The German TOP16 round is continuing on Wednesday night and the first game of the day is going to be between RB Leipzig and Hoffenheim. Both teams met in November when Leipzig won 3:1. They dominated the ball control (63% to 37%), had more shots (17 to 11) and on goal (8 to 3), as well as much better xGA (1.71 to 0.93). In this game, I'm predicting that Leipzig will win.

The season in Germany restarted just a few weeks back. Leipzig has played very well as they drew against Bayern (1:1) and recorded wins against Schalke (6:1) and Stuttgart (2:1). Leipzig is the best Bundesliga home team with 7 wins in 9 games, a total of 22 goals scored (2nd best in the league) and 7 conceded (best in league). The team is expected to score 1.77 goals at home (6th best) and concede 1.08 (2nd best).

Hoffenheim hasn't played the best football in recent weeks. They restarted the season with a loss against Union Berlin (1:3), which was followed by a 2:2 draw against Stuttgart, and just a few days ago they lost to Gladbach at home (1:4). Overall, the team has performed not so great on the road as they have just 8 points in 8 road games, a total of 12 goals scored and 13 conceded. The team is expected to score 1.27 goals on the road and concede 1.61 goals.

Leipzig probably is going to be without Dani Olmo who was subbed at half-time of his side's win against Stuttgart due to a hamstring injury. Abdou Diallo, Peter Gulasci and Christopher Nkunku all remain unavailable for Leipzig while Hoffenheim is going to miss a lot of players as well. Attacker Timo Werner has 6 goal contributions in nine league starts for RB Leipzig while Hungarian midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has 11 goal contributions in 14 league starts.

In 14 head-to-head encounters between the two sides, RB Leipzig has won 8 games. Leipzig started the season badly but under Marco Rose, the team has played well, and the team looks like one of the best in Germany. Hoffenheim sold talented young attacker Georginio Rutter to Leeds United so they are without one important player. Based on recent performances, Leipzig has been a way better team and should advanced to the next round.

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德国16强赛将在周三晚上继续进行，今天的第一场比赛将在莱比锡RB和霍芬海姆之间进行。两队在11月相遇，莱比锡3:1获胜。他们在控球方面占主导地位(63%比37%)，射门次数(17比11)和正射次数(8比3)更多，xGA(1.71比0.93)也更好。在这场比赛中，我预测莱比锡会赢。

德国的赛季刚刚在几周前重新开始。莱比锡踢得非常好，他们1:1逼平了拜仁，6:1赢了沙尔克和2:1赢了斯图加特。莱比锡是德甲主场表现最好的球队，9场比赛7胜，共进22球(联赛第二)，丢7球(联赛第一)。球队在主场的进球数为1.77球(排名第六)，失球数为1.08球(排名第二)。

霍芬海姆最近几周踢得不是很好。他们以1:3负于柏林联合(Union Berlin)重新开始赛季，随后2:2战平斯图加特，就在几天前，他们在主场1:4负于格拉德巴赫(Gladbach)。总的来说，这支球队在客场的表现不是很好，他们在8场客场比赛中只拿到了8分，总共进了12球，丢了13球。球队预计在客场打进1.27球，丢1.61球。

莱比锡可能会失去奥尔莫，他在球队战胜斯图加特的比赛中由于腿筋受伤在半场休息时被换下。阿卜杜·迪亚洛，彼得·古拉斯奇和克里斯托弗·恩昆库都无法在莱比锡出场，而霍芬海姆也将错过很多球员。前锋蒂莫·维尔纳在莱比锡的9次联赛首发中贡献了6个进球，而匈牙利中场多米尼克·绍博斯莱在14次联赛首发中贡献了11个进球。

在双方14次正面交锋中，莱比锡RB赢了8场。莱比锡本赛季开局不佳，但在马可·罗斯的带领下，球队表现不错，这支球队看起来是德国最好的球队之一。霍芬海姆将才华横溢的年轻攻击手乔治尼奥·拉特卖给了利兹联，所以他们缺少了一名重要的球员。从最近的表现来看，莱比锡是一支更好的球队，应该能晋级下一轮。