Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig - prediction, team news, lineups

Real Madrid volition beryllium aiming to marque it 3 consecutive wins successful the Champions League this play erstwhile they invited RB Leipzig to Bernabeu connected Wednesday night.

Los Blancos person beaten Inter Milan and Roma successful the 2026-27 league stage, portion Leipzig person picked up 3 points, losing to Como earlier beating PSV Eindhoven.

Match preview

Real Madrid are presently eighth successful the wide Champions League table, with Los Blancos picking up six points from 2 matches, signaling a 2-1 triumph implicit Inter Milan earlier posting a 4-3 triumph implicit Roma successful their 2nd crippled past week.

Jose Mourinho's broadside person had their problems this season, some connected and disconnected the field, but they person present been victorious successful their past 3 matches since the Madrid derby.

Los Blancos volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 4-1 triumph implicit Sevilla, with the effect leaving them 3rd successful the La Liga table connected 21 points, six points down the leaders Barcelona, who person been exceptional successful the aboriginal stages of the campaign.

Real Madrid really finished 11th successful past season's league signifier and went connected to scope the quarter-finals earlier losing to Bayern Munich; immense improvements are expected this term.

These 2 sides person locked horns connected 4 erstwhile occasions successful the Champions League, and it is Real Madrid that pb the head-to-head grounds 2 wins to Leipzig's one, portion determination has besides been 1 draw.

Leipzig suffered a 4-1 decision to Como successful their opening lucifer successful this season's Champions League, earlier signaling a 1-0 triumph implicit PSV past clip retired - 3 points from 2 games has near the Bundesliga outfit successful 21st spot successful the wide table.

Martin Demichelis' broadside volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 6-1 decision to Bayern Munich, with the effect leaving them successful seventh spot successful the Bundesliga table connected 9 points.

Leipzig struggled successful their past quality successful the league signifier of the Champions League successful 2024-25, finishing 32nd, losing 7 of their 8 matches.

Die Roten Bullen suffered a 2-0 decision to Real Madrid successful the archetypal gathering betwixt the 2 sides successful September 2022, but they recorded a 3-2 triumph successful the reverse group-stage fixture successful October 2022, truthful the Bundesliga broadside person erstwhile erstwhile it comes to beating the Madrid giants.

Leipzig are without a triumph successful their past 3 matches with Spanish opposition, astir precocious losing 2-1 to Atletico Madrid successful 2024-25.

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Team News

Real Madrid stay without the services of Rodrygo (knee), Ferland Mendy (hip) and Raul Asencio (leg) for the Champions League clash, but Vinicius Junior volition beryllium backmost successful the squad, arsenic his suspension lone relates to home football.

Vinicius is expected to travel backmost into the starting side, with Endrick acceptable to driblet out, but Federico Valverde should proceed astatine right-back, with Arda Guler exceptional successful the mediate of the midfield against Sevilla past clip out.

Kylian Mbappe has scored 11 goals successful 11 appearances this season, and the France planetary volition erstwhile again pb the Los Blancos attack.

As for Leipzig, Christoph Baumgartner (hamstring) and Assan Ouedraogo (shoulder) are retired of the contention owed to wounded problems.

Antonio Nusa has been successful beardown signifier this season, coming up with 4 goals and 3 assists successful 9 appearances, and the 21-year-old volition diagnostic successful an attacking area.

There should besides beryllium stats for Christopher Nkunku - 4 goals, 2 assists this play - and Romulo, who has 1 extremity successful 5 appearances during the 2026-27 campaign.

Real Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Courtois; Valverde, Konate, Huijsen, Carreras; Guler, Tchouameni; Diomande, Bellingham, Vinicius; Mbappe

RB Leipzig imaginable starting lineup:

Vandevoordt; Baku, Orban, Lukeba, Raum; Banzuzi, El Aynaoui; Gruda, Nkunku, Nusa; Romulo

We say: Real Madrid 3-1 RB Leipzig

Real Madrid are successful bully signifier astatine this infinitesimal successful time, and we are expecting Mourinho's squad to beryllium excessively beardown for their German opponents connected Wednesday night.

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