This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Manchester City at Etihad Stadium when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and RB Leipzig with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It's no vacation for neither City nor RB Leipzig as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for RB Leipzig when visiting City as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
Manchester City form and stats
City was eliminated in the final last season in the Champions League.As mentioned below, Manchester City are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premier League games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Etihad Stadium after three straight home wins.
The City goalkeeper Ederson Santana de Moraes is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 305 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
City are returning here after visiting Leicester City in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Bernardo Silva scored the goal(s). Midfield player İlkay Gündoğan got a match rating of 8.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Gündoğan hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Arsenal.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for City home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, zero draws and three defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for City, as the Premier League home game vs Southampton is only three days away.
Manchester City has scored 10 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
RB Leipzig form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Liverpool.No Bundesliga points yet away for RB Leipzig, from their first 2 matches. It's all red in the travel logs of RB Leipzig, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
The manager J. Marsch was unhappy after their last game, a Bundesliga match played at their home ground Red Bull Arena. Leipzig suffered a 1-4 loss to FC Bayern München. Konrad Laimer got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Laimer scored one goal.
It was a Bundesliga defeat before that one as the away game against VfL Wolfsburg wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.You'll want to know how Leipzig managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Bundesliga trip to Köln.
0 goals so far away for RB Leipzig, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Torres García 2 goals |   D. Szoboszlai 2 goals |  A. Laporte 1 goals |
Manchester City missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| Manchester City | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 53 | 34 | Scored | S | 21 | 40 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 6.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.8 | 17.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.6 | 16.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Everton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Brentford | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Southampton | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Watford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Arsenal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| 18 | Burnley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -10 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P | |||||||||||||
| 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | FC Bayern München | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Mainz 05 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Freiburg | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Köln | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Union Berlin | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Stuttgart | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 12 | Caslav | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Sparta Kutna Hora | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 29 | -25 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Horky nad Jizerou | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Sokol Libis | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -14 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Polaban Nymburk | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | -23 | 3 | |||||||||||||