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With renewed vigour in the Premier League title fight, Manchester City return to Champions League play as they travel to Germany for the first of two Round of 16 legs against Bundesliga side RB Leipzig.European play is finally back in action after three months on the sideline, and UCL title hopefuls City again look for Pep Guardiola's first European crown at the club.The Premier League side cut Arsenal's gap atop the league table to just two points, briefly taking over at the peak after beating the Gunners at Emirates Stadium last week. While a disappointing, last-gasp draw with Nottingham Forest pegged them back again, the climb back into the fight will give City new life as they hit the road east.The opponent will be energised as well, knowing that talisman striker Christopher Nkunku is Dennis Eckersley Jersey back from his knee injury. RB Leipzig sputtered in his absence, winning just two of their five Bundesliga games with the Frenchman sidelined, but he picked up an a sist in a 21-minute cameo over the weekend against Wolfsburg to mark his return.MORE: Manchester City are favourites on the road, as one might imagine considering their status as the betting favourites of the entire competition, but it might not be by as much as one might expect. The setting away from home plays a part, as does Man City's recent form, which has been inconsistent at best. They sit on minus moneyline odds but only just, with RB Leipzig at around 7/2.The bookmakers believe that, because of the presence of Nkunku, both teams can find the back of the net, despite the defensive abilities of the two clubs. RB Leipzig have conceded the third-fewest goals in the Bundesliga, while Man City have conceded the fourth-fewest goals in the Premier League.SkyBetRB Leipzig win+310+3353/13.90Draw+270+30411/43.60Man City win-120-14717/201.87Both teamsto score Y / N-154/ +110-167/ +1078/13, 6/51.62 / 2.20Over / Under2.5 goals-147/ +105-143/ +1128/11, 1/11.70/ 2.05Man City-0.5-145-135RB Leipzig+0.5+100+106 RB Leipzig vs Man City match factsDate:Wednesday, February 22Kickoff Time:3:00 pm ET / 8:00 pm GMT / 7:00 am AEDT (Thu, Feb. 23)Location:Red Bull Arena(Leipzig, Germany)Official:Serdar Gozubuyuk (NED)RB Leipzig vs Man City team newsThe hosts in Germany have a few injury i sues to concern them, but thankfully talismanChristopher Nkunkuis not one of them, having returned from a month-long knee injury over the weekend. PlaymakerDani Olmois the biggest player to Kendall Graveman Jersey mi s out, sidelined since the end of January with a hamstring injury for another few weeks. DefenderAbdou Diallohas dealt with knee problems all year and continues to see the bench, while Hungarian goalkeeperPeter Gulacsihas been mi sing since October,out for the season with a torn ACL.Man City were dealt a blow when it was confirmed on Tuesday thatKevin De BruyneandAymeric Laportewould mi s the match.DefenderJohn Stones,who has been mi sing with a hamstring injury since the end of January, is also out.Erling Haalandshook off his slight knock to start in the draw with Nottingham Forest over the weekend, and Pep Guardiola hasn't had many other i sues to worry about from a squad perspective for a while now.MORE: RB Leipzig vs Man City key statsRB Leipzig have played eight matches against English clubs in their history, with four wins,four defeats, and no draws.Despite mi sing the last month of action, Christopher Nkunku has the second-most goals in the Bundesliga with 13. Hehascollected the highest expected goals per 90 mins in the league with 0.75 xG/90.In four career games against RB Leipzig, Erling Haaland has scored six goals, with braces in three of his matches. In the only match in which he did not score, his Boru sia Dortmund side lost 4-1, which was the last time he faced the club. Moneyline lean: Mark McGwire Jersey Draw (+280)Against the spread lean:RB Leipzig+0.5 (+100)Score prediction:RB Leipzig 1-1 Man CityManchester City have some truly wild home/road splits this year. In Jed Lowrie Jersey 17 home games on the season acro s all competitions, they have scored 56 goals on 39.55 xG and conceded just 15 on 9.46 xGA. Meanwhile, in 15 games on the road, City have scored just 23 goals on 28.86 xG while conceding 11 goals on 14.38 xGA.Flatly put, this City team is the best side in Europe at the Etihad, and they're bang average on the road. In their two travels east acro s Europe in Champions League group-stage play, they sputtered to a pair of 0-0 draws in Dortmund and Copenhagen.This first leg comes at a good time for RB Leipzig, who are about to embark on a hefty run of games against top opponents. The fixtures come against Man City (2nd in Premier League), Eintracht Frankfurt (6th in Bundesliga), Boru sia Dortmund (2nd), Boru sia Monchengladbach (8th), and then the return leg at Man City. While the German side could be out of gas come that trip to the Etihad, this first leg looks in their favour, and they could get a result. Pick:Over 3.5 cardsOdds:-115( )This is good value on a lower yellow card total, and there's reason to believe this is reachable.While Manchester City don't typically rack up bookings, they still should contribute at least somewhat to this total. Pep Guardiola's side have earned at least one yellow card in seven straight matches, dating back to the Manchester derby in mid-January.RB Leipzig, meanwhile, aren't a side that constantly aggravate the official either, but Andrew Triggs Jersey when they're up against it, they tend to let go a bit. Since the restart following the 2022 World Cup, Leipzig have picked up just two yellow cards in their four victories, yet they have 10 in the three matches they failed to win. While we're predicting a potentially positive result in this match for the German side at home, there's no doubt it will be a tough test from which they are not favoured to emerge victorious, so this match has a great chance to fall in the latter category.Finally, Dutch officialSerdar Gozubuyuk doesn't have much European pedigree yet under his belt, but in Eredivisie play recently he hasn't been afraid to dish out punishment. He is tops in the league in fouls per match and yellows per match of the regular referees, and he's gone over the four-card total in each of his last three European appearances as well.RB Leipzig vs Man City prop betPick:Under 2.5 goalsOdds:+110 ( )I'm not confident enough in this counter-intuitive selection to make it a best bet, but still think it's the right play. With the odds swung largely towards the over for un