Tactical Analysis: Cologne vs. RB Leipzig

To wrap up Matchday 29 in the Bundesliga, Champions League hopefuls RB Leipzig visited Cologne at an empty RheinEnergieStadion. The hosts were looking to pick up their first win in the league since the restart, whilst Leipzig were aiming to stretch their unbeaten run in the league to 10 games. The pressure was firmly on the visitors coming into Monday’s match, as close rivals Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen both picked up respective wins, meaning Leipzig had to pick up a result in order to move back into the top four of the Bundesliga.

Despite a chaotic encounter that was played at an extremely high tempo, Leipzig ran out 4-2 winners, overcoming a stern opposition to reenter the top four and close the gap on second place Borussia Dortmund to just two points.

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