International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both RB Leipzig and Manchester City are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Manchester City, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for RB Leipzig and Manchester City.
RB Leipzig form and stats
Leipzig participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the round of 16 and lost against Manchester City.Seven points from three Bundesliga home games is a great start for RB Leipzig, who are hoping to build on that form here at Red Bull Arena.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for RB Leipzig, who played 2-2 against Bayern München. That match was also played at this venue (Red Bull Arena). A disappointing finish for Leipzig in their match versus Bayern München as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Openda, who usually features in attack, was the top performer for the side in that match, receiving a rating of 7.81 (out of 10). Openda scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that, a fine away victory at Wehen Wiesbaden. A DFB Pokal game.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bochum are coming to town in three days.
It's goals goals goals for RB Leipzig who have scored 10 goals from 3 league home games.
Manchester City form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Manchester City, as they won the Champions League.The visitors are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Two away games in a row for Manchester City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Wolverhampton Wanderers. Doku got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, top player of the team. Doku hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times.
A loss, in the Carabao Cup away at Newcastle United, before that.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Arsenal.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, City are regular goalscorers on their travels.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous four meetings): RB Leipzig won one game, one match ended with a draw and Manchester City managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / one. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels. One of the stars has been Haaland with 5 goals scored against RB Leipzig in these 4 games.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Haaland 8 goals |   L. Openda 4 goals |  X. Simons 3 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
Manchester City missing players
| RB Leipzig | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 53 | 27 | Scored | S | 19 | 49 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.4 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.9 | 15.4 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6.5 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | ||
| 10.8 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | RB Leipzig | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Crvena Zvezda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Heidenheim | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Freiburg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Borussia M'gladbach | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Bochum | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 3 |
| 16 | Köln | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 1 |
| 17 | Darmstadt 98 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 1 |
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 12 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Manchester United | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 11 | Fulham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Brentford | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Chelsea | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Everton | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Luton Town | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 3 |
| 19 | Burnley | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -11 | 1 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -14 | 1 |
