Manchester City vs Leipzig Prediction - Champions League Betting Tips

Manchester City vs Leipzig Recent Form

Manchester City fixtures include all four wins. The current Champions League champions are flawless at this stage of the competition and have already qualified for the next phase. They defeated Crvena Zvezda at the start by 3:1, Young Boys twice, and RB Leipzig at Red Bull Arena by 3:1.

In the last round, they booked the spot in the UCL elimination stage by defeating Young Boys by 3:0. Erling Halaand scored a brace, while Phill Foden added the third one.

As far as RB Leipzig goes, they are right behind the Citizens with three wins and a single loss. The only loss came versus City, but they easily dispatched other opponents from Group G.

They started off with a win versus Young Boys by 3:1 and then won versus Crvena Zvezda at home with the same result. Last round, they defeated Zvezda again, this time away by 2:1, with goals coming from Xavi Simons and Lois Openda.   

Manchester City vs Leipzig Head to Head

The two clubs already have a lot of history playing one another. Even though Leipzig is a fairly young club, they still have five games against Man City behind them. All Manchester City fixtures versus Leipzig were played in the Champions League, with the City having a 3-1-1 record.

In their first game this season, Leipzig were pretty competitive. It was 1:1 after 48 minutes of play when Lois Openda scored the equaliser for the Red Bulls. However, two goals in six minutes coming from Alvarez and Doku sealed the deal for the English champion and a final result of 3:1.

Manchester City vs Leipzig Betting Tips

With the history between the two and the current Man City form, home win to win at 1.36 is not all that surprising. RB Leipzig’s win comes at 9.25 odds, with a tie offered at 5.75.

You can also go another route when making your Manchester City vs Leipzig prediction with goals scored. Under 3.25 at 1.85 odds is a possibility. While X2 double chance comes at 3.35.

Manchester City vs Leipzig Lineups

The starting formation should look like this.

• Manchester City: (GK) Stefan Ortega; (DEF) Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Rico Lewis; (MID) Kalvin Phillips, Rodri, Bernardo Silva; (ATC) Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Julián Álvarez.
• RB Leipzig: (GK) Janis Blaswich; (DEF) Mohamed Simakan, David Raum, Castello Lukeba, Benjamin Henrichs; (MID) Xavi Simons, Kevin Kampl, Christoph Baumgartner, Amadou Haidara: (ATC) Loïs Openda, Yussuf Poulsen.   

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