Real Madrid vs Leipzig 2022/23: Team news, predicted line-ups & kick off time
Real Madrid are back in Champions League action at the Bernabéu on Wednesday where they’ll be facing RB Leipzig.
Los Blancos kicked off their Champions League season with a 3-0 victory at Celtic last week, while Leipzig started with a 4-1 home defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk.
Here’s everything you need to know about the clash.
Team news
Carlo Ancelotti will be without the services of Benzema, Militao and Lucas Vazquez who all picked up injuries over the last seven days. Odriozola has recovered from his injury problems and is back in the squad.
For Leipzig, Dani Olmo, Lukas Klostermann and Konrad Laimer are ruled out with injuries.
📃 Squad list for Wednesday’s match against Leipzig. Players NOT called up:
❌ Benzema, Militão & Vazquéz.#UCL | #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/y6FVvIi5r5
— Real Madrid News (@onlyrmcfnews) September 13, 2022
Predicted line-ups
Real Madrid (4-3-3):
Courtois
Carvajal — Rüdiger — Alaba — Mendy
Modrić — Tchouaméni — Kroos
Valverde — Rodrygo — Vinicius
RB Leipzig (4-2-3-1):
Gulacsi
Simakan — Orban — Diallo — Raum
Laimer— Schlager
Nkunku — Forsberg — Szoboszlai
Werner
Head-to-head results
Real Madrid: 0 Wins
RB Leipzig: 0 Wins
Draws: 0
Kick-off time
Real Madrid host last season’s Europa League semifinalists on Wednesday night (14 September) at 21:00 CEST/20:00 BST.
