Real Madrid to host RB Leipzig in matchday three of the Champions League

Real Madrid will host German side RB Leipzig on 21 October 2026 at exactly 22:00 Saudi time (Damascus), in matchday three of the league phase of the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League. The match will be broadcast on beIN Sports.

Real Madrid go into the match on the back of a run of consecutive wins in their last five matches, having beaten Sevilla 4-1 at home, Roma 4-3 away, and Villarreal 1-0, with their only defeat coming against Atletico Madrid 1-2, while they also beat Elche 3-2.

RB Leipzig, meanwhile, have had mixed results, losing 1-6 away to Bayern Munich, beating Eindhoven 1-0 and Eintracht Frankfurt by a big scoreline of 6-0, losing 0-2 to Bayer Leverkusen, and beating Hamburg 5-0.

The two sides have met in four previous meetings, the most recent of which was on 6 March 2024 when they drew 1-1 at Real Madrid's ground. Real Madrid won 1-0 away to Leipzig on 13 February 2024. In two earlier meetings, Leipzig won 3-2 in October 2022, and Real Madrid won 2-0 in September 2022.

Real Madrid will be without Raul Asencio, F. Mendy and Rodrygo, with the latter two out through injury. RB Leipzig, for their part, will be missing K. Baumgartner, Marc Guehi and Fourzan Ouedraogo through injury, as well as Leopold Zingerle.

In the group standings, Real Madrid sit eighth with 6 points from two matches, having won both, scoring 6 goals and conceding 4, while RB Leipzig are 21st with 3 points from two matches, having won one and lost the other, scoring two goals and conceding 4.