Leipzig can spoil the party

– England Under-21 winger Ademola Lookman (above) hopes to spoil Bayern Munich’s potential title party tomorrow by helping RB Leipzig beat the runaway Bundesliga leaders.

Bayern go into this weekend with a 20-point lead in the table before tomorrow’s showdown at the Red Bull Arena against sixthplaced Leipzig.

Given their massive lead, it is just a matter of time before Bayern are crowned league champions for the sixth consecutive season.

Mathematically, it could all be over by tomorrow night if Bayern beat Leipzig and nearest rivals Schalke and Borussia Dortmund draw or lose against Wolfsburg and Hanover respectively, which would leave Bayern with an insurmountable lead with seven games left.

Lookman, on loan from Everton, sat out Thursday’s Europa League match at Zenit St Petersburg because he is “probably” an option to start against Bayern, according to RB coach Ralph Hasenhuettl.

Bayern beat Leipzig 2-0 in Munich in October, thanks to goals by James Rodriguez and Robert Lewandowski and there was a ninegoal thriller when Bayern came from 3-1 down to win 5-4 when the teams met in Leipzig last May.

After signing on loan from Everton until May, Lookman, who helped England win the Under-20 World Cup last year, capped his Bundesliga debut last month with the winning goal against Borussia Moenchengladbach.

It made him the first Englishman to score in Germany’s top flight since Bayern midfielder Owen Hargreaves in 2005.

Lookman played only the first 45 minutes of last weekend’s goalless draw at VfB Stuttgart. – AFP