Tottenham vs RB Leipzig Betting Predictions and Odds

Tottenham welcomes Leipzig to a duel at high level! Read below our full Tottenham vs RB Leipzig betting predictions & odds – Champions League 2020!

Crackling game at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: The Spurs receive RB Leipzig for a long-awaited duel in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League. For Leipzig a real touchstone in Europe, and a historic game too. Because RB is for the first time in the still young club history in the round of 16 of the Champions League.

Tottenham vs RB Leipzig Betting Predictions and Odds

Competition: Tottenham vs RB Leipzig

Competition: Champions League

Date: Feb 19, 2020

Betting Tips 1

Odds: 2.45

Stake: 3/10 units

 

In the first knockout game in the premier class, the match against the previous year’s finalists, who recently managed to stabilize under new coach José Mourinho.

An absolute highlight game for the Leipzig team, in an absolute highlight arena against a really well-known opponent. Identifying outsiders and favorites in this game is not that easy.

At first glance you would think that last year’s finalist from London should actually be favored against the newcomers from the Bundesliga, but far from it – at least the betting providers and betting fans see it differently.

Tottenham – Statistics & current form

Tottenham’s shape curve under José Mourinho points upwards. The Spurs won their last three league games in a row, at the weekend there was an important 3-2 away win at Aston Villa – including the winner in the 94th minute!

Thanks to this threesome, Tottenham is in close contact with the Champions League, is fifth just one point behind fourth-placed Chelsea (who can only play on Monday evening and win four points again by winning).

The CL qualification is the declared goal of the North Londoners, just like of course the entry into the quarterfinals. Of course, it would be important to have a good first leg result in front of a home crowd – from Mourinho’s point of view: one to zero.

Only three “to zero” under Mourinho

As always, the Portuguese will focus on his defensive, Mourinho traditionally wants to avoid a goal at home at all costs.

Anyone who believes that the Spurs will succeed should recommend the tip “No” for the bet type “both teams to score“ at Tottenham vs RB Leipzig. The odds here are lucrative 2.40.

In the new home, the Spurs are strong, in the Premier League they rank fourth in the home table with eight wins from 13 home games – with at least three losses. But be careful: In Leipzig, a strong troop comes to London, the Saxons won six of their eleven Bundesliga games abroad, scoring an astonishing 25 goals. This makes them the second strongest Bundesliga team on the opponent’s place and also the second goal-hungry – both behind FC Bayern Munich.

Mourinho’s defensive will therefore be a difficult task. And that Spurs defensive isn’t the most steadfast anyway, extremely surprising for a Mourinho team: Because the Spurs only played three times to zero in 20 games under the Portuguese star coach. In addition, the failure of Kane is of course extremely painful.

Probable lineups of Tottenham:
↳ Lloris – Aurier, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen – Winks, Dier, Alli – Moura, Son, Bergwijn

Last games from Tottenham:

⚽️ 02/16/2020 – Aston Villa vs. Tottenham 2: 3 (Premier League)
⚽️ 02/05/2020 – Tottenham vs. Southampton 3-2 (FA Cup)
⚽️ 02.02.2020 – Tottenham vs. Manchester City 2-0 (Premier League)
⚽️ 01/25/2020 – Southampton vs. Tottenham 1-1 (FA Cup)
⚽️ 01/22/2020 – Tottenham vs. Norwich City 2-1 (Premier League)

RB Leipzig – Statistics & current form

The defense of Tottenham Hotspur will have a lot to do as mentioned on Wednesday, because Leipzig is extremely attacking. 25 away goals abroad in the league and 56 league goals in total speak a clear language.

Julian Nagelsmann’s team is designed to score goals and will certainly want to score the all-important away goal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, at least. How RBL will tackle this is an exciting question, because Nagelsmann has a lot to offer tactically. For example, the 32-year-old could set up his team with either a three or four chain, the trainer recently tried out a few things.

Against Bremen (3-0) and Bayern (0-0) Leipzig started in 3-5-2 and 3-4-3 respectively, new signing Angeliño gave the wing-back on the left wing. It is also quite possible that Nagelsmann will switch to the familiar chain of four at the Spurs, then Halstenberg should start as usual on the back left. At the very front, the question arises: which attacker starts and how many are deployed?

Chic or Poulsen in the starting XI?

Timo Werner is seated, but next to him there is the big question mark. Patrik Schick could start in a two-man storm, as could Yussuf Poulsen.

