red bulls

Las Vegas - Gonna swing back over to Germany and check in on a Bundesliga match between RB Leipzig and TSG Hoffenheim. The Red Bulls from Leipzig are sitting in the third slot with 59 points, and on track for a spot in the UEFA Champions League. However, both Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer 04 Leverkusen with 56 points each, are still making life uncomfortable.

Hoffenheim is the home side in this contest, but with NO fans in the stadium, it's not really an edge. And are you ready for their nickname? The main one is Die Kraichgauer, with the secondary, Achtzehn99. Suri tells me that the word 'Kraich' apparently arose from the Celtic word 'Creuch,' meaning mud or loam. The territory of a Gau (country subdivision) signifies an open area, free from woods, such as farmland or meadows. We're gonna run with the Achtzehn99 because it just means the year they were founded, 1899, and there's NO mud or loam involved. The Hoffs, like that way better than Hoffenheim, and was thinking David Hasselhoff might wanna buy into the team, are sitting in 7th place in the Bundesliga, with 43 points on 12 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses. They've scored 42 goals and allowed 50 for a -8 goal differential. The visitors from Leipzig have won 16, with 11 draws and only 3 losses. They've scored 75 goals and allowed 32 for a gorgeous +43 goal differential. The Red Bulls superstar, Timo Warner, is trailing Robert Lewandowski by just five goals in the race for the Torjägerkanone. Okay, I know, what the H is the Torjägerkanone??? It's the cannon-shaped prize awarded to the Bundesliga's top scorer at the end of a season.

Before you step up to the betting window, lemme tell you that Hoffenheim FIRED its manager, Alfred Schreuder, on Tuesday, and we can not really speak to the mental state of the team. So, when in doubt, turn to the draw. Gonna drop a full Benjamin on the draw to win back $420 bones.

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