Real Madrid set to host Leipzig in Champions League

Real Madrid were scheduled to host RB Leipzig in the Champions League on Wednesday, October 21, with both teams entering the league-phase match after winning one of their first two fixtures or, in Madrid’s case, both. The match was set for the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, with kickoff listed for 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m. local time and 12:30 a.m. IST on October 22. The supplied previews were published before kickoff and do not report a result. Madrid had six points from two matches, according to the standings cited in the previews. The team opened with a 2-1 win over Inter and then beat AS Roma 4-3 after trailing 3-1 late in the match, reports said. Leipzig had three points, having lost 4-1 to Como before recording a 1-0 win over PSV Eindhoven. The teams’ contrasting starts made Madrid the stronger side on paper, but the match remained a scheduled fixture rather than a completed result in the available reports. One preview also noted that Madrid had won its six home matches in all competitions that season, while Leipzig had lost its four away matches in the Bundesliga and Champions League. Those records were presented as pre-match context, not as a guarantee of the outcome. For...