Manchester City travels to Leipzig for the 2nd day of the Champions League group stage, this Wednesday (9 p.m.). Here is all the essential information for this gala match.
Today’s gala poster will pit the Premier League leader against the Bundesliga leader. Reference on the continent for several months, Manchester City travels to Leipzig for a turning point shock with a view to first place in the group. Because the reigning European champion expects to go through some turbulence against a German team which has just held the great Bayern Munich in check (2-2).
Caution will be required in the ranks of the Sky Blues, who have not been as sovereign for several weeks. Pep Guardiola, who believes that Leipzig is “a fantastic team”, is waiting for a response from his players. “Losing against Newcastle hurts, losing against Wolverhampton too, the Premier League is so difficult. But we must turn entirely towards Leipzig, then towards London where we will face Arsenal (Sunday in the league, editor’s note)“. It remains to be seen whether this shock against Arsenal will already be in the minds of the City players, as it certainly weighed in those of the Gunners the day before, in Lens (1-2)…
The expected compositions
RB Leipzig : Blaswich – Henrichs, Simakan, Lukeba, Raum – Simons, Kampl (or Seiwald), Schalger, Forsberg – Openda, Poulsen.
Manchester City : Ederson – Walker, Dias, Gvardiol, Aké – Rodri, Nunes (or Kovacic) – Doku, Alvarez, (or Grealish) – Haaland.
Where to watch the match?
This match between FC Porto and FC Barcelona counting for the 2nd day of the group stage of the Champions League will be followed this Wednesday from 9 p.m. on beIN SPORTS 4. It will also be possible to watch it in streaming on the the group’s streaming platform, BeIn Connect.
