RB Leipzig vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd February 2023

Manchester City travel to Red Bull Arena Leipzig to face RB Leipzig on Wednesday for the first of two meetings in the Champions League round of 16.

RB Leipzig could present an argument of being a tad unlucky not to finish first, since they claimed 12 points during their group phase. However, they were stung by two disappointing defeats and now face a group winner like Manchester City.

Manchester City had little trouble taking first place in their group stage, as they went undefeated on their way to 14 points. Four wins made it more or less smooth sailing and they'll expect a lot from themselves against RB Leipzig.

RB Leipzig will be focusing on what brought on their four group wins when welcoming Manchester City for the first leg. They need a strong showing and not a performance like the ones which resulted in two defeats in their group.

Still without a defeat this season in the Champions League, Manchester City have their sights on keeping in that way, when visiting RB Leipzig for the first leg.

There are no shortage of goals, when RB Leipzig enter the pitch, as they pulled off a formidable average of 2.8 goals per game. An excellent total of 28 goals scored, while allowing seven goals against. The latter makes an average of 0.7 conceded per game. During this run, they fought their way to a clean sheet four times.

Manchester City scored 20 goals, conceded ten and fought their way to a clean sheet three times in their last ten games.

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City Prediction

RB Leipzig Form

RB Leipzig hope for some consistency, as their last three matches added four points to their account. A meeting with FC Koln resulted in a 0-0 draw, followed by a 1-2 defeat against Union Berlin, before beating Wolfsburg by 0-3. RB Leipzig claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Champions League. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored 12 and conceded 12 goals.

Manchester City Form

In their three most recent outings, Manchester City won 3-1 and 1-3 against Aston Villa and Arsenal, before drawing 1-1 against Nottingham Forest. Manchester City, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn three and lost one in their last six away in the Champions League.

A narrow away win in this first of two legs in the Champions League gets our vote, when Manchester City travel to face RB Leipzig at Red Bull Arena Leipzig.

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City Team News

RB Leipzig could have as many as seven players on the injured and absent list, when they face up to Manchester City this coming Wednesday.

Mohamed Simakan, David Raum, Marcel Halstenberg, Willi Orban, Christopher Nkunku, Peter Gulacsi and Konrad Laimer are missing from the squad, RB Leipzig will field against Manchester Citythis coming Wednesday.

Manchester City face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Wednesday against RB Leipzig. Benjamin Mendy is ineligible for selection in the Manchester City squad, as he is suspended.

Jack Grealish, Ruben Dias and Julian Alvarez all face a spell on the sidelines for Manchester City due to various injuries.

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City H2H

Manchester City lost 2-1 against RB Leipzig in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 6-3 defeat, Manchester City handed out in the match before. RB Leipzig picked up one win in their previous two matches against Manchester City, while the latter claimed one win in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 3/1.

In two of the previous two matches between RB Leipzig and Manchester City both teams scored.

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City Results

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City Betting Tips

Andre Silva look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six Champions League matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Erling Braut Haaland adds to his five Champions League goals come on Wednesday.

RB Leipzig 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. Manchester City won four of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost all points in four of those matches along the way. Of the previous 10 outings away from home, Manchester City scored the opening goal six times, whereas their hosts were first on target in eight of their last 10 games on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals came up two times in the previous two encounters between RB Leipzig and Manchester City, as RB Leipzig scored 2.5 goals on average per game and Manchester City averaging 3.5 goals. Both teams scored in two times of these matches. There were over 2.5 goals scored in eight of RB Leipzig’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of 2.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten outings for Manchester City, who managed to score two times in those matches.