Manchester City are no longer top of the table in the English Premier League, but they are sitting in the penthouse of their UEFA Champions League grouping. This squad is starting to get much more fit now, as a whole, so we should see that trademark Man City imperial form now. RB Leipzig is up next, a side that has also, more or less, been at the top of their game in Europe.
And they have been known to, at times, give City fits as well. Let’s preview this midweek continental clash.
Manchester City vs RB Leipzig FYIs
Kickoff: Tue. Nov. 28, 8pm, The Etihad, Manchester, UK
Competition: UEFA Champions League Group G Match day 5/6
Manchester City Preview Material: Starting XI Prediction Team News
UCL Standings, Form: Manchester City 1st, 12 pts, WWWW RB Leipzig 2nd, 9 pts WWLW
Transatlantic Passage: How the Premier League Redefined Soccer in America: LINK
Google Result Probability: Manchester City 73% Draw 16% RB Leipzig 11%
This is a matchup of the two teams that have put a lot of distance, in the table, between themselves at the other half of the grouping.
It really looks very likely that the two teams battling here will be moving on to the knockout round while the other pair of sides in Group G, will see their UCL campaign cease in the group stages.
Anyway here is the 3-2-4-1 formation expectation that we came up with for City in this one. We’ll see on Tuesday night if Pep Guardiola agrees or not.
Manchester City Starting XI Prediction vs RB Leipzig
Ederson; Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias, Kyle Walker; Rodri, Manuel Akanji; Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez, Jeremy Doku, Jack Grealish; Erling Haaland
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