RB Leipzig vs SV Elversberg Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent Bundesliga form

Leipzig's last four league matches have been a mixed bag: heavy home wins over Hamburger SV (5-0) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (3-0), either side of away defeats at Bayer Leverkusen (0-2) and Werder Bremen (1-3). Their cup form has looked sharper, with a 6-0 win at Eintracht Trier and a 4-1 away win over Como in Europe, though that's a different level of opposition.

RB Leipzig: 20 completed matches; SV Elversberg: 20 completed matches.

RB Leipzig

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

0% 0 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

43

Conceded

30

Difference

+13

SV Elversberg

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

55

Conceded

32

Difference

+23

Elversberg have been the more eye-catching of the two in the league. They beat Leverkusen 3-2 at home, then won 4-3 away at Gladbach, before drawing 0-0 at Schalke and losing 1-2 at home to Bayern. Games involving them so far haven't been short of goals.

Both sides have shown they can score and concede freely in these matches.

Comparative Team Statistics: RB Leipzig vs SV Elversberg

History between the two

The two clubs have only met twice on record, both back in the 2013-14 season in the third tier, with Leipzig winning both. That's well over a decade old and both clubs look completely different now, so it doesn't really tell us anything useful about this meeting.

Where they stand early season

After four games each, Elversberg sit on seven points from two wins, a draw and a defeat, while Leipzig have six points from two wins and two losses. The table here only covers these two clubs, so it doesn't tell us their exact league position, but it does show Elversberg currently have the better points return.

That's a decent early return for a side newly back among the Bundesliga's regulars, and it puts a bit of pressure on Leipzig to respond at home.

Elversberg go into this on the front foot points-wise, despite being the away side.

Key men in form

M. Krattenmacher has been Elversberg's main source of goals, with three in four appearances this season. For Leipzig, A. Nusa has two goals and two assists in his last four games, with T. Gomis also chipping in two assists.

RB Leipzig:

Best scorers:

A. Nusa - 2

Best assist providers:

A. Nusa - 2

T. Gomis - 2

Penalty cards:

A. Nusa x 2

SV Elversberg:

Best scorers:

M. Krattenmacher - 3

Penalty cards:

F. Keidel x 2

Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka x 1

On the disciplinary side, Nusa and Elversberg's F. Keidel have each picked up two yellow cards in that same stretch, worth keeping an eye on given how tight some of these matches have been.

A game that could have goals

Elversberg's league matches this season have produced scorelines like 3-2, 4-3 and 0-0, so they're rarely involved in something dull. Leipzig's home form has brought goals too, with 5-0 and 3-0 wins at their own ground, even if their away trips have looked leakier.

Put the two patterns together and this doesn't look like a fixture built for a cagey afternoon.

Goals at both ends look more likely than a quiet, low-scoring match.