Manchester City look to seal top spot in Group G against RB Leipzig at Etihad Stadium in 2023-24 UEFA Champions League.
Victory would see Man City top the group, whilst RB Leipzig can move level with City on 12 points with a win and set up a tense final pair of Group G matches.
Team News
Jack Grealish could return for Man City after he skipped their 1-1 draw against Liverpool last weekend, due to illness.
Matheus Nunes (muscle), Mateo Kovacic (quad) and Kevin De Bruyne (hamstring) remain absent.
RB Leipzig could be without El Chadaille Bitshiabu as he continues his recovery from a knee injury.
Willi Orban (knee), Dani Olmo (shoulder), Benjamin Sesko (neck) and Timo Werner (groin) are sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Man City host RB Leipzig at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 28 November in a 8pm GMT kick-off, live on TNT Sports 1 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Man City have lost just one of their five previous meetings against RB Leipzig (W3, D1, L1).
- RB Leipzig have lost each of their two previous visits to Man City, (L2) during which they scored three goals and conceded 13 goals.
- City’s Erling Haaland scored five goals in three appearances against RB Leipzig.
- Man City have scored six goals and conceded one goal in their two home matches in this group.
- Four of RB Leipzig’s five away goals in this group has been scored by a player whose surname began with S (Mohamed Simakan, Xaver Schlager, Benjamin Sesko and Xavier Simons).
Prediction
With qualification already confirmed for both teams, these final two group games present a chance to rotate the squads but I don’t see much change after Man City stuttered to a 1-1 draw against Liverpool, whilst RB Leipzig lost at VfL Wolfsburg.
Improvement therefore feels like the likely aim for both teams but City should really have enough quality to win this and seal top spot, especially if their end product is much tidier than it was at the weekend but I don’t see them keeping a clean sheet.
Prediction: Manchester City 2-1 RB Leipzig
Result: Manchester City 3-2 RB Leipzig
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