RB Leipzig vs PSV Eindhoven: Champions League preview

UEFA Champions League · League phase

RB Leipzig

L5 Sep · Werder Bremen 3-1 RB LeipzigL10 Sep · Como 4-1 RB LeipzigW13 Sep · RB Leipzig 5-0 Hamburger SVL20 Sep · Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 RB LeipzigW10 Oct · RB Leipzig 6-0 Eintracht Frankfurt

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PSV Eindhoven

W5 Sep · Ajax 1-3 PSV EindhovenD10 Sep · PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Shakhtar DonetskW13 Sep · PSV Eindhoven 4-1 Sparta RotterdamL20 Sep · Twente 3-2 PSV EindhovenW9 Oct · PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Heerenveen

Tuesday 13 October 2026 · 21:00

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Two clubs with contrasting away records and very different home strengths meet in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, as RB Leipzig host PSV Eindhoven. Both sides arrive at this fixture with points to prove in European competition, and the match promises a fascinating contest between a Leipzig side that is almost unrecognisable at home compared to on the road, and a PSV outfit that has been scoring freely but has found life difficult away from home.

Form Guide

Leipzig’s last five results tell a tale of two very different sides depending on the venue. At home, they have been devastating: a 6-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt and a 5-0 win over Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga gave them two wins from two home games, with eleven goals scored and none conceded across those two matches — both clean sheets. Away from home, however, the picture is entirely reversed. Three away games in their last five brought three defeats, two goals scored and nine conceded, with no clean sheets and one game in which they failed to score. That run includes a 4-1 Champions League loss at Como and defeats at Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremen. Overall across their last five matches, Leipzig have two wins and three losses, with thirteen goals scored and nine conceded.

PSV arrive in good shape overall. They opened with a win away at Ajax, drew 1-1 at home with Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League, beat Sparta Rotterdam 4-1 at home, lost 3-2 away at Twente, and bounced back with a 2-0 home win over Heerenveen. Three wins, one draw and one loss from their last five matches have yielded twelve goals scored and six conceded. At home across their last five, PSV have two wins and a draw from three home games, with seven goals scored and two conceded, including one clean sheet. Their two away games in the same period produced one win and one loss, with five goals scored and four conceded. PSV have scored in each of their last five matches, and both teams found the net in four of those five games.

Head to Head

The two clubs have not met in a competitive match in recent seasons, so there is no head-to-head record to go on.

Team News

Leipzig are without several players for this fixture. Baumgartner is ruled out with a thigh injury, Guiu with a hamstring injury, and Ouédraogo with a shoulder injury. Kone and Zingerle are also ruled out.

PSV face an even longer absentee list heading into Tuesday. Pléa and Sildillia are both ruled out having undergone surgery, while Schouten is sidelined with a knee injury and Wanner with a foot injury. Lammers is ruled out through lack of match fitness, and Nagalo and Pepi are both absent through injury. Ouaissa misses out with a muscle injury.

What to Watch

The most striking feature of this match is the extreme contrast in Leipzig's home and away form. PSV, stepping into Leipzig's backyard, will be aware that the side they face at home is a very different proposition from the one that has struggled on the road.

For PSV, their attacking output has been consistent — twelve goals in their last five matches — but they have not kept the ball out reliably away from home. That vulnerability at the back could be tested severely by a Leipzig attack that has been so productive at home. The absence of Schouten, Pléa, Pepi, Sildillia, Wanner and Ouaissa represents a significant blow to PSV’s resources. Leipzig also carry injury problems of their own, with Baumgartner, Guiu and Ouédraogo among those missing, but their home form this season suggests their squad has the depth to cope on their own ground.

Among their last five matches, PSV’s only Champions League game was a home draw with Shakhtar Donetsk and Leipzig’s a 4-1 defeat at Como, which tells us little. That makes Tuesday’s league phase encounter a genuine unknown in European terms, even if domestic form points clearly in one direction when Leipzig are playing at home.

Closing Thoughts

This is a fixture that pits Leipzig’s remarkable home dominance against a PSV side hit hard by absentees but capable of scoring against anyone. The gulf between Leipzig’s home and away form this season is one of the most dramatic in the competition, and PSV will need to find a way to disrupt their hosts before that firepower takes hold. It should be a compelling European night.