AFP, Berlin :
Marcel Sabitzer expects fireworks when RB Leipzig host Bayern Munich in the German Cup on Wednesday, the first of two games in four days between the Bundesliga heavyweights.
Hosts Leipzig hope to capitalise on Bayern’s injury list with stars Manuel Neuer, Thomas Mueller and Franck Ribery sidelined.
Germany defender Mats Hummels, who injured his ankle at the weekend, faces a race against time to be fit for both the second-round cup clash at Leipzig’s Red Bull Arena and the league match four days later in Munich.
The Bundesliga clash on Saturday is also a mouth-watering prospect with just a point separating third-placed Leipzig and Bayern, who are second.
Leipzig’s home cup match against Bayern is the plum tie of the second round, which includes holders Borussia Dortmund at third-division Magdeburg on Tuesday.
“We’re in the flow. The fans can look forward to some fireworks,” said Leipzig’s Sabitzer, the match-winner in Saturday’s 1-0 league victory against Stuttgart.
Leipzig’s CEO Oliver Mintzlaff was more reserved, insisting Bayern “are in a class of their own with a top squad full of world-class players” even without their injured stars.
“We’ll need a perfect day, but we believe in ourselves and want to show again that we are good for a surprise,” he added.
