RB Leipzig are showing signs of stabilisation after a bruising stretch of results, but Martin Demichelis remains under pressure to prove this club can match its own ambitions. The 4-0 home win over Elversberg on October 24 was exactly the kind of performance Leipzig needed after back-to-back heavy defeats, a 1-6 humiliation against Bayern Munich and a 4-1 loss at Real Madrid in the Champions League, left serious questions about the team's defensive organisation and Demichelis's authority in the dressing room. Those results exposed a persistent away-day problem: Leipzig have won only in the DFB-Pokal on the road this season, and that fragility against top opposition has drawn sharp criticism from Lothar Matthäus, who warned that the club's decision-makers would not wait long before reconsidering the manager's position.

The Elversberg result moved Leipzig to fifth in the Bundesliga with 12 points from seven games, level on points with Werder Bremen and two behind Bayer Leverkusen in fourth. That is a more respectable position than recent form suggested, but it does not erase the concern that this squad looks genuinely different depending on the venue. Demichelis has also faced scrutiny over his communication with players, with Matthäus publicly questioning how effectively he conveys his ideas in the dressing room.

Attention now turns to the DFB-Pokal, where Leipzig travel to RW Essen on October 27. It is another away fixture, and another chance to test whether the Elversberg win represented a genuine shift or simply a favourable matchup.