Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig LIVE!

The 14-time Champions League winners welcome their German counterparts to Santiago Bernabeu this evening looking to get the job done and reach the quarter-finals. Real Madrid hold a slender 1-0 lead on aggregate thanks to Brahim Diaz’s fine strike in the first leg.

Jude Bellingham may be suspended for domestic games but is available tonight, having missed the first leg last month due to injury, in a huge boost for Carlo Ancelotti after watching his side pushed all the way in Leipzig last month. The last time Los Blancos failed to advance after winning the first leg was five years ago against Ajax.

Leipzig are ready to give it their best shot, though, having rested a number of players at the weekend to be in prime shape for this second-leg showdown. Will they shock the Bernabeu? They impressed in the first leg and, well, stranger things have happened. Follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog.

Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig latest

• GOAL! Orban hits back immediately

• GOAL! Vinicius Jr fires home a huge goal

Full-time!

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95min: Madrid cling on and are into the quarter-finals!

BAR!

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92min: Olmo’s lofted volley clangs against the top of the bar!

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91min: Four minutes added on.

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90min: Madrid managing these final moments well, probably for the first time in this tie.

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87min: Madrid trying to control the pace of the game in these final minutes, slowing things down as Leipzig look to pounce on the counter.

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83min: Corner for Leipzig which Orban gets his head on... but it’s all wrong as the header bounces down and wide.

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81min: Into the final 10 minutes. Leipzig need a goal.

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80min: Henrichs with another fierce drive, but it’s down Lunin’s throat. An easy save.

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78min: Changes. Poulson is on for Openda as Modric replaces Kroos.

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77min: If this Leipzig team had any composure, Madrid would be heading out.

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75min: Kroos into the book, he had that coming.

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73min: Deary me, Openda is unmarked at the back post but heads the ball straight at Carvajal.

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72min: Leipzig are pumped up, they sense a second.

GOAL!

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68min: Hold up! Leipzig are straight back in it as Orban heads home inside the area!

GOAL!

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66min: A huge, huge goal and this one may have killed the tie!

Bellingham breaks over the halfway line, runs a full 40 yards before slipping in Vini Jr for a devastating finish inside the near post.

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64min: The corner comes in but Leipzig clear.

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63min: Now Rodrygo tests the keeper with a snapshot inside the area. He wins a corner...

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62min: Better from Madrid! Vini Jr flies down the left flank and finds Valverde inside the area, who lays the ball off to Bellingham, but his shot is blocked.

There was a foul in somewhere and the referee blows up.

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60min: Xavi floats the ball in for Openda but the striker gets underneath it and heads well over the bar.

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59min: Olmo wins another free-kick after a Kroos foul. Perhaps lucky not to be booked, the Madrid man.

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56min: Another Leipzig chance! This time Henrichs goes to smash the ball into the area hoping for a fortunate flick from a team-mate.

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52min: Uh oh. Raum brings Rodrygo down and gets a booking for his troubles.

That could be important. Rodrygo has been lively.

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50min: Olmo now has an opportunity from the edge of the area, but his free kick hits the wall.

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48min: Another huge opportunity as Lunin is caught in no man’s land and Openda rounds the keeper and has the goal gaping... but when cutting back inside, he allows the keeper to smother the ball.

Deary me.

Second half!

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46min: Back underway.

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Sounds like Madrid will be making changes. Rodrygo is on for Camavinga.

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Any changes at the break? Marco Rose will be delighted with his team but Carlo Ancelotti likely won’t be. At all.

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The Germans have been the better side, and probably should be level on aggregate.Madrid need to wake up. Greeted with whistles at the break.

Half-time!

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47min: That was a struggle for Madrid. This one is far from over.

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45min: One minute added on.

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42min: Openda flashes a shot wide after the corner drops to him! Looked closer than replays suggest, but he’s got to be frustrated at not hitting the target.

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41min: Superb effort from Simons on the corner of the area, which forces Lunin into the game’s first save.

Leipzig win a corner.

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37min: Bellingham looks like the only Madrid player able to make anything happen at the moment. Madrid look a bit out of ideas, oddly.

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34min: Another half-chance goes begging for Madrid as Vini Jr puts too much spice on his pass into the final third.

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30min: Valverde tries to make something happen for Madrid but there’s just no one in the area. Madrid not quite at the races yet.

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27min: This is better from Madrid as Vini Jr slaloms through a few defenders before being blocked.

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24min: Leipzig again let down by poor decision-making as Henrichs’ pass is easily cut out on the edge of the area.

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20min: Schalger into the book early doors, and it’s deserved for a rough tackle on Vini Jr.

