Champions League: Get ready for the second leg of the Liverpool - RB Leipzig clash

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 10.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League 8th Finals meeting between Liverpool and RB Leipzig. Game on!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

RB Leipzig have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Liverpool form and stats

Liverpool participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Liverpool are 7-2-5 (wins-draw-losses). On the other hand, in the Champions League, Liverpool has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Liverpool are slowly digging their own grave here at Anfield with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Tottenham Hotspur match.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Liverpool, who played 0-0 against Fulham. That match was also played at this venue (Anfield). Ahead of that match, Liverpool lost 0-1 at home to Chelsea.

This is expected to be a close game, with Liverpool perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Liverpool as a small favourite), we find one game. Liverpool has won zero of these, drawn one and lost zero.

The Liverpool fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 14 league matches. On the other hand, Liverpool have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

RB Leipzig was sent out of Champions League in the semi-finals last season.

Playing away, RB Leipzig have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Total Champions League statistics for RB Leipzig: 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. RB Leipzig have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Leipzig have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

It's the second away game in a row for Leipzig, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Freiburg in the Bundesliga last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Wolfsburg in the DFB Pokal.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with RB Leipzig playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Leipzig win, two draws and one defeat.

After this away game RB Leipzig return home for a Bundesliga game against Eintracht Frankfurt. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Leipzig has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 12 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far). It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the RB Leipzig - Liverpool 0-2 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
17 goals
LiverpoolS. Mané
S. Mané
7 goals
LiverpoolR. Barbosa de Oliveira
R. Barbosa de Oliveira
6 goals

Liverpool missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Liverpool RB Leipzig
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
9 3   Won W   7 17
7 3   Drew D   3 4
9 6   Lost L   2 4
36 9   Scored S   26 50
26 13   Conceded C   13 24
88% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
68% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 76%
36% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 60%
32% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 32%
16% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 20%
44% 25%   BTTS BTTS   42% 40%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 52%
36% 58%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.3 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.3 12.7   Shots (avg) S (   13.9 14.6
4.8 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 5.2
30% 20%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 38%

  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 City 27 20 5 2 56 17 14 11 2 1 31 9 13 9 3 1 25 8 39 65
2 Leicester City 28 16 5 7 48 32 13 6 1 6 20 19 15 10 4 1 28 13 16 53
3 Manchester United 27 14 9 4 53 32 13 6 3 4 28 19 14 8 6 0 25 13 21 51
4 Chelsea 27 13 8 6 42 25 13 6 5 2 23 11 14 7 3 4 19 14 17 47
5 Everton 26 14 4 8 39 33 13 5 2 6 18 20 13 9 2 2 21 13 6 46
6 West Ham United 26 13 6 7 40 31 13 7 3 3 21 15 13 6 3 4 19 16 9 45
7 Liverpool 27 12 7 8 47 35 14 7 2 5 22 17 13 5 5 3 25 18 12 43
8 Tottenham Hotspur 26 12 6 8 42 27 13 6 3 4 21 13 13 6 3 4 21 14 15 42
9 Aston Villa 26 12 4 10 38 27 12 5 2 5 20 16 14 7 2 5 18 11 11 40
10 Arsenal 27 11 5 11 35 28 13 5 3 5 16 14 14 6 2 6 19 14 7 38
11 Leeds United 26 11 2 13 43 44 13 5 2 6 19 17 13 6 0 7 24 27 -1 35
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 9 8 11 28 37 13 5 4 4 15 14 15 4 4 7 13 23 -9 35
13 Crystal Palace 27 9 7 11 29 43 14 4 5 5 14 21 13 5 2 6 15 22 -14 34
14 Southampton 27 9 6 12 33 44 13 5 2 6 17 16 14 4 4 6 16 28 -11 33
15 Burnley 28 7 9 12 20 36 15 4 6 5 12 16 13 3 3 7 8 20 -16 30
16 Newcastle United 27 7 6 14 27 44 13 4 3 6 16 22 14 3 3 8 11 22 -17 27
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 5 11 11 27 35 14 1 7 6 13 19 13 4 4 5 14 16 -8 26
18 Fulham 27 4 11 12 21 33 14 2 4 8 8 18 13 2 7 4 13 15 -12 23
19 West Bromwich Albion 28 3 9 16 20 56 15 2 5 8 9 33 13 1 4 8 11 23 -36 18
20 Sheffield United 28 4 2 22 16 45 15 3 1 11 10 22 13 1 1 11 6 23 -29 14
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 24 17 4 3 71 34 12 9 3 0 46 18 12 8 1 3 25 16 37 55
2 RB Leipzig 24 16 5 3 46 20 12 10 1 1 24 9 12 6 4 2 22 11 26 53
3 Wolfsburg 24 12 9 3 38 21 11 7 4 0 19 8 13 5 5 3 19 13 17 45
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 11 10 3 47 33 12 6 6 0 22 13 12 5 4 3 25 20 14 43
5 Bayer Leverkusen 24 11 7 6 42 26 12 5 4 3 24 17 12 6 3 3 18 9 16 40
6 Borussia Dortmund 24 12 3 9 50 35 11 6 2 3 25 14 13 6 1 6 25 21 15 39
7 Union Berlin 23 8 10 5 36 26 12 4 7 1 22 13 11 4 3 4 14 13 10 34
8 Freiburg 24 9 7 8 37 38 13 5 4 4 24 20 11 4 3 4 13 18 -1 34
9 Stuttgart 24 8 9 7 45 37 11 2 6 3 19 17 13 6 3 4 26 20 8 33
10 Borussia M'gladbach 24 8 9 7 40 37 13 5 4 4 20 16 11 3 5 3 20 21 3 33
11 Hoffenheim 24 8 6 10 39 41 12 5 2 5 22 17 12 3 4 5 17 24 -2 30
12 Werder Bremen 22 6 8 8 26 32 11 3 4 4 11 14 11 3 4 4 15 18 -6 26
13 Augsburg 24 7 5 12 24 37 12 3 3 6 12 20 12 4 2 6 12 17 -13 26
14 Hertha BSC 24 5 6 13 28 43 12 3 2 7 13 24 12 2 4 6 15 19 -15 21
15 Köln 23 5 6 12 21 41 11 1 3 7 11 20 12 4 3 5 10 21 -20 21
16 Mainz 05 24 4 6 14 23 44 12 2 2 8 10 20 12 2 4 6 13 24 -21 18
17 Arminia Bielefeld 22 5 3 14 18 41 11 4 0 7 10 19 11 1 3 7 8 22 -23 18
18 Schalke 04 24 1 7 16 16 61 13 1 3 9 8 26 11 0 4 7 8 35 -45 10

