. The situation for Leipzig is as follows. Together with their future rival and PSG, the bulls scored nine points each, but are in third place in terms of additional indicators. There are several options for the development of the situation in the group, but the simplest one is a victory in this match, which will definitely take the bulls to the playoffs. The Germans may be satisfied with a draw, but PSG needs to give way to Bashakshehir in a parallel match, which is hard to believe. The bulls played extremely unsuccessfully with their future rival on the road. At Old Trafford they lost with a crushing score of 0:5. However, they also lost away to another competitor, to PSG (0:2). They were close to losing points in the away match against Basaksehir, but managed to put the squeeze on the Turks in the added time, the score is 4:3. At home, the situation is much more optimistic. At their home arena Leipzig beat both Bashakshehir (2:0) and PSG (2:1) in the quartet. In general, they lost only one of the previous seven matches in the Champions League at their home stadium. Due to disqualification, Dayo Upamecano will not be able to help. Benjamin Henriks, Konrad Laimer and Lucas Klostermann are injured.
Krasnodar made their debut in the group stage of the Champions League this season and immediately managed to get points. In the first round, the bulls snatched a 1:1 draw from Rennes away, having managed to win back. However, in the next three matches Murad Musaev’s team could not take a single point, although it showed quite solid football in each of the two matches lost to Sevilla. In the last round Krasnodar did what fans and management expected of it. To win the third line and get into the playoffs of the Europa League, the bulls had to beat Rennes, which was done. The only goal in that meeting was marked by Marcus Berg. In the Premier League Krasnodar’s situation is more than difficult. After 17 rounds it is only eighth in the table and is already 11 points behind the Champions League zone. In the last round they managed to defeat Rotor with a score of 5:0. This is the second home victory of the Bulls in a row.
