Manchester City vs RB Leipzig Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th March 2023

Visitors RB Leipzig arrive for their second leg match against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium this coming Tuesday. Following a tense first leg encounter in the Champions League, the match finished 1-1.

Having played out a highly entertaining first leg draw rich on goals, RB Leipzig and Manchester City are more or less starting from scratch. A single goal is enough to qualify but if they play like in the first leg, we should strap ourselves in for a bumpy ride.

Manchester City step into their next match this coming Tuesday having scored a nice average of two goals in ten matches in this tournament. They managed a total of 20 goals, while also allowing nine goals against. That is an average of 0.9 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet five times in those matches.

RB Leipzig enter their next Champions League match, averaging a highly satisfactory 2.3 per game in their last ten matches in this tournament. They scored a presentable total of 23 goals, while also conceding 13. That is a total average of 1.3 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Manchester City vs RB Leipzig Prediction

Manchester City Form

In their last three outings, Manchester City won 0-3 against Bristol City, beat Newcastle by 2-0 and hammered Crystal Palace 0-1. Manchester City showed little mercy in their past six matches at the Etihad Stadium, of which they won five and drew once. Going undefeated, they hit the target 15 times, while letting in five themselves.

RB Leipzig Form

Results have been up and down for RB Leipzig, who beat Eintracht by 2-1. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 2-1 against B. Dortmund, before claiming three points in a 3-0 win against B. M'gladbach. In their last six Champions League away matches, RB Leipzig have three wins, they've drawn zero and lost one three. They scored 16 while also conceding 11 times. They also experienced zero draws and three defeats.

Anything but a home win would be a stunning result, and we Manchester City back not to be stunned, just like we back numerous goals to be scored, when they face RB Leipzig.

Manchester City vs RB Leipzig Team News

At the time of writing, Manchester City have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet RB Leipzig this coming Tuesday. For their upcoming match in round of 16, Manchester City are unable to call upon Benjamin Mendy, who is suspended.

Jack Grealish, Ruben Dias and Julian Alvarez are missing from the squad, Manchester City will field against RB Leipzigthis coming Tuesday.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for RB Leipzig, who are looking at seven players nursing various problems.

Mohamed Simakan, David Raum, Marcel Halstenberg, Willi Orban, Christopher Nkunku, Peter Gulacsi and Konrad Laimer all face a spell on the sidelines for RB Leipzig due to various injuries.

Manchester City vs RB Leipzig H2H

The most recent outing between Manchester City and RB Leipzig failed to produce a winner, with the score reading 1-1 after the final whistle. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 4/1. Manchester City enter the match against RB Leipzig with a 1-1-1 record in their previous three encounters. A win rate of 33%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Both teams found the back of the net three times in the last three matches between Manchester City and RB Leipzig.

Manchester City vs RB Leipzig Results

Manchester City vs RB Leipzig Betting Tips

Riyad Mahrez has three strikes in six Champions League matches for Manchester City, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with RB Leipzig. The visitors are looking to Andre Silva, who has provided his team with three Champions League goals.

Manchester City have been pretty scary at home, winning eight of their last 10 home games across all tournaments, while also managing to draw one of the games in the process. They were defeated in one of the games in this run. RB Leipzig won six of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost all points in one of those matches along the way. Of the previous 10 outings away from home, RB Leipzig scored the opening goal six times, whereas their hosts were first on target in eight of their last 10 games on home soil.

In the past three encounters between Manchester City and RB Leipzig over 2.5 goals came out two times, with Manchester City scoring an average of 2.66 goals per game. RB Leipzig averaged two goals, while both teams scored three times. Manchester City saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in eight of the last ten matches that RB Leipzig played across all tournaments. They scored 2.2 times on average in the process.