Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig 06.03.2024 Prediction: UEFA Champions League

Match Overview

Real Madrid take on RB Leipzig in a match in the UEFA Champions League round of sixteen stage at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid on Wednesday. The home team will feel that they can get the better of their opponents given the latter's inexperience in playing in such conditions, but this is the Champions League, and stranger things have been known to happen.

Key Highlights 

Leipzig have only travelled to play three away games against Spanish teams in European tournaments; they lost their most recent game to Real Madrid (2-0) but defeated Real Sociedad (3-1) in the Europa League playoffs in 2021–2022, as cited by CSpotFR, and it goes to say that they will struggle in this game as well. Madrid have an upper hand against their opponents. 

Injury Report

Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao and David Alaba have been ruled out of this game for Madrid whereas for RB Leipzig, Lukas Klostermann may not be available for selection.

Prediction

Real Madrid have advanced on 19 out of 20 instances when winning the first leg of the Champions League playoff, with the only exception being against Ajax in the 2018/19 season's round of 16. Leipzig, on the other hand, have not lost any of their last 6 Champions League playoff matches, keeping clean sheets in 5 of those encounters. We expect Madrid to win this game.