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RB Leipzig host Atletico Madrid in the second UEFA champions league quarter final tie.Today, get to know the game’s kick off time ,venue ,predicted line ups , which TV will show the game and our prediction.
What is it?
The UEFA champions league quarter final 2020 match between German-side RB Leipzig and Spanish outfit Atletico Madrid.
When is it?
The match between RB Leipzig and Atletico Madrid will be played on Thursday 13th August 2020.
What venue is Leipzig vs Atletico?
The match will be played at Estadio Alvalade in Lisbon,Portugal.
What time will Leipzig vs Atletico kick-off?
The match will kick-off at 8pm in the U.K.
In Kenya, the match will kick-off at 10pm.
Which TV channel will show this game?
In the U.K.
BT Sport 1 will air the game live for U.K. football fans.
In the U.S.
CBS All Access will show this match live for fans in the United States.
Which DSTv Supersport channel will show this game In Kenya?
Supersport 5 will show Leipzig vs Atletico live at 10pm.All other African fans using DSTv will watch this game on Supersport 5 except South Africa.
In South Africa
The match will be broadcasted live on Supersport 3 for South African football fans.
Here’s how it looks like at the moment
RB Leipzig go into this game boasting after completely out-classing Tottenham in the champions league round of 16 with a 4-0 aggregate win.However,Leipzig have lost their goal machine in Timo Werner to Chelsea.Werner was the top scorer in the 2019/2020 German Bundesliga season ,second only to Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski.He played a major role in lifting Leipzig to this stage of the competition.However, Leipzig still have two prolific strikers in Patrick Schick and Yussuf Poulsen who may be lead the attack in Julian Nagelsmann line-up.
Atletico Madrid on the other hand knocked out the reigning champions Liverpool in a thrilling tie.Atletico produced a hard-fought 1-0 victory in Madrid before producing a 3-2 upset at Anfield.Late goals from Marcos Llorente and Alvaro Morata ensured Atletico were into the champions league quarters.Atletico are known for their solid defence having conceded just 27 goals in 38 laliga matches.They can score and defend to maintain their advantage until their final whistle meaning Leipzig should be weary not to concede an early goal.Infact, most of Atletico wins in the laliga have been 1-0 wins.Atletico ended the laliga campaign unbeaten in 11 matches with Jan Oblak keeping 17 clean sheets for the whole season.
This means,that Leipzig without Werner, will have difficulty opening Atletico’s defence while on the other side try to keep Alvaro Morata from scoring.
Leipzig vs Atletico Predicted line-ups
RB Leipzig : Gulasci; Klostermann, Upamecano, Halstenburg; Laimer, Sabitzer, Mukiele; Forsberg, Nkunku; Schick.
Atletico : Oblak; Arias, Giménez, Savić, Lodi; Llorente, Koke, Saul, Carrasco; João Felix; Costa.
Liepzig vs Atletico Team News
Atletico
Angel Correa is out after contracting Covid-19.Vrsaljko is also out with a knee injury while Thomas Partey is a doubt with muscle problem.
Leipzig
Konate is out with a hip injury while Sabitzer is a doubt with a knee injury.
Here’s what the coaches had to say:
Julian Nagelsmann, Leipzig coach: “We’ll look to play our game, we’re focused on ourselves. We know they have a lot of experience over two legs – but anything can happen in just one game as opposed to two. There’s pressure and nerves. But we want to relax the players and not increase the pressure ahead. There’s always tension.”
Diego Simeone, Atlético coach: “We’ve got a great game against a good side with a young coach who’s doing a great job. They’re a great side, they came third in their league. It’s not just important to win – it’s the only option. I’m only focused on preparing the game in the best way I can and taking the game in the direction we want it to go. I’ll repeat – it’s not important to win, it’s the only thing that you can do.”
Our Prediction
Total goals scored: Under 2.5.
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