Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig Prediction & Betting Tips

🏆 Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig CL Prediction - 19/09/2024

This tussle in Spain's capital brings with it a real clash of identities. Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid are known as the great arm-wrestlers of recent times. They take pride in embroiling themselves in the fight, showing great patience and pragmatism to engineer the right results, oftentimes against the odds. The Argentine is now in his 13th season as boss and having reached two finals, a semi-final, and three quarter-finals under his leadership their footballing pedigree is not for questioning. Leipzig are much more dynamic by trade but may find themselves smothered by their hosts here. They can get on the scoresheet but Atleti can still emerge with all three points.

💯 Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig Football Event Odds

With home advantage at the Metropolitano – where they won all three games in the group stage last season scoring 11 goals – Atletico are favourites to prevail in this mouthwatering matchday one clash. RB Leipzig are no pushovers – as they showed when defeating Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen on their own patch recently. That should make the Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig betting odds an interesting read.

🏅 Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig: Match Winner

Atletico's home pedigree is proven – they took care of Feyenoord, Celtic and Lazio at the group stage last season and also beat Inter Milan and Borussia Dortmund in 90 minutes in their knockout ties. Leipzig drew across the city at the Bernabeu with Real Madrid in the last-16 back in March. Given past exploits in this competition, Atletico Madrid are always a popular tip to win at home.

Atletico Madrid to Win	1.80	1.80	1.76
RB Leipzig to Win	4.00	4.00	4.25
Draw	3.77	3.77	3.75

⚽ Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig: Both Teams To Score

Atletico come into this opening Champions League assignment off the back of four straight clean sheets in La Liga. Getting anything from Simeone's well-drilled unit will require a major effort from the visiting side. Leipzig were held to a scoreless draw at home by Union Berlin on Saturday.

Yes	1.66	1.66	1.66
No	2.22	2.22	2.10

🥅 Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig Odds: Over/Under 2.5 Goals

There were 13 goals scored in Atletico Madrid's three home games in the Champions League last season, with 11 of those coming from the hosts. Leipzig's attacking tendencies saw them score seven times in three away games in the group phase last season, scoring at least twice on each occasion. Both of these sides are regularly tipped to score plenty of goals.

Over 2.5 Goals	1.69	1.69	1.69
Under 2.5 Goals	2.17	2.17	2.05

⚡ Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig – Head to Head

These sides have only met once before. It came in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and, in that interrupted season, it was played as a one-off game at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon. Dani Olmo gave Leipzig a 51st-minute lead that was cancelled out by a João Félix penalty 20 minutes later before Tyler Adams' late deflected shot gave a Leipzig team coached by Julian Nagelsmann the victory to reach their first and only semi-final so far. The latest Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig odds suggest the Germans may struggle to come out on top again now.

Atletico Madrid Update

The home side are in good form ahead of this Champions League opener. Simeone's team are joint-second in La Liga with 11 points from five games and teed themselves up for this by defeating Valencia 3-0 at the weekend. Big-money signing Connor Gallagher scored his first goal in the red and white, while they made it four successive clean sheets. England international Gallagher has slotted straight in, while Antoine Griezmann and Marcos Llorente are also impressing in the early part of the season, scoring goals and finding assists in La Liga.

Pablo Barrios has a muscle problem and looks like missing out for Atletico Madrid. Julian Alvarez, signed from Manchester City last month, came off the bench to score the final goal in the weekend win over Valencia and the Argentine forward will be hoping to start here.

RB Leipzig Update

Leipzig and Marco Rose have already gained a notable scalp this season, defeating last season's unbeaten Bundesliga kings Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 on their own patch. That made it 2-2 in their start to the league season in Germany, though they would have been disappointed to get held scoreless by Union Berlin at the weekend despite enjoying 70 per cent possession. Losing key players like Mohamed Simakan and Dani Olmo in the summer brings challenges but the arrivals of Lutsharel Geertruida in defence and Arthur Vermeeren and Antonio Nusa in midfield has helped and RB Leipzig remains a strong side.

Xaver Schlager and Assan Ouedraogo remain likely to miss out here but Willi Orban should be back in contention after sitting out the scoreless home draw with Union Berlin.

👕Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig - Potential Lineups

✒️ Enda McElhinney – Expert Tipster

Enda McElhinney is an Irish-based sportswriter, specialising in written content on the GAA, horse racing and football. He has more than a decade of experience across many publications, bringing a wealth of knowledge and betting nous to his craft. When he isn't at this desk or the racecourse, he loves to unwind on the golf course – though sometimes that can be more stressful than working!