RB Leipzig vs Manchester City Predictions

• Leipzig have scored in all of their home games across all competitions this season.
• Both teams have scored in City’s last three games and they have gone four without a clean sheet.
• Leipzig have beaten Real Madrid and draw with Bayern Munich at the Red Bull Arena this season.

Tough test for City in Germany

Manchester City have struggled for results on the road recently and they could be in line for a difficult night at RB Leipzig in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.

The Premier League side are the heavy favourites but they have just one win in their last five away games across all competitions, and managed just one win on the road in the group stages of this competition.

Leipzig have only lost once at home all season in the Bundesliga and they beat holders Real Madrid at this venue during the group stages. The hosts beat City at this ground in the group stages last season,  so this first leg should provide the visitors with a stern test.

Both teams capable of scoring

A Leipzig double chance bet (win or draw) has some appeal in this fixture but at a slightly shorter price both teams to score is perhaps a better option.

City have only failed to score in two of their last 19 games in all competitions and there have been goals at both ends in each of their last three.

Both teams have scored in five of Leipzig’s games since the German winter break and games at the Red Bull Arena have tended to be high-scoring affairs this term, with both teams to score a winning bet in 11 of their 16 games at this ground – and they themselves are yet to draw a blank in Leipzig.

Leipzig can keep the tie alive

Leipzig have beaten Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund at the Red Bull Arena this season and have also held Bayern Munich to a draw.

With City out of sorts on their travels, the German outfit may be able to get a result at home and a 2-2 draw appeals as Leipzig have scored at least twice in four of their last six games and City have hit seven goals in total across their last three fixtures.

Erling Haaland is in a barren run by his standards with just one goal in five games but this match-up against Bundesliga opposition looks like a good chance for the City forward to get back among the goals.

Haaland has five goals in just four games in this competition this term and he scored twice at this venue when he last visited in a 4-1 DfB Pokal win for former club Borussia Dortmund.

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