Dani Olmo and Christopher Nkunku also have legitimate hopes of being on the pitch from the start – they could be considered for a role on the grand piano or on the ten. Emil Forsberg could also start here.

Nagelsmann therefore has many tactical and system-technical variation options, and can also at least aggressively draw on the full. Ibrahima Konate (torn muscle) and Willi Orban (knee surgery) are still missing in the defense, in midfield RB has to do without Tyler Adams (torn muscle) and Kevin Kampl (training deficit).

All these different tactical lineups make the Leipzig team extremely unpredictable, certainly also a reason why the odds are balanced three-way across the board at Tottenham vs RB Leipzig. If you want to have an overview of the best betting odds of the different betting providers, we recommend the comparison of the betting base odds.

Probable lineup of RB Leipzig:
↳ Gulacsi – Mukiele, Upamecano, Klostermann, Halstenberg – Laimer, Sabitzer, Nkunku, Forsberg – Werner, Schick

Last games from RB Leipzig:

⚽️ 02/15/2020 – RB Leipzig vs. Werder Bremen 3-0 (Bundesliga)
⚽️ 02/09/2020 – Bayern vs. RB Leipzig 0: 0 (Bundesliga)
⚽️ 04.02.2020 – Frankfurt vs. RB Leipzig 3: 1 (DFB Cup)
⚽️ 02/01/2020 – RB Leipzig vs. Gladbach 2: 2 (Bundesliga)
⚽️ 01/25/2020 – Frankfurt vs. RB Leipzig 2: 0 (Bundesliga)

Tottenham vs RB Leipzig Direct comparison

It is the first meeting ever between Tottenham and Leipzig, no wonder given the young club history of the Saxons.

Leipzig also meets an English club for the first time in Europe, while the Spurs meet a Bundesliga club for the second time in a row in the first CL knockout round – the year before, Lilywhites eliminated Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16.

In the group stage, the Spurs were second in Group B behind FC Bayern Munich, while Leipzig was the first to finish Group G ahead of Olympique Lyon.

As usual, the group winners have home rights in the second round in the second leg, which is why they will be presented first at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday, a small advantage for the Bundesliga team.

In the group phase, Leipzig suffered only one defeat in a group with Lyon, Benfica Lisbon and Zenit St. Petersburg, the Spurs conceded two – both against FC Bayern Munich, including a disgraceful 2-7 home embarrassment.

Tottenham vs RB Leipzig Betting Predictions and Odds by PicksSoccer.com

Tottenham vs RB Leipzig is a surprise bag, so a tip is not easy. You can dare a prediction: goals will be scored – after all, both teams are attacking and the defensive lines are anything but firm. Many tipsters believe that, which is why the odds for “Both teams to score a goal” against Tottenham against RB Leipzig are 1.50 on average.

At the front, there is the strength of the Londoners, at the back is the Achilles’ heel. It sounds paradoxical, since José Mourinho stands for staid defensive football, but under him the Spurs just can’t get the defense tight, as only three-to-zero games in 20 games show.

⭐️ Tottenham vs RB Leipzig Betting odds & other interesting bets at a glance:

🔹 Betting Prediction: Over 2.5 goals
🔸 Odds: 1.66
🔹 Betting Prediction: Under 2.5 goals
🔸 Odds: 2.20

🔹 Betting Prediction: Both teams to score/ YES
🔸 Odds: 1.53
🔹 Betting Prediction: Both teams to score/ NO
🔸 Odds: 2.37

The same applies to RB Leipzig. An entertaining and exciting exchange of blows can be assumed – at least if you can believe the statistics on paper.

Of course, you should keep in mind that there are also some tactics in first leg matches, and Mourinho’s main focus, of course, is on keeping zero.

The big question is whether his shaky defense will succeed. It will also be exciting to see how Leipzig will be able to cope with the pressure on the big Champions League stage, after all it is the first knockout game for the Saxons in the most prestigious competition in the world.

The bottom line is that we are assuming an entertaining game in which the Spurs will be just ahead in the end. At Tottenham against RB Leipzig, our prediction is therefore: home victory of the Mourinho team. We think the odds of 2.40 on average are good value.

Game: Tottenham vs RB Leipzig
Competition: Champions League round of 16
Date: Feb 19, 2020
Betting Prediction: 1
Odds: 2.45
Stake: 3/10 units