Man City vs RB Leipzig: Champions look to stay perfect against Erling Haaland’s lucky team – kick-off time, team news and how to follow
Manchester City host RB Leipzig on Tuesday evening as they aim to continue their perfect Champions League record this season.
Pep Guardiola’s side have won all four of their Group G games and they have already booked their place in the knockout stage.
They now come up against Leipzig for the second time after beating them 3-1 in Germany last month thanks to goals from Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez and Jeremy Doku.
The Bundesliga outfit have also secured a place in the last 16 but they will still be keen to take top spot from City who beat them 7-0 when they faced each other in the last 16 of the competition last term.
RB Leipzig will be seeing Erling Haaland’s face in their nightmares ahead of the game.
The superstar has scored more goals against Leipzig than against any other team in his career, netting 11 times in only seven appearances against the Germans while playing for both Man City and Borussia Dortmund.
Five of those strikes came earlier this year in City’s 7-0 win when the Norweigan ran riot to send his side through to the quarter-finals.
His overall stats in the Champions League are unbelievable and he doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. He is averaging well over a goal a game with a total of 39 goals in 34 matches and he will be aiming to add more on Tuesday.
City may still be without Jack Grealish for their Champions League clash. He missed the 1-1 draw with Liverpool at the weekend through illness and Guardiola is ‘not optimistic’ about his chances of a return.
It was the same news for Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes, who are both carrying knocks.
John Stones returned to the bench on Saturday though, as he moves closer to full fitness following a long spell on the sidelines.
Kevin De Bruyne now looks set
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