Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig prediction, odds and how to watch

Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 2-1 in a feisty Madrid derby at the Wanda Metropolitano, with Jonathan David's goal and a penalty from Alejandro Grimaldo doing the damage before Antonio Rudiger gave Los Blancos hope in stoppage time.

RB Leipzig host Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday 4 November 2026, carrying an injury list that would test any squad and a single completed result that offers little comfort. City arrive with momentum and a settled defensive record. This one looks straightforward.

Real Madrid have shipped seven goals in three Champions League matches and kept zero clean sheets. RB Leipzig arrive wounded but desperate. Something has to give.

Real Madrid have handed UEFA a 50,000-page dossier branded 'evidence of extraordinary gravity' in the Negreira case, just three weeks before El Clásico. Barcelona's calm rebuttal, that no new proceedings have opened, exposes the gap between rhetoric and reality in a saga UEFA has sat on since 2023.

Javier Tebas dismissed Jose Mourinho's referee conspiracy claims as living 'in another galaxy', but Spain's Technical Committee of Referees has since confirmed Real Madrid had a legitimate grievance over Lee Kang-In's tackle on Federico Valverde. The row reopens a five-year cold war between Tebas and Florentino Perez as Real sit fourth, six points behind unbeaten Barcelona.

José Mourinho lost his first Madrid derby in thirteen years as Atlético beat Real Madrid 2-1, but instead of addressing the defeat, he staged a press conference stunt with printed screenshots of two disputed tackles, deflecting from Dean Huijsen's costly red card.

Jose Mourinho printed screenshots of two incidents he says should have been red cards for Atletico Madrid after Real Madrid's 2-1 derby defeat, their second loss of the season. Diego Simeone's pointed response about respecting referees suggests Mourinho's protest crossed a line, even as Real Madrid slip to fourth in La Liga.