The first leg ended RB Leipzig-Manchester City 1-1. All is set for the decider in this Champions League Round of 16 fixture!
These teams have little in common geographically as RB Leipzig have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Manchester 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.
Manchester City form and stats
Last season, Manchester City's Champions League journey ended in the semi-finals against Real Madrid.Manchester City have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 34 points collected from 13 matches (11-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Manchester City has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ederson Santana de Moraes not having conceded a league goal in 187 minutes.
City enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Crystal Palace's place. The match ended 1-0 with Haaland scoring. Midfielder Rodri was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.0 (out of ten) in that game. Rodri hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 81 successful passes (of 92 total).
Before that, Manchester City had a Premier League home game versus Newcastle United which ended with a victory 2-0.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 Manchester City home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for City as they have a new game in only four days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Burnley are visiting.
Manchester City always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Etihad Stadium with 43 goals in 13 league games.
RB Leipzig form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.Playing away, RB Leipzig have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.
Gvardiol, Forsberg and Werner scored in Leipzig's previous match, the home game against Borussia M'gladbach that ended 3-0. Forsberg has bagged at least one goal for the away side three fixtures in a row. The capability! Gvardiol was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.15. The defender Gvardiol scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.
Prior to that match, the RB Leipzig manager Rose faced defeat when travelling to Borussia Dortmund and losing 1-2.Leipzig have another match that requires travelling in just four days, a Bundesliga match versus Bochum. A rough fixture list for the guests!
The travelling fans enjoy RB Leipzig's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. RB Leipzig's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest reported scoreline involving both these contenders is the RB Leipzig - Manchester City 1-1 played previously this season. Statistics for the prior three meetings involving these two contenders are: one win for City, one draw and one win for RB Leipzig. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels. Nkunku loves to face Manchester City and have scored 3 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 28 goals |   C. Nkunku 12 goals |  P. Foden 9 goals |
Manchester City missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| Manchester City | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 50 | 31 | Scored | S | 25 | 65 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 4% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.6 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 43% | ||
| 7.3 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 34 | 63 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 67 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 42 | 61 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 49 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 48 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 42 |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 41 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 39 |
| 8 | Fulham | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 39 |
| 9 | Brentford | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 40 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 38 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 37 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 34 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 27 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -16 | 27 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 32 | -26 | 26 |
| 15 | Everton | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -18 | 25 |
| 16 | Leicester City | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 37 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -9 | 24 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 35 | -26 | 24 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 19 | Leeds United | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 23 |
| 20 | Southampton | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -21 | 21 |
| 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 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 71 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 46 | 52 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 50 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 45 |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 44 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 42 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 40 |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | Wolfsburg | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 9 | Bayer Leverkusen | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -4 | 30 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 25 | -8 | 30 |
| 12 | Köln | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -13 | 27 |
| 14 | Bochum | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 56 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 35 | -30 | 22 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 21 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 20 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -24 | 20 |
| 18 | Hoffenheim | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
