RB Leipzig v Manchester City: Champions League preview, predicted line-ups & tips
Leipzig sit 28th and City 12th in the league phase. Our preview covers team news, predicted XIs, the Haaland threat and a score prediction for Matchday 4.
Champions League predictions
53 published Champions League previews, newest first. Each one commits to a scoreline and a tip, and is graded once the match has been played.
Our Champions League headline tips
Full tip record and method- Settled
- 51
- Hit rate
- 75%
- Profit (£10)
- +£87.60
- ROI
- +17.2%
FC Porto v Napoli: Preview, predicted line-ups & Champions League tip
Winless Porto host a Napoli side stripped by injuries in a Champions League league-phase tie that neither can afford to lose.
Borussia Dortmund v Real Betis: Champions League preview, predicted line-ups and prediction
Dortmund sit 16th in the league phase and need a win at Signal Iduna Park against a Real Betis side with three wins from three and a place in the top eight.
Slavia Praha v Arsenal: Preview, predicted line-ups & Champions League tips
Arsenal return to Prague a year after a 3-0 win there, without Bukayo Saka through injury, against a Slavia side that has not won in the league stage.
Fenerbahçe v Liverpool: Champions League preview, predicted line-ups and tips
Liverpool arrive in Istanbul with three wins from three and 12 goals scored, while Fenerbahçe are coming off a 6-0 defeat away in England.
AEK Athens v Real Madrid: Champions League prediction, predicted line-ups & tips
Real Madrid arrive in Athens with a perfect nine points from three. AEK sit 29th on three points, with a goal difference of minus five.
Manchester United v AS Roma: Champions League prediction, line-ups & team news
Manchester United host AS Roma at Old Trafford in matchday four of the Champions League league stage, with both sides outside the top eight and short of defenders and attackers.
Feyenoord v Inter: Champions League preview, predicted line-ups and prediction
Feyenoord are 26th and Inter are 20th as the Champions League league stage reaches matchday four at De Kuip. Inter have won both previous meetings.
Barcelona v Aston Villa: Preview, predicted line-ups & team news
Barcelona have gone 18 Champions League games without a clean sheet and face an Aston Villa side with three wins from three. Predicted XIs, injuries and our pick.
Villarreal v PSG: Preview, predicted line-ups & Champions League tips
Unbeaten PSG head to Estadio de la Ceramica on top of the league phase, while 19th-placed Villarreal have conceded eight goals in three games.
Atletico Madrid v Bayern München: Champions League preview, predicted line-ups & tips
Atletico Madrid host Bayern München at the Metropolitano in matchday four of the Champions League league stage, with both sides short of a few key men and still hunting a top-eight finish.
Real Madrid v RB Leipzig: Champions League preview, predicted line-ups and team news
Unbeaten Real Madrid host RB Leipzig in the Champions League league stage, with Kylian Mbappé the man to watch and three first-teamers ruled out.
Inter v Shakhtar Donetsk: Champions League preview, predicted line-ups & team news
Inter are pointless after two Champions League games and short of attackers. Shakhtar Donetsk arrive on four points. Here are the team news, line-ups, stats and our pick.
Bayern München v Arsenal: Preview, predicted line-ups & Champions League tips
Bayern München host Arsenal at the Allianz Arena in league stage matchday three. The numbers point to a tight, goal-bearing game between two sides with different problems.
Aston Villa v Viking: Champions League preview, predicted line-ups and betting tips
Villa have won both league-phase games, scoring nine, and host a Viking side that has conceded nine in four. Team news, line-ups, stats and our prediction.
Each preview on this page is built the same way: a predicted scoreline, a headline tip, five further picks across other markets and a three-leg bet builder. This page collects those previews for the Champions League, newest first, covering selected matches from the competition rather than a full round-by-round set.
The competition itself does not change shape from one visit to the next. It remains a European cup contested by clubs from across the continent, and the table and fixture list that move week to week live on their own pages rather than here. Follow the standings on the Champions League table and check what's next on the fixtures page.
Each preview is written by a named author, with the full list on the authors page, and is built around team news and a predicted line-up for both sides, plus where to watch the game. It goes up roughly 22 hours before kick-off and is amended if the team news changes before then. The same page stays live from that first preview through to full time, at which point it shows how the tips fared rather than moving to a new URL.
Grading is consistent across every tip on the site: a flat £10 stake, odds locked at whatever was printed when the preview went up, and misses left on the record rather than quietly dropped. Voided bets are excluded and a bet builder is scored as a single wager at the combined price of its three legs. For the running numbers behind all of that, see the tip record, and for the full explanation of the process, read how we predict.