RB Leipzig vs Manchester City. Preview and Prediction. Probable Lineups, Team News, Stats and more

Manchester City play away against Red Bull Leipzig in the final round of the Champions League group stage. The match takes place on 7th December and starts at 23:15 p.m. IST.

Many football fans are looking forward to the upcoming match between RB Leipzig and Manchester City at the Red Bull Arena. Based on the result of the last match (6-3), we can well expect this game to be an exciting showpiece to watch.

Manchester City, currently occupying one of the leading positions in the league, will have to confirm their lead against RB Leipzig – for them this match is not crucial, as they pass from the first place to the playoffs under any outcome; but for the Germans the situation is quite different – they risk not getting into the Europa League from the third place, the team cannot afford to relax. 

How will this confrontation end? Let’s sort it out.

Red Bull Leipzig News & Current Form:

The Bulls are frankly struggling this season. In the Bundesliga, the team are in 11th place, and they are already de jure out of the Champions League.

After five rounds, the German club occupy the third place, ahead of Brugge on additional indicators.

In other words, should they lose any points in the upcoming match, Leipzig could finish the group stage in the last place and not even qualify for the Europa League.

As the recent matches in the Bundesliga have shown, it will be difficult for Leipzig to count on a positive result against Man City. Last Friday, Leipzig lost away to Union Berlin (2-1), extending their losing streak in the German league to three games.

Just a day afterwards, Leipzig management dismissed Jesse Marsch, who had taken charge of the team before the start of the current season.

And actually, it’s all rather disheartening considering they finished second in the Bundesliga last season and fought well in the Eurocups. The Bulls need to fight hard to claim a Europa League spot in this match.

Willi Orban, Jussuf Poulsen and Dani Olmo will miss the game for various reasons.

Manchester City News & Current Form:

Manchester City, meanwhile, have already secured top spot in the group. The Citizens are 12 points clear of PSG on four points.

Moreover, the Citizens topped the English Premier League standings at the weekend. Victory over Watford (1-3) and a Chelsea defeat elevated the side to the throne.

The only points Man City had failed to score in their previous five UEFA Champions League fixtures was a return leg against PSG. In Paris, Josep Guardiola’s men were defeated 0-2. Although City played no worse than their opponents in that game.

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In late November, Man City took revenge on PSG with a 2-1 home win. Despite the scoreline, the superiority of the English champions over Messi, Neymar and Mbappe was daunting at times.

Manchester City have already scored 17 goals in five games in the group stage. Admittedly, Guardiola’s side also concede quite a lot (8 goals).

There is no doubt that, even without tournament motivation, Manchester City will be a formidable force. The English’s attacking potential is very high.

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City Head-To-Head Record: 

RB Leipzig last matches (all competitions): D-W-L-W-L-L

Manchester City last matches (all competitions): W-W-W-W-W-W

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City Predicted XI: 

RB Leipzig Predicted XI (3-4-3): Peter Gulacsi; Lukas Klostermann, Mohamed Simakan, Josko Gvardiol; Nordi Mukiele, Tyler Adams, Konrad Laimer, Angelino; Christopher Nkunku, Emil Forsberg, Andre Silva

Manchester City Predicted XI (4-3-3): Zack Steffen; Kyle Walker, Nathan Ake, John Stones, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan; Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Jack Grealish

Statistical preview of the match RB Leipzig vs Manchester City:

• Manchester City’s winning streak now stands at seven games.
• RB Leipzig score 1.79 goals when playing at home and Manchester City score 2.11 goals when playing away (on average).
• Manchester City are conceding an average of 0.80 goals per game in their last 5 games.

What has been said before the match:

Pep Guardiola:

“Of course all the guys who play tomorrow want to win, for respect for Leipzig, and respect for Brugge and PSG. We want to improve. We can do things even better –  we know exactly which ones. The more you do it, the more natural it is. It is a huge opportunity. I respect a lot the impact the people from Red Bull create. I expect an aggressive team. We’ll be pressed. They’ll make incredible transitions. We have to be able to play a lot of touches ourselves. We cannot compete with the rhythm they like to play.”

Achim Beierlorzer (assistant coach in charge):

“I’d describe the atmosphere within the team as pensive. Everyone is disappointed not to have achieved the results we wanted together with Jesse. Now it’s up to us and the team to press the reset button and look ahead in order to pick up the points that we’ve not been able to so far. In Manchester City, obviously we have one of the biggest possible challenges ahead of us. Almost no other team can dominate you with the ball like they do, but they still allow chances and we have to disrupt them with our press.”

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City Prediction:

Pep Guardiola might make changes to the squad, but it probably won’t help Leipzig. The visitors’ lack of motivation should not be considered either – this is not the case, as Man City always play to win.

Man City have looked very impressive lately. The home side might score, but they will still lose. The only thing that could save Leipzig is a defeat to Brugge at PSG. In the event of a quick goal from the Citizens, the Bulls will have to open up to score – this could start a real shootout and we foresee a lot of goals in the match.

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Parimatch News staff prediction: 

We say: 1) Manchester City win + both teams to score. 2) We also expect a match total of over 2.5