UEFA Champions League: RB Leipzig vs Manchester City live stream, How to watch odds and TV channel

Last Updated: March 11, 2023

On Wednesday, the opening leg of RB Leipzig's round-of-16 UEFA Champions League match against Manchester City will be played at home. There have been many goals scored in recent years in this matchup, most notably a 6-3 victory for Pep Guardiola's team in the 2021 group stage. The Bundesliga team is in decent shape and currently sits just outside of Germany's UCL spots after just losing once during the FIFA 2022 World Cup break. Although City has played more games and suffered three losses overall, Arsenal just reclaimed first place in the Premier League. In order to put the pressure on City going into the second leg, Marco Rose will be hoping that his squad can maintain close competition in the first leg.Before to the game, Guardiola stated, "Right after the draw, I knew it, I felt it, that it would be a tremendously challenging opponent." "We are aware of their calibre. This club has a tradition of recruiting young players, being physically aggressive, and having distinct play patterns. I greatly like what this club has accomplished. That will be two really difficult games. In order to get a successful outcome for the second leg in the first game, we must attempt to regulate our emotions."If my career ended tomorrow, I would consider everything I've accomplished at Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and this place to be more than a blessing. to accomplish what I have in Europe in such a little period of time. We want to give it our all. In the end, fate has already been decided. I got the impression that no matter what we had been doing for a long time, what occurred, or what I did individually, I was doomed to failure. Nothing will be sufficient.

How to watch and the odds:

Date: February 22, a Wednesday. ET time: 3 p.m.
Location: Leipzig, Germany's Red Bull Arena
Streaming and TV: CBS and Paramount Plus
Leipzig odds (+340); Draw odds +275; City (-133; via Caesars Sportsbook)

Team news:

Leipzig: Although Christopher Nkunku and Konrad Laimer have returned to play, Peter Gulacsi, Dani Olmo, and Abdou Diallo are still out injured. The France international may not be well enough to begin, thus Timo Werner, Emil Forsberg, and Dominik Szoboszlai are other offensive alternatives in addition to Andre Silva. Since Willi Orban and Josko Gvardiol were back against VfL Wolfsburg, Laimer could start again. Benjamin Henrichs, Mohamed Simakan, and Lukas Klostermann are all contenders to start. Moreover, David Raum might lose out to Marcel Halstenberg.

Man City: Aymeric Laporte and Kevin de Bruyne are both out with illnesses. Although John Stones is currently sidelined due to injury, Rico Lewis, Manuel Akanji, and Nathan Ake might all start again. Ilkay Gundogan should stay in the centre, while Bernardo Silva should continue on the left. Phil Foden or Jack Grealish might make a new start in place of Riyad Mahrez. Erling Braut Haaland ought to start in place of Julian Alvarez because of his successful history versus Leipzig.Guardiola continued, "To be less predictable does not depend on Haaland. That has to do with how we design the procedure to go through several channels and reach the last third, not only with Erling.

Prediction

You shouldn't anticipate this game to be any different because goals are frequently scored in it. While City is the team with more strength, Leipzig can damage even the best clubs. With Rose's team still in the match, anticipate Guardiola's team to grab the lead after the first leg. Pick: City 1, Leipzig 2.

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