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16min: Leipzig are racking up the chances but, much like the first half, just cannot hit the target. Openda the latest one guilty.

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14min: Simons looks to break through the Madrid defence as he runs at goal, he manages to squeeze out a shot - that flies a good five yards wide - as Olmo screams for the ball.

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12min: Up the other end, Vini Jr miscontrols the ball and it goes out of play, but he’s screaming that he was fouled. Referee not having it.

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10min: Oh, Sesko! You are a very lucky man that the offside flag goes up!

He runs through on goal and has two players begging for the ball inside the area, but goes alone. It would have been an open goal for either team-mate... but it was offside anyway.

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8min: The game is largely being played in Madrid’s half so far, but the home defence is handling the task well so far.

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4min: Leipzig seeing plenty of the ball, Sesko particularly lively.

Also, the pitch looks a bit off. Lots of players slipping.

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2min: A lively start from Leipzig, who appear ready to take the game to Madrid like they did in the first leg.

Kick-off!

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1min: Here we go!

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Here come the teams!

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Almost time in Madrid.

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Final prep.

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Just under half an hour until kick-off.

Ancelotti latest

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The build-up to tonight’s game has been overshadowed by Spanish state prosecutors calling for Carlo Ancelotti to spend four years and nine months in prison on allegations of tax fraud.

The Italian, 64, is accused of using shell companies to hide parts of his income during his first spell as Los Blancos coach, when he managed the team between 2013 and 2015.

On Wednesday, prosecutors filed their claim of two accounts of tax fraud over a sum worth €1,062,079 (£907,573).

Despite stating his residency status for tax purposes as being in Madrid during his first stint as manager, Ancelotti is accused of having failed to declare income on image rights worth £330,259 in the year of 2014 and a further £577,615 in 2015.

Read more here.

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This fan has a match souvenir already (could also be selling them, to be fair.)

Team news wrap

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Real Madrid make one change, and it's a reserved one from head coach Carlo Ancelotti as defender Nacho starts ahead of forward Rodrygo.

Jude Bellingham is back and should play in a more advanced position and Brahim Diaz, who scored the only goal of the first leg, is back on the bench.

For RB Leipzig, it's two changes. Xaver Schlager is back after suspension and Lois Openda starts up front.

RB Leipzig team in full

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RB Leipzig XI: Gulacsi; Henrichs, Lukeba, Orban, Raum; Dani Olmo, Haidara, Schlager, Xavi Simons; Openda, Sesko

Subs: Blaswich, Zingerle, Lenz, Bitshiabu, Elmas, Poulsen, Seiwald, Baumgartner, Jatta, Kampl

RB Leipzig XI

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...and the visitors!

Real Madrid team in full

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Real Madrid XI: Lunin; Carvajal, Rudiger, Nacho, Mendy; Valverde, Tchouameni, Kroos, Camavinga; Bellingham; Vinicius Jr

Subs: Kepa, Fran, Modric, Rodrygo, Joselu, Lucas Vazquez, Ceballos, Fran Garcia, Brahim, Arda Guler

Real Madrid XI

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Here we go!

Odds

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The bookies are backing Real Madrid tonight.

• Real Madrid - 4/9

• Draw - 13/5

• RB Leipzig - 4/1

(Odds via Betfair)

Prediction

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Real Madrid rode their luck in the first leg and that will be on their minds despite Leipzig’s inconsistent form otherwise in 2024.

Carlo Ancelotti also has his squad in far better shape than three weeks ago, so this should be a fairly routine win on aggregate.

Real Madrid in to win, 3-0 agg.

RB Leipzig team news

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RB Leipzig will have to make do without the suspended defender Mohamed Simakan but midfielder Xaver Schlager has served a ban of his own to be available.

Lois Openda should get the nod ahead of Christoph Baumgartner up front.

Real Madrid team news

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Jude Bellingham missed the first leg and will start the second, though is one yellow card away from a ban, along with Eduardo Camavinga.

David Alaba, Thibaut Courtois and Eder Militao are long-term absentees, otherwise Real Madrid have a clean bill of health.

Nacho is available and has a chance to start.

Where to watch Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig

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TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on TNT Sports 2, with coverage beginning at 7.30pm GMT ahead of an 8pm kick-off time.

Live stream: Subscribers can also catch the contest live online via the Discovery+ app and website.

Welcome

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Good evening and welcome to the Standard’s LIVE coverage of the Champions League last-16 second-leg clash between Real Madrid and RB Leipzig.

Madrid hold a 1-0 lead from the first leg thanks to Brahim Diaz’s fine strike, but did not have it all their own way in the game with Leipzig peppering their goal with chances.

Kick-off at the Santiago Bernabeu is at 8pm. Stick with us!