RB Leipzig vs Manchester City prediction and preview

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City

Champions League · Wednesday 4 November 2026, 20:00 UTC · Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

RB Leipzig · Manchester City · Champions League predictions

The Champions League fixture between RB Leipzig and Manchester City is scheduled for Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 20:00 UTC at Red Bull Arena in Leipzig. RB Leipzig go into the round 28th, on 3 points from 3 games, while Manchester City go into the round 12th, on 6 points from 3 games.

RB Leipzig have collected 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from their last 5 league games; Manchester City have 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats over the same stretch. Over their last 6, RB Leipzig have scored 2.5 and conceded 1.7 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2. Manchester City average 2.3 scored and 1.7 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

The sides have met 6 times in the records we hold: RB Leipzig won 1, 1 game was drawn and Manchester City won 4. Those games averaged 5.0 goals, 5 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 5. The most recent meeting, on 28 Nov 2023, ended Manchester City 3-2 RB Leipzig.

RB Leipzig list 7 absentees, including Assan Ouédraogo (injury), Maxime Estève (injury) and Max Finkgräfe (injury). Assan Ouédraogo has featured heavily in recent matches. Manchester City are without Antoine Semenyo (injury). Antoine Semenyo has featured heavily in recent matches. Marco Guida is the appointed referee. Across 280 earlier matches in our data the average is 4.6 yellow cards per game and 0.4 penalties per game, and home sides won 42% of those games.

Bookmaker prices make Manchester City clear favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.