However, Leipzig showed plenty of resolve in midweek by earning a crucial victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

The Parisians were without Neymar and Kylian Mbappe due to injury, with Idrissa Gueye and Presnel Kimpembe both seeing red in the second half, but Christopher Nkunku and Emil Forsberg 's strikes gave the Germans a deserved win which ensures that qualification to the knockout stages for a second successive season remains in their hands.

Christian Streich 's side, meanwhile, are without a win since beating Stuttgart on the opening day of the season. They looked like ending that barren run when taking the lead against Bayer Leverkusen last weekend, with Lucas Holer giving the hosts the lead in only the third minute with his first goal of the season.

That lead looked to have doubled when Holer picked out Jonathan Schmid , who superbly volleyed into the top corner, but Holer was adjudged to have been offside when originally played through.

Freiburg's bad luck doubled when Sven Bender 's red card for pulling back Holer as he attempted to race through was downgraded to a yellow card, with Edmond Tapsoba clearly covering his centre-half partner on the replay.

Lucas Alario turned the game on its head, capitalising on a sloppy backpass by Nicolas Hofler to fire past Florian Muller before another poor Hofler pass on the edge of his area allowed Alario to bag his second brace in two matches after a fine cutback by Lars Bender.

The usually reliable Hofler certainly had a match to forget, with another loose pass punished by Nadiem Amiri 's superb strike from outside of the penalty area after the Leverkusen midfielder cleverly jinked back onto his preferred right foot.

Any hopes of gaining a result after Nils Petersen bundled home from close range were quickly extinguished by Jonathan Tah 's powerful header from a corner earning the visitors a victory in a hugely entertaining affair.

On the face of it, Freiburg's poor form would make travelling to Leipzig seem a very unpalatable proposition, but Streich's side did gain four points from the two sides' meetings last season so will understandably feel they have a chance of gaining a positive result.

Nagelsmann remains without defensive options Lukas Klostermann knee , Marcel Halstenberg muscular and Konrad Laimer ankle , with midfielder Fabrice Hartmann still out with a ruptured knee ligament.

The year-old is likely to restore midweek goalscorers Forsberg and Nkunku to the league starting XI after Sorloth and year-old Lazar Samardzic started in their place in the defeat to Gladbach.

Streich, meanwhile, is without Janik Haberer due to an ankle injury, with goalkeeper Mark Flekken also out with an elbow issue.

The year-old may be tempted to hand Petersen a start alongside Holer in an attempt to threaten a vulnerable Leipzig defensive line.

We expect Leipzig to use the midweek win over PSG as an important confidence boost on their way to a narrow victory here.

Freiburg looked good offensively against Leverkusen and with a bit more luck in their favour easily could have won on another day, but Leipzig should control the game more efficiently than Peter Bosz 's side.

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By Brett Curtis 1mo. Sports Mole previews the Bundesliga match between RB Leipzig and Freiburg, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

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Going to Leipzig won't be easy, but a draw would feel like a victory. Freiburg conceded multiple goals in just one of their last five games in the league.

Timo Werner scores twice and the hosts cruise to victory to put pressure on the top two. Pick: RB Leipzig 3, Freiburg 0.

So who should you back in the Bundesliga on Matchweek 26? And where does all the betting value lie? This was Sabitzer's second of the season, having also scored a penalty against Hertha Berlin.

Another in-swinging corner from Günter, and this time Höfler gets a header on it at the near post.

It's flying into the net, but Gulacsi reacts superbly to keep it out. It's a bitter blow for the away side, who had been the better side in the second half.

Situation Penalty. Review Foul? Decision Penalty. Nkunku is brought down from behind by Höfler, and it's a penalty for the home side!

Freiburg also make two substitutions, as Grifo and Schmid come on in an attacking move, with Santamaria and Kübler making way.

His header is on target, but it lacks power and precision, and it's a comfortable save for Gulacsi. Gulde is arriving at the near post, but is just beaten to the ball by Orban, who clears.

Gulde holds his head in anguish - he knows he was close to that and it could have been an equaliser. Angelino floats a cross to the back post and Sabitzer gets to it, but his shot from a tight angle is blocked.

He tries to cut the ball back to the mear post, where Poulsen is lurking, but Lienhart reads the danger and pokes it out for a corner.