Bayer Leverkusen vs RB Leipzig prediction, odds and how to watch

Bayer Leverkusen host RB Leipzig on Sunday carrying six absentees, a defence that has not kept a clean sheet in ten Bundesliga matches, and the memory of a 4-1 hammering of this same opponent in May. Leipzig arrive in the kind of form that makes comfortable predictions uncomfortable.

Como step into the UEFA Champions League for the first time, and RB Leipzig arrive in Italy carrying a significant injury list but enough quality to hurt any side that is not switched on from the first whistle.

RB Leipzig have been nearly unbeatable at home this season, winning their last five on the bounce, but a depleted squad and a Hamburg side carrying more xG threat than their results suggest means Sunday's fixture is not as straightforward as it looks on paper.

FC Augsburg host Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday carrying genuine home momentum and a tactical identity that could make this trickier than the standings suggest. The question is whether their structure holds against an opponent who averaged 69 per cent possession across their last ten home games.

Bayer Leverkusen host Union Berlin on Saturday looking to leverage one of the Bundesliga's most commanding home structures, but the data tells a more complicated story than the eye test might suggest.

Werder Bremen host RB Leipzig on Saturday carrying one of the Bundesliga's most troubling home records, but Leipzig arrive with their own demons on the road. Something has to give.

Ipswich Town have signed Argentina World Cup winner Exequiel Palacios from Bayer Leverkusen on a four-year deal, the headline arrival in a £150m summer spend that signals genuine top-flight ambition rather than survival mode.