Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig: Everything You Need to Know – Watch Live, Predictions, Injury Updates, Form and Streaming Details
Real Madrid's quest to become the first 15-time European Cup winner will advance if it can avoid a home upset at the hands of RB Leipzig in the second leg of its last-16 tie against Bundesliga powerhouses.
Brahim Díaz scored the only goal of the first leg, a very close game that required heroics from Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin.
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Real were missing five outstanding players in that match. Jude Bellingham and Antonio Rudiger are available for this one, while David Alaba, Eder Militao and Thibaut Courtois remain out.
Leipzig has been led by Belgian forward Lois Openda and Dutch midfielder Xavi Simons, who have 35 goals between them in the Bundesliga alone.
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Defender David Raum is a key player, and goalkeeper Janis Blaswich will probably need to do a big job at least once if Leipzig are to turn this tie around.
How to watch Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig live, stream link and start time
Kick off: 3 p.m. ET, Wednesday (March 6)
how to watch: Supreme+ and TUDN USA
Focus on Real Madrid
Madrid have been on a mini-funk, drawing Rayo Vallecano and Valencia and beating Sevilla 1-0 at home from the first leg.
Focus on RB Leipzig
Leipzig has won two and lost once from the first leg in Germany, sandwiching Bundesliga wins over Borussia Monchengladbach and Bochum with a 90th-minute loss to Bayern Munich.
Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig Prediction
This will be nervy, even at the Bernabéu, as Leipzig can play fast and challenge any team. But Real's experience, the midfield and the home crowd make the idea of predicting anything other than Madrid emerging with a place in the quarter-finals foolish. Real Madrid 1-1 RB Leipzig, with Real advancing 2-1 on aggregate.