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 24 17 4 3 71 34 12 9 3 0 46 18 12 8 1 3 25 16 37 55
2 RB Leipzig 24 16 5 3 46 20 12 10 1 1 24 9 12 6 4 2 22 11 26 53
3 Wolfsburg 24 12 9 3 38 21 11 7 4 0 19 8 13 5 5 3 19 13 17 45
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 11 10 3 47 33 12 6 6 0 22 13 12 5 4 3 25 20 14 43
5 Bayer Leverkusen 24 11 7 6 42 26 12 5 4 3 24 17 12 6 3 3 18 9 16 40
6 Borussia Dortmund 24 12 3 9 50 35 11 6 2 3 25 14 13 6 1 6 25 21 15 39
7 Union Berlin 23 8 10 5 36 26 12 4 7 1 22 13 11 4 3 4 14 13 10 34
8 Freiburg 24 9 7 8 37 38 13 5 4 4 24 20 11 4 3 4 13 18 -1 34
9 Stuttgart 24 8 9 7 45 37 11 2 6 3 19 17 13 6 3 4 26 20 8 33
10 Borussia M'gladbach 24 8 9 7 40 37 13 5 4 4 20 16 11 3 5 3 20 21 3 33
11 Hoffenheim 24 8 6 10 39 41 12 5 2 5 22 17 12 3 4 5 17 24 -2 30
12 Werder Bremen 22 6 8 8 26 32 11 3 4 4 11 14 11 3 4 4 15 18 -6 26
13 Augsburg 24 7 5 12 24 37 12 3 3 6 12 20 12 4 2 6 12 17 -13 26
14 Hertha BSC 24 5 6 13 28 43 12 3 2 7 13 24 12 2 4 6 15 19 -15 21
15 Köln 23 5 6 12 21 41 11 1 3 7 11 20 12 4 3 5 10 21 -20 21
16 Mainz 05 24 4 6 14 23 44 12 2 2 8 10 20 12 2 4 6 13 24 -21 18
17 Arminia Bielefeld 22 5 3 14 18 41 11 4 0 7 10 19 11 1 3 7 8 22 -23 18
18 Schalke 04 24 1 7 16 16 61 13 1 3 9 8 26 11 0 4 7 8 35 -45 10

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.