RB Leipzig will be without striker Marc Guiu for their Bundesliga away match at Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday (15:30). The player sustained a left hamstring muscle injury in training.
The €15 million signing from Chelsea made his competitive debut for Leipzig in the 3-1 defeat at Werder Bremen and started the Champions League match against Como. His injury is another blow to coach Martin Demichelis's squad. Assan Ouédraogo is already out long-term following shoulder surgery, while last season's top scorer Christoph Baumgartner and new signing Rocco Reitz are also currently unavailable.
Demichelis expressed particular regret over Ouédraogo's situation. "It's a sad story," the Argentine said. Returns for Baumgartner and Reitz are only expected after the upcoming three-week international break.
Before the break, the difficult away fixture against seventh-placed Leverkusen awaits. RB Leipzig sit fifth in the Bundesliga with six points from three games, having scored nine goals and conceded three this season. Recent form, however, shows a split performance curve: after two away defeats to Bremen (3-1) and Como in the Champions League (4-1), a convincing 5-0 home win against HSV followed.
Demichelis stressed his team must shed this inconsistency. "We don't want to be a team with two faces," the coach said. His aim is to create chances effectively and to be dominant. The full schedule for the Red Bulls in the coming weeks can be found on the fixtures page.
In the 5-0 win over HSV, goals came from Tidiam Gomis, Antonio Nusa, Willi Orbán, Christopher Nkunku and Rômulo. Nusa is currently the team's top scorer this season with two goals. The team aims to carry the positive momentum from that game to secure their first away win of the season at the BayArena. The squad list status is documented under squad.
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