Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig 2023/24: Team news, predicted line-ups & kick off time

Real Madrid face RB Leipzig in the second leg of their Champions League round of 16 clash at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side earned a hard-fought 1-0 win in the first leg and will have to be alert from the start to avoid giving away as many chances as they did three weeks ago.

Here’s everything you need to know about the clash.

Team news

Carlo Ancelotti will be without the services of Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militão & David Alaba who are all still working on their recoveries.

As for Leipzig, Mohamed Simakan is suspended after being booked in the first leg. Lukas Klostermann will also miss out through injury.

📋 Squad list for Wednesday’s match against RB Leipzig.

❌ Players NOT called up:

◉ Due to injury: Courtois, Militão & Alaba. pic.twitter.com/z31YsqbYdC

— Real Madrid News (@onlyrmcfnews) March 5, 2024

Predicted line-ups

Real Madrid (4-3-1-2):

Lunin

Carvajal — Rüdiger — Tchouaméni — Mendy

Valverde — Kroos — Camavinga

Bellingham

Rodrygo — Vinicius

RB Leipzig (4-4-2):

Gulacsi

Henrichs — Orban — Lukeba — Raum

Olmo — Haidara — Schlager — Simons

Openda — Sesko

Head-to-head results

Real Madrid: 2 Wins
Draws: 0
RB Leipzig: 1 Win

Last meeting: RB Leipzig 0-1 Real Madrid.

Kick-off time

Real Madrid will be hosting Leipzig on Wednesday evening (06 March) at 21:00 CET.