Real Madrid hold a slender advantage when they take on RB Leipzig in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday.
The two sides were separated by a superb Brahim Diaz effort in Leipzig three weeks ago. The hosts were woefully wasteful as they went scoreless, although Madrid could have doubled or tripled their advantage in the latter stages of the first leg.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side haven’t exactly purred since their trip to Saxony and were forced to settle for another La Liga draw on Saturday at Valencia. Still, Jude Bellingham’s ruled-out winner didn’t prove too costly as both Girona and Barcelona dropped points on Sunday.
Leipzig harbour hopes of returning to Europe’s premier club competition next season and secured a feel-good 4-1 win over Bochum at the weekend. Marco Rose’s side will do battle with Borussia Dortmund for fourth spot in the Bundesliga.
Here’s 90min’s preview of Wednesday’s last-16 second leg.
Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig H2H Record
Current Form (all competitions)
Real Madrid |
RB Leipzig |
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Valencia 2-2 Real Madrid – 02/03/24 |
VfL Bochum 1-4 RB Leipzig – 02/03/24 |
Real Madrid 1-0 Sevilla – 25/02/24 |
Bayern Munich 2-1 RB Leipzig – 24/02/24 |
Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Real Madrid – 18/02/24 |
RB Leipzig 2-0 Borussia Monchengladbach – 17/02/24 |
RB Leipzig 0-1 Real Madrid – 13/02/24 |
RB Leipzig 0-1 Real Madrid – 13/02/24 |
Real Madrid 4-0 Girona – 10/02/24 |
Augsburg 2-2 RB Leipzig – 10/02/24 |
Country |
TV channel/live stream |
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United Kingdom |
discovery+ App, discovery+, TNT Sports 2 |
United States |
Univision, ViX, Univision NOW, TUDN USA, Paramount+, TUDN.com, TUDN App |
Canada |
DAZN |
There have been further positive updates on the injury front regarding Madrid‘s long-term absentees. Both Thibaut Courtois and Eder Militao should be back in action next month.
David Alaba, however, won’t return until the summer.
Bellingham’s red card on Saturday night came in La Liga and won’t affect his availability for this fixture.
Real Madrid predicted lineup vs RB Leipzig (4-3-1-2): Lunin; Carvajal, Rudiger, Nacho, Mendy; Camavinga, Kroos, Valverde; Bellingham; Rodrygo, Vinicius.
Mohamed Simakan is suspended for Wednesday’s second leg after he picked up his third yellow card of Leipzig’s Champions League campaign in the first leg.
Benjamin Henrichs is poised to retain his place at right-back in Simakan’s absence. Lukas Klostermann is nursing a hip injury and is set to miss out.
RB Leipzig predicted lineup vs Real Madrid (4-2-2-2):…
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