Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig prediction 19.09.2024 | Champions League
Atletico Madrid
Kick off:
Date:
RB Leipzig
1
1.80
X
4.11
2
4.62
Contents
- Competition: Champions League
- Date: 19th September 2024
- Kick-off: 20:00 UTC +1 / 21:00 CEST
- Venue: Civitas Metropolitano
Atletico Madrid will be looking to continue their recent impressive form on Thursday when they welcome RB Leipzig to Spain for their first Champions League group match of the 2024-25 campaign.
The hosts had to fight for a draw in their opening game of the campaign, with Diego Simeone’s men coming from a goal down twice in the game to draw 2-2 thanks to goals from Llorente and Alexander Sorloth. Los Colchoneros have been much more better both offensively and defensively since then, winning three out of four matches and will go into Thursday’s game as favorites.
Meanwhile, RB Leipzig were also enjoying a great start to the 2024-25 campaign domestically until last weekend. The Red Bulls opened their campaign with 4-1 win over Essen in the DFB-Pokal first round and followed that up with back to back league wins over Bochum and the champions Leverkusen before drawing at home against Union last weekend.
Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig Betting Tips: Atletico to win & over 2.5 goals
Atletico bring a two games winning run in which they didn’t concede into Thursday’s game and their record at the Civitas Metropolitano in Europe is also good. Los Colchoneros a game at this ground in the Champions League since the 2021-22 campaign, going ten unbeaten and won four of the last five.
RB Leipzig failed to hit the back of the net in the Bundesliga last time out, but they can’t be underestimated when it comes to scoring goals especially in Europe. The Red Bulls scored in all but one of their last eight games in the Champions League and just two of those encounters produced less than 2.5 goals.
- Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals
- Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig prediction: 2-1
Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig Head to Head (H2H) stats
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RB Leipzig
2 : 1
Atletico Madrid
Champions League
Atletico Madrid team news
Atletico Madrid will again be without the services of Borja Garcés who has been out since April due to a cruciate ligament injury, but the forward is the only injury concern for the hosts.
Julián Alvarez got his first goal for Atletico Madrid in the win over Valencia in La Liga last time out and the former Man City forward will be pushing for a start on Thursday.
Last matches of Atletico Madrid
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Atletico Madrid
3 : 0
Valencia
La Liga
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Athletic Bilbao
0 : 1
Atletico Madrid
La Liga
-
Atletico Madrid
0 : 0
Espanyol
La Liga
-
Atletico Madrid
3 : 0
Girona
La Liga
-
Villarreal
2 : 2
Atletico Madrid
La Liga
Atletico Madrid lineup
Goalkeeper
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13
Jan Oblak
Defenders
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14
Marcos Llorente
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24
Robin Le Normand
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2
José María Giménez
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3
César Azpilicueta
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12
Samuel Lino
Midfielders
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5
Rodrigo De Paul
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6
Koke
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4
Conor Gallagher
Forwards
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7
Antoine Griezmann
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9
Alexander Sørloth
RB Leipzig team news
RB Leipzig head coach Alexander Zickler will once again be without the services of Xaver Schlager this week due to injury.
Schlager has missed the last six games due to a cruciate ligament injury and the midfielder isn’t expected to return to action before the end of this month.
The hosts’ injury list also includes German professional Assan Ouédraogo who is nursing a knee injury.
Last matches of RB Leipzig
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RB Leipzig
0 : 0
FC Union Berlin
Bundesliga
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RB Leipzig
3 : 1
ZFC Meuselwitz
Club Friendlies 3
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Bayer Leverkusen
2 : 3
RB Leipzig
Bundesliga
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RB Leipzig
1 : 0
Bochum
Bundesliga
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Rot-Weiss Essen
1 : 4
RB Leipzig
DFB Pokal
RB Leipzig lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Péter Gulácsi
Defenders
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3
Lutsharel Geertruida
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16
Lukas Klostermann
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23
Castello Lukeba
Midfielders
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39
Benjamin Henrichs
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8
Amadou Haidara
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44
Kevin Kampl
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19
David Raum
Forwards
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30
Benjamin Šeško
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11
Loïs Openda
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10
Xavi Simons
Three reasons we expect at least three goals in this game
- Seven of the last nine games of RB Leipzig in the Champions League ended with over 2.5 goals.
- At least three goals were seen in six of the last eight Champions League games of Atletico.
- Just one of the last seven competitive away games of Leipzig ended with under 2.5 goals.
Main prediction Atletico Madrid - RB Leipzig
Over 2.5 goals
Best Odds:
22Bet
1.82
Additional predictions
Atletico Madrid & RB Leipzig current standing in Champions League
| League Stage | P | W | D | L |
G - A
|
GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 - 2 | +7 | 3 |
| 2 | Celtic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 - 1 | +4 | 3 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 - 0 | +3 | 3 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 - 0 | +3 | 3 |
| 5 | Sparta Praha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 - 0 | +3 | 3 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 - 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 7 | Juventus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 - 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 8 | Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 - 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 9 | Sporting CP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 - 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 10 | Paris Saint Germain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 - 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 11 | Inter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Manchester City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bologna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Sturm Graz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Crvena Zvezda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Feyenoord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Atlético Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FC Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | RB Leipzig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Atalanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Girona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 28 | VfB Stuttgart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 - 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 29 | PSV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 - 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 30 | Milan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 - 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 31 | LOSC Lille | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 32 | Club Brugge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 33 | Young Boys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 34 | Salzburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 35 | Slovan Bratislava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 - 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 36 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 - 9 | -7 | 0 |