On the second day of the first round of UEFA Champions League group stage action, RB Leipzig will travel to take on Manchester City. The match will be held at Etihad Stadium with kickoff scheduled for 3 p.m. ET. Below, we preview the RB Leipzig vs. Manchester City odds and lines, and make our best UEFA Champions League bets, picks and predictions.
Manchester City is coming in having hit its stride in English Premier League play. M Jack Grealish, who was recently acquired, has been phenomenal for the home side.
While City has yet to have a true nine step up, it has still managed 11 goals through four games and has given up just one. Defense, led by D Kyle Walker and company, has stepped up big time.
Unfortunately, the opposite can be said of RB Leipzig, who has largely disappointed in the Bundesliga. Leipzig has one win and three losses. It was held scoreless in two of its four matches.
RB Leipzig at Manchester City: Odds, picks and predictions
Odds via Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:20 a.m. ET.
- Money line: RB Leipzig +770 (bet $100 to win $770) | Manchester City -290 (bet $290 to win $100) | Draw +430
- Over/Under: 2.5 (O: -155 | U: +122)
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Prediction
Manchester City 3, RB Leipzig 0
Money line (ML)
“LEAN” to MANCHESTER CITY (-300) as it’s the far superior side; however, I’d also hesitate to bet at this price no matter who is taking the pitch.
There is a better value, and that’s for RB LEIPZIG TO NOT SCORE at (-105). You can get one team not to score for -135, but given Man City’s midfield presence, it’s going to get on the board.
RB, as noted, has been held scoreless twice. Man City has given up just one goal.
When these two meet, I expect a dominant Man City performance, one that could result in a clean sheet for GK Ederson, who already has three clean sheets through four matches in EPL play.
Over/Under (O/U)
BET on the OVER 2.5 (-155) as the Man City midfield should prove to overpower M Tyler Adams and RB Leipzig.
Combining M Kevin de Bruyne, Grealish, and M İlkay Gündoğan, who is coming off the best season of his career, Man City has lethal control in the middle of the field.
It lost only to Tottenham due to sloppy defending on a counterattack and its opponent stuffing eight in the box at almost all times.
Other than that, City has been flawless as a unit. Given Leipzig’s struggles, I could easily see Man City putting 3 or 4 goals on Leipzig. It scored at least 4 goals in two of its four EPL matches.
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