RB Leipzig vs Manchester City FC, Champions League 2023-24 GROUP STAGE
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Match Preview
RB Leipzig vs Manchester City FC — Champions League at Red Bull Arena.
- RB Leipzig 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Manchester City FC 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Artur Dias (Portugal)
- Assistant 1 Paulo Soares
- Assistant 2 Pedro Ribeiro
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern Munchen 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodo/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC Kobenhavn 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Oct Manchester City FC H 1–3 L 30 Sep FC Bayern Munchen H 2–2 D 27 Sep SV Wehen Wiesbaden A 3–2 W 23 Sep Borussia Monchengladbach A 1–0 W 19 Sep BSC Young Boys A 3–1 W 16 Sep FC Augsburg H 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Oct RB Leipzig A 3–1 W 30 Sep Wolverhampton Wanderers FC A 1–2 L 23 Sep Nottingham Forest FC H 2–0 W 19 Sep FK Crvena Zvezda H 3–1 W 16 Sep West Ham United FC A 3–1 W 02 Sep Fulham FC H 5–1 W Key Stats
83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season -
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Manchester City FC gets underway.
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 10' Manchester City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 15' RB Leipzig started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
- 20' It looks surprising RB Leipzig does not make any changes. Phil Foden has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 25' Phil Foden puts Manchester City FC on the lead.
- 30' Erling Haaland needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 16 Yellow cards this season.
- 35' Manchester City FC is showing some good football. However, Manchester City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 40' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 45' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 48' GOAL! Lois Openda scores on 48.
- 53' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 58' It’s high time Pep Guardiola made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 63' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 66' The referee calls foul for Manuel Akanji. He receives a Yellow card.
- 70' The whistle greets Emil Forsberg as he departs to be replaced by Benjamin Sesko.
- 72' Another substitution for Manchester City FC to replace Jack Grealish by Nathan Ake on 72 minute.
- 73' RB Leipzig player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 75' Another change for RB Leipzig made on 75 minute. Yussuf Poulsen leaves to be changed by Christoph Baumgartner.
- 78' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for David Raum.
- 79' The whistle greets Phil Foden as he departs to be replaced by Julian Alvarez.
- 84' Sensational shot from Julian Alvarez. Manchester City FC is back in the lead.
- 86' Time for substitution for RB Leipzig. Nicolas Seiwald is replaced by Amadou Haidara.
- 87' Matheus Nunes has so much to prove this time. He replaces Bernardo Silva on 87 minute.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-3.
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RB Leipzig
4-2-3-1Starting XI-
17
Lois Openda ↓ Timo Werner 70'
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10
Emil Forsberg ↓ Benjamin Sesko 70'
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- 24
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Bench-
14
Christoph Baumgartner ↑ 75'
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11
Timo Werner ↑ 70'
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- 44
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8
Amadou Haidara ↑ 86'
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30
Benjamin Sesko ↑ 70'
Coach Marco RoseManchester City FC
3-2-4-1Starting XI- 31
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20
Bernardo Silva ↓ Matheus Nunes 87'
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47
Phil Foden ↓ Julian Alvarez 79'
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10
Jack Grealish ↓ Nathan Ake 72'
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25
Manuel Akanji ↓ Jeremy Doku 72'
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- 3
- 9
- 24
- 82
Bench-
6
Nathan Ake ↑ 72'
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- 5
- 33
- 4
- 21
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27
Matheus Nunes ↑ 87'
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19
Julian Alvarez ↑ 79'
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11
Jeremy Doku ↑ 72'
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Coach Pep Guardiola -
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Head to Head
RB Leipzig Form
Manchester City FC Form
2023-10-04 RB Leipzig 1–3 Manchester City FC W 2023-09-30 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2–1 Manchester City FC L 2023-09-23 Manchester City FC 2–0 Nottingham Forest FC W 2023-09-19 Manchester City FC 3–1 FK Crvena Zvezda W 2023-09-16 West Ham United FC 1–3 Manchester City FC W 2023-09-02 Manchester City FC 5–1 Fulham FC W