RB Leipzig 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 7 December 2021

Result

RB Leipzig 2-1 Manchester City

Champions League · Tuesday 7 December 2021, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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RB Leipzig 2-1 Manchester City: match report

RB Leipzig defeated Manchester City 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 7 December 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Dominik Szoboszlai opened the scoring in the 24th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Dominik Szoboszlai (24') and André Silva (71'). Manchester City scored through Riyad Mahrez (76').

Discipline: RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game RB Leipzig were 43rd on 4 points from 5 and Manchester City 14th on 12 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dominik Szoboszlai of RB Leipzig (8.0), level with Kevin De Bruyne (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 RB Leipzig wins, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Kevin KamplRB Leipzig
  • 24'Goal · Dominik SzoboszlaiRB Leipzig · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Kevin De BruyneManchester City
  • 71'Goal · André SilvaRB Leipzig · 2-0
  • 76'Goal · Riyad MahrezManchester City · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · John StonesManchester City
  • 82'Red card · Kyle WalkerManchester City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Tyler AdamsRB Leipzig

Head-to-head

1 meetings: RB Leipzig 0, draws 0, Manchester City 1.

Team news

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RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-3-1)

Péter Gulácsi, Nordi Mukiele, Lukas Klostermann, Josko Gvardiol, Angeliño, Konrad Laimer, Kevin Kampl, Christopher Nkunku, Emil Forsberg, Dominik Szoboszlai, André Silva

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Zack Steffen, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Nathan Aké, Oleksandr Zinchenko, İlkay Gündoğan, Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden