RB Leipzig vs Manchester City Preview

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City

Competition – Champions League

Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Date: 4th November 2026

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

The Red Bull Arena has not been an easy venue for Manchester City in this competition, with RB Leipzig avoiding defeat in two of their three home meetings with the English side. Wednesday’s league phase game comes with both teams needing points. Leipzig are 30th on three after two defeats in their opening three games, while City are 10th on six. The hosts arrive on a three-match winning run, while City were beaten 1-0 at home by Brighton on Saturday. Kick-off is at 8pm GMT.

Saturday’s 2-0 win at Schalke was Leipzig’s third in a row. Four days earlier they beat RW Essen 2-1 away in the DFB-Pokal, and before that they won 4-0 at home to Elversberg, keeping clean sheets in both league games of the run. The two oldest results were heavy away defeats, 4-1 at Real Madrid in the Champions League and 6-1 at Bayern Munich. That makes three wins and two defeats, with 10 goals scored and 11 conceded, and all but one of those goals against came in the two defeats.

City have three wins and two defeats from their last five, scoring 11 and conceding eight. The most recent was a 1-0 home defeat to Brighton on Saturday, three days after they beat the same opponents on penalties in the Carabao Cup following a 2-2 draw. Before those, they lost 2-1 at Aston Villa and won 5-1 at home to AEK Athens in the Champions League, while the oldest result is a 3-2 home win over Ipswich. Saturday’s defeat was the only game in the sample in which City failed to score, and they have lost two of their last three league games.

City have the upper hand in recent meetings, with three wins to Leipzig’s one and a draw, and they are unbeaten in the last four. The most recent was a 3-2 City win at home in November 2023, and before that City won 3-1 at the Red Bull Arena in October 2023. The heaviest result in the sample was a 7-0 City win at home in March 2023, three weeks after a 1-1 draw in Leipzig. Leipzig’s only win was a 2-1 home victory in December 2021, and all five meetings came in this competition.

Manchester City sit 10th in the league phase on six points, with RB Leipzig 30th on three. A City win would take them to nine points, level with the top five on current standings.

In Germany, the match is streaming on DAZN Germany and DAZN2 Germany. UK viewers can watch on TNT Sports 2 or stream it through HBO Max, while in the USA it’s on Paramount+ and DAZN USA.

Stake

Possible Lineups

RB Leipzig

4-5-1

HOME

Manchester City

4-3-3

AWAY
V
Vandevoordt
D
Donnarumma
R
Raum
L
Lukeba
O
Orban
H
Henrichs
G
Gvardiol
D
Dias
K
Khusanov
N
Nunes
N
Nusa
B
Banzuzi
EA
El Aynaoui
R
Reitz
G
Gruda
F
Fernand…
A
Anderson
B
Bouaddi
R
Romulo
D
Doku
H
Haaland
N
Ndiaye

RB Leipzig — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
✓ Schalke 0-2 RB Leipzig Bundesliga 31.10.26
✓ RW Essen 1-2 RB Leipzig DFB-Pokal 27.10.26
✓ RB Leipzig 4-0 Elversberg Bundesliga 24.10.26
✕ Real Madrid 4-1 RB Leipzig Champions League 21.10.26
✕ Bayern Munich 6-1 RB Leipzig Bundesliga 17.10.26

Manchester City — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
✕ Manchester City 0-1 Brighton Premier League 31.10.26
✓ Manchester City 2-2 (4-3 pens) Brighton EFL Cup 28.10.26
✕ Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City Premier League 24.10.26
✓ Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens Champions League 20.10.26
✓ Manchester City 3-2 Ipswich Premier League 17.10.26

Head to Head

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Manchester City 3-2 RB Leipzig Champions League 28.11.23
RB Leipzig 1-3 Manchester City Champions League 04.10.23
Manchester City 7-0 RB Leipzig Champions League 14.03.23
RB Leipzig 1-1 Manchester City Champions League 22.02.23
RB Leipzig 2-1 Manchester City Champions League 07.12.21

Where to Watch

🇩🇪 Germany
DAZN GermanyDAZN2 Germany
🇬🇧 Great Britain
TNT Sports 2HBO Max
🇮🇪 Ireland
RTE 2TNT Sports 2RTE PlayerHBO Max
🇺🇸 USA
Paramount+DAZN USA
🇨🇦 Canada
DAZN CanadafuboTV Canada
🇦🇹 Austria
DAZN2 GermanyCANAL+ Austria
🇪🇸 Spain
Movistar Liga de Campeones 4Movistar Liga de Campeones 5Movistar+
🇫🇷 France
Canal+ FootCanal+ Live 2myCANAL
🇳🇴 Norway
TV 2 Play
🇭🇷 Croatia
HRT 2Arena Sport 1 CroatiaMAXtv To GoHRTi
🇵🇹 Portugal
DAZN1 PortugalDAZN Portugal
TV Channel Streaming Radio

Table

Champions League Standings

Pos. Team MP W D L GF GA GD P Form
1 PSG 3 3 0 0 14 5 9 9
WWW
2 Aston Villa 3 3 0 0 12 3 9 9
WWW
3 Liverpool 3 3 0 0 12 7 5 9
WWW
4 Real Madrid 3 3 0 0 10 5 5 9
WWW
5 Real Betis 3 3 0 0 7 4 3 9
WWW
6 Stuttgart 3 2 1 0 7 2 5 7
DWW
7 Arsenal 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 7
DWW
8 Barcelona 3 2 0 1 11 6 5 6
LWW
9 Como 3 2 0 1 10 5 5 6
WLW
10 Manchester City 3 2 0 1 9 5 4 6
WLW
11 Club Brugge 3 2 0 1 9 6 3 6
WWL
12 Sporting CP 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 6
LWW
13 Borussia Dortmund 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 6
WLW
14 Bayern München 3 1 2 0 10 5 5 5
DDW
15 Roma 3 1 1 1 8 5 3 4
WLD
16 Atlético Madrid 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 4
DWL
17 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 4
LWD
18 PSV 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
WLD
19 Villarreal 3 1 0 2 8 8 0 3
LWL
20 Manchester United 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3
LLW
21 Internazionale 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3
WLL
22 Napoli 3 1 0 2 5 7 -2 3
WLL
23 Galatasaray 3 1 0 2 6 9 -3 3
WLL
24 LASK Linz 3 1 0 2 6 9 -3 3
WLL
25 Sabah 3 1 0 2 3 6 -3 3
LWL
26 Feyenoord 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 3
LWL
27 Lens 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4 3
LLW
28 Bodø / Glimt 3 1 0 2 4 9 -5 3
LWL
29 AEK Athens 3 1 0 2 3 8 -5 3
LLW
30 RB Leipzig 3 1 0 2 3 8 -5 3
LWL
31 Fenerbahçe 3 0 2 1 3 9 -6 2
DLD
32 Slavia Praha 3 0 1 2 4 7 -3 1
DLL
33 Viking 3 0 1 2 5 9 -4 1
LDL
34 Porto 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4 0
LLL
35 Lille 3 0 0 3 4 10 -6 0
LLL
36 Slovan Bratislava 3 0 0 3 1 13 -12 0
LLL

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