Man City vs RB Leipzig: Prediction, kick-off time, predicted line-ups, TV channel, odds, preview

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City host RB Leipzig in the second leg of their crucial last-16 Champions League showdown on Tuesday night.

The two sides played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg last month after Riyad Mahrez’s opener for City was cancelled out by Josko Gvardiol.

Manchester City come into the game off the back of a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace – with Erling Haaland scoring the winner.

As for Leipzig, the German side come into the game off a 3-0 win against Borussia Monchengladbach – with Timo Werner, Emil Forsberg and Josko Gvardiol scoring for Marco Rose’s side.

Sportsmail breaks down everything you need to know ahead of Manchester City’s meeting with RB Leipzig.

Both City and Leipzig played out a 1-1 draw in the first meeting back in February

Guardiola’s side picked up a crucial win in their last game, defeating Palace 1-0

RB Leipzig come into the game off a 3-0 win against Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday

When is Manchester City vs RB Leipzig?

Guardiola’s City will face Leipzig on Tuesday evening, with the game kicking off at 8pm.

The clash between the two teams will take place at the Etihad Stadium, where City have won their last five games in a row in all competitions.

The two sides have met three times in total, with both teams winning once and the other being last month’s 1-1 draw.

Erling Haaland will be looking to add to his 34 goals in all competitions this season. The forward has scored two goals in his last five games.

As for Leipzig, the German side will be without top scorer Christopher Nkunku for the game. Timo Werner is the club’s second top scorer in all competitions this season with 13.

Erling Haaland (left) and Timo Werner will go head-to-head on Tuesday evening at the Etihad

How to watch

Tuesday’s showdown between City and Leipzig will be shown live on BT Sport 1, with coverage starting at 7pm.

The game between the two teams will also be streamed on the official BT Sport app.

Highlights will be uploaded to the official BT Sport YouTube channel after the game.

Sportsmail will also be providing live coverage of City vs Leipzig so you can keep up-to-date with all the latest developments here.

This evening’s clash between City and Leipzig will take place at the Etihad Stadium

Team news 

Guardiola is set to have a fully fit squad to choose from ahead of the meeting with Leipzig. 

Kevin De Bruyne is likely to return to the starting eleven after he was named on the bench in City’s win over Crystal palace at the weekend. 

De Bruyne is set to partner Rodri and Bernardo Silva in midfield.

Haaland is expected to lead the line for City, with Phil Foden and Jack Grealish on either side. 

Leipzig come into the game with a few injuries. Peter Gulasci remains unavailable, meaning Oliver Blaswich will continue in goal.

In midfield, Xaver Schlager is also expected to be unavailable for selection due to injury.

Former Chelsea striker Timo Werner is expected to start up top with Andre Silva.

Predicted Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Stones, Akanji, Dias, Ake; De Bruyne, Rodri, Silva; Foden, Haaland, Grealish.

Predicted RB Leipzig XI (4-2-2-2): Blaswich; Henrichs, Orban, Gvardiol, Halstenberg; Laimer, Kampl; Szoboszlai, Forsberg; Werner, Silva.

Former Chelsea striker Timo Werner is in line to feature from the off against City

Kevin De Bruyne is expected to start after being named on the bench in City’s last game

What’s been said?

Heading into the game, Guardiola reveals that it will be a ‘good game’ despite the German side missing a few key players.

‘They are so aggressive in the high pressing, have an incredible build-up, use the keeper. Eight players inside, two incredible wide full-backs. You close inside they go to full backs. When you defend outside they have more players inside,’ Guardiola said at his pre-match press conference.

‘So difficult to control. Have to be in the right tempo for pressing. (We have to) Try to find our spaces and places, our quality to punish them. Hopefully defend because we are better.

‘We have to win the game, and to win we have to try. Will be a good game, they have a fantastic team. At Munich they were in second division, since then, they do incredible.’

Guardiola understands that it will be a tough game despite Leipzig’s injury problems

Marco Rose says that his side will need to deliver their best performance of the season 

As for Leipzig, Rose believes that his side will have to deliver the best game of their season in order to progress.

‘We played against Man City three weeks ago. We know what we’ll come up against – it’s nothing new. City will certainly look to refine the details, because we didn’t allow them many chances in Leipzig,’ he said at his pre-match press conference. 

‘We were, however, and didn’t know what to do when we had possession.

‘We want to be more and have more active in defence and have more possession. In theory, that always sounds good. In the end, you have to find the right balance against a top team like that. We can’t go wrong if we have trust and confidence. The fact is that we will need to deliver our best game of the season.’

Odds

Manchester City to win –  2/7

RB Leipzig to win – 17/2

Draw – 4/1

Man City one or more goals in each half; Man City three or more corners in each half and RB Leipzig one or more cards in each half – 10/1

Odds via Paddy Power and correct at the time of publication

Manchester City will be hoping that Erling Haaland can deliver against RB Leipzig

Prediction 

With City managing to come away with a draw in the first leg, the side will certainly back themselves to progress through his evening.

City’s main man Haaland has been unstoppable at times this season for the English side, and if he can deliver, the English side will progress.

As for Leipzig, despite their injury problems, they showed in the first leg that they can hurt City.

Their quick forward play could cause havoc for City’s defence. 

Prediction – 3-1 Manchester City