UCL Preview: Leipzig vs Man United, Key-stats, Line-up, Odds, Prediction

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Manchester United travel to RB Leipzig in the Champions League later this week.

Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Key Statistics

Manchester United have won five of their last six matches in all competitions. 

Manchester United have conceded at least once in five of their last six matches in all competitions.

RB Leipzig have scored 7 goals in their last two matches in all competitions. 

Manchester United 

The Red Devils crashed to a defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in their last outing and they will be desperate to bounce back with a  win here.

Group H is finally balanced right now and Manchester United cannot afford to slip up at this stage of the campaign.

Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig have all picked up nine points so far and it will be interesting to see which two teams advance to the knockout rounds of the competition now.

As for Manchester United, they will be without Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial and Fred.

Possible Line-up

David De Gea; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Alex Telles; Scott McTominay, Paul Pogba, Bruno Fernandes, Donny van de Beek; Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood

RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig are coming into this game on the back of a thrilling win over Istanbul Basaksehir and they will fancy their chances of getting something out of this game.

The German side will be playing at home and they have the quality to trouble the Manchester United defence.

The last time these two sides met, Manchester United picked up A50 win and RB Leipzig will be looking for revenge this time.

RB Leipzig will be without the services of Lukas Klostermann, Konrad Laimer, Benjamin Henrichs, Hwang Hee-Chan and Dayot Upamecano for this game.

Possible Line-up

Peter Gulacsi; Nordi Mukiele, Ibrahima Konate, Marcel Halstenberg, Angelino; Marcel Sabitzer, Kevin Kampl; Dani Olmo, Emil Forsberg, Christopher Nkunku; Yussuf Poulsen

Odds

RB Leipzig : Draw : Manchester United :: 2.45 : 3.75 : 2.62

Prediction

Manchester United have shown that they are hard to beat on their travels and their away form has been very good this season. Solskjaer’s men will be the favourites heading into this game and they are likely to emerge victorious. But Leipzig’s recent performance against Bayern Munich cannot be ignored.

RB Leipzig 2-2 Manchester United