Match Preview & Prediction
Domenico Tedesco’s Bundesliga upstarts RB Leipzig are in the midst of a torrid time in the top flight of German football as they come into their opening clash in this season’s Champions League when they welcome Ukrainian domestic juggernaut Shakhtar Donetsk to Saxony.

Die Roten Bullen have managed just one win in five fixtures this season under the former FC Schalke 04 headmaster and come into their midweek fixture on the back of a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of last season’s Europa League winners and fellow Bundesliga antagonist Eintracht Frankfurt.

Frustratingly, Leipzig has already surrendered nine goals in the young 2022-23 season despite holding on to key defensive stalwarts while also adding David Raum and Abdou Diallo into the senior ranks while still boasting attacking options consisting of Christopher Nkunku, André Silva, Emile Forsberg, Dominik Szoboszlai, Dani Olmo, and the returning Timo Werner.

A 2-0 win against VfL Wolfsburg on match day four remains the only points the club has picked up this season and though they have the joy of starting another European campaign in front of home support tomorrow evening, visiting Shakhtar will hardly be a pushover.

Hirnyky has started strongly on the domestic front, picking up seven points from a possible nine on offer while keeping a clean sheet in each domestic fixture but those results have come without the usual attacking threat that Shakhtar historically possesses, with just two goals to their name thus far.

That, combined with Leipzig’s goalscoring efforts often coming down to Nkunku, could present the Ukrainian side with a chance of sharing the spoils away from home with the likes of Arsenal-linked Mykhaylo Mudryk offering a serious threat on the counter. They will have to be wary of what Leipzig can do should they shake the cobwebs off, however, with the Saxons fully capable of lighting up the scoreboard if they finally find their footing.

Prediction: RB Leipzig 1-1 Shakhtar Donetsk



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比赛预览和预测
多梅尼科·特德斯科的德甲新贵莱比锡正处于德国足坛顶级联赛的火热时期，他们迎来了本赛季欧冠的首战，届时他们将迎来乌克兰国内强队顿涅茨克矿工队来到萨克森。

在这位前沙尔克04校长的带领下，“铁人军团”本赛季在5场比赛中只取得了1场胜利，在周中的比赛中，他们以4-0大胜上赛季的欧联杯冠军和德甲对手法兰克福。

令人沮丧的是，莱比锡在年轻的2022-23赛季已经丢掉了9个进球，尽管留住了关键的防守主力，同时引进了大卫·劳姆和阿卜杜·迪亚洛，同时仍然拥有包括克里斯托弗·恩昆库、André席尔瓦、埃米尔·福斯伯格、Dominik Szoboszlai、Dani Olmo和回归的提莫·维尔纳在内的进攻阵容。

在第四个比赛日2-0战胜沃尔夫斯堡仍然是俱乐部本赛季获得的唯一积分，尽管他们很高兴明天晚上在主场球迷的支持下开始另一场欧洲之旅，但来访的矿工将很难被击败。

赫尼基在国内的开局非常强劲，在每场国内比赛都没有失球的情况下，从可能的9分中拿到了7分，但这些成绩并没有像矿工队历史上那样拥有通常的进攻威胁，到目前为止他们只进了两球。

再加上莱比锡经常在恩昆库的比赛中取得进球，乌克兰球队有机会在客场与与阿森纳有联系的穆德雷克等人分享胜利，穆德雷克在反击中提供了严重的威胁。然而，他们必须警惕莱比锡在摆脱蜘蛛网后能做些什么，因为如果最终找到立足之地，撒克逊人完全有能力点燃比分板。

预测:莱比锡1-1顿涅茨克矿工