Leipzig vs. Manchester City: preview and betting tips

Wednesday’s Champions League programme will see Leipzig face Manchester City. Favoured guests only drew at Nottingham at the weekend, so they have a lot to make up for. What to expect from the match?

Leipzig have won only one of the last three rounds, so they have dropped out of the top of the league table. They are four points behind Bayern in fifth place. In the Champions League group, they left Celtic and Shakhtar Donetsk behind, with only Real Madrid being better.

Citizens traditionally won their group, beating Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla and Copenhagen. They are second in the Premier League after the weekend loss, two points behind Arsenal, while the Gunners have a game in hand.

Leipzig’s key figures

The home side will trust in the quick feet of German striker Tim Werner, author of 11 goals and four assists. Talented Hungarian midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai scored five goals and assisted on 13 others.

Manchester City’s key figures

Erling Haaland is blasted away from the rest of Europe with his numbers, with an incredible 32 goals and four assists. Jack Grealish has also been in great form since the World Cup in Qatar, making three appearances so far and adding five goal assists.

What to expect and what to bet on?

Leipzig rely on their goal scoring attack, with 43 shots in the Bundesliga they have the third best in the competition. It has scored more than once in four of its last six games, including a six-goal charge by Schalke.

The Citizens, on the other hand, with 60 goals, are clearly the Premier League’s top scoring team with an incredible average of 2.2 shots per round. They have scored three or more goals in four of their last seven games.

Given Haaland’s unstoppable machine, the Citizens’ generally productive attack and their extreme motivation to win the competition for the first time in club history, I think the visitors will prevail in Germany.

Source: UEFA