Manchester City and RB Leipzig will face off at the Etihad this Tuesday for the second leg of their Champions League knockout tie.
Pep Guardiola’s side come into this tie on a run of four consecutive wins since their 1-1 draw with Leipzig in the first leg. Their most recent outing was a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace, a win that kept them close to Arsenal in the title race.
The win extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to eight games (W6, D2), so they are the favourites to win this tie and progress to the quarter-finals of this competition for a sixth consecutive season.
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Meanwhile, City are currently on a six-game winning run at the Etihad, so Leipzig must be at their best to win this game. The German side are a formidable opponent these days under Marco Rose. However, they come into this tie in good shape, having won six of the eleven games they have played this year, losing just twice (D3).
A 3-0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach at the weekend kept them on course for a top-four finish in Bundesliga. So the goal here will be to secure a place in the UCL quarter-finals for the first time since the 2019/2020 season when they reached the semifinals.
However, they have a bad record against English teams in this round, with their last entry into the UCL Round of 16 ending at the hands of English opposition, one of two multiple-goal defeats they suffered on trips to England (5-0 and 2-0) in 2020/21.
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