Man City vs RB Leipzig: Complete head-to-head record

Manchester City and RB Leipzig are two of Europe’s relatively new kids on the block.

For the last half decade or so, they have regularly reached the latter stages of the Champions League and have become renowned for the talent at their disposal.

Despite this, their battles in competitive action have been few and far between.

Here is the complete history of Man City vs RB Leipzig.

Man City have faced RB Leipzig on just two occasions so far – both fixtures coming in the group stages of the 2021/22 Champions League.

In their first meeting, City smashed Leipzig 6-3 at the Etihad Stadium in what was the beginning of the end for Jesse Marsch in his brief tenure in Germany. Nathan Ake opened the scoring for Pep Guardiola’s side before a Nordi Mukiele own goal put the hosts 2-0 up.

Christopher Nkunku’s two strikes, either side of a Riyad Mahrez penalty, made it 3-2 just after the half-time interval, before Jack Grealish restored City’s two-goal advantage. Nkunku sealed his hat-trick with just 20 minutes remaining, but it was to no avail as Joao Cancelo and Gabriel Jesus sealed a convincing home win.

The return fixture was played behind closed doors due to fresh Covid-19 restrictions, with Leipzig running out 2-1 winners in what was essentially a dead rubber fixture with their Europa League fate all but secured.

Man City vs RB Leipzig H2H

Their last 16 matchup in the 2022/23 Champions League will be the first time that Man City and Leipzig will have met in the knockout stages.

For a fixture that hasn’t been played too often, there are a fair few players to have scored in it.

Christopher Nkunku scored that aforementioned hat-trick at the Etihad Stadium in the first game between the sides, though he ultimately ended up on the losing end.

With goals home and away in 2021, Riyad Mahrez is the only player to have scored in multiple meetings.