It is a top of the table clash, for UEFA Champions League Group G, when Manchester City visits RB Leipzig on Wednesday night. These two sides met in this competition last season, although it was in the knockout round. The first leg of the tie saw the two sides battle to a 1-1 draw, which made the second leg’s result, a 7-0 win by Man City, all the more shocking.
No one is expecting this clash to be as lopsided as that was, but football is a very funny game, so you just never know.
Manchester City at RB Leipzig FYIs
Kickoff: Wed. Oct. 4, 8pm, Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany
Competition: UEFA Champions League Group G
Manchester City Preview Material: Starting XI Prediction Team News
TV/Streaming: see the photo above for the list of the on-air talent that will be a part of the broadcast.
UCL Standings, Form: Manchester City 2nd, 3 pts, W RB Leipzig 1st, 3 pts W
Transatlantic Passage: How the Premier League Redefined Soccer in America: LINK
Google Result Probability: Manchester City 56% Draw 23% RB Leipzig 21%
The City squad is starting to get much more fit now, so they should be on the top of their game.
Here is the 4-2-3-1 formation expectation that we came up with
Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at RB Leipzig
Ederson; Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias, Manuel Akanji, Kyle Walker; Rodri, Mateo Kovacic; Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez, Jeremy Doku; Erling Haaland
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