RB Leipzig and Manchester City are going to take on on Tuesday the 7th of December at 6:45 pm in the 6th week of the Champions League. The match is going to be played in Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena. The appointed referee is Sandro Schärer.
RB Leipzig occupies the 3rd position in the standings with 4 points. It comes from a 0-5 win against Club Brugge in its last match in the Champions League. As of now, it has won once, drawn once, and lost 3 times.
Manchester City occupies the 1st place in the league with 12 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Champions League. Until now, it has won 4 times and lost once.
Manchester City won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 28th of September against Paris Saint Germain and the score was 2-0.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-3-1-2 and 3-4-2-1 (1 times or 20.00% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once), 3-5-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 4-2-3-1 (once).
Jesse Marsch is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: J. Martínez Riera, L. Klostermann, J. Gvardiol, N. Mukiele Mulere, D. Olmo Carvajal, K. Kampl, K. Laimer, E. Forsberg, C. Nkunku, A. Valente Silva and B. Brobbey.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of RB Leipzig would be 24.36.
M. Halstenberg, M. Saracchi Pintos, W. Orban, A. Haidara, H. Novoa Ramos and Y. Yurary Poulsen will definitely miss the match.
Jesse Marsch will not be able to have the presence of T. Adams who is suspended.
Manchester City
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (5 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against RB Leipzig with the following players: E. Santana de Moraes, J. Cavaco Cancelo, A. Laporte, R. Santos Gato Alves Dias, K. Walker, İ. Gündoğan, B. Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva, R. Hernández Cascante, R. Mahrez and R. Sterling.
If the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Manchester City would be 27.70.
There are doubts about the presence of G. de Jesus.
K. De Bruyne, P. Foden and F. Torres García will definitely miss the match.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will not be able to have the presence of B. Mendy who is suspended.
