Vinícius Jr. 65' · Willi Orbán 68'
Real Madrid 4–1 RB Leipzig
Match summary
Real Madrid beat RB Leipzig 4–1 at Santiago Bernabéu on 21 October 2026 in Champions League in front of 73,016 spectators. Silva 43', Arda Güler 52', Mbappé 83' and Diomande 87' scored for Real Madrid; Tidiam Gomis 85' replied for RB Leipzig.
It was Real Madrid's 3rd win in 5 meetings between the clubs (3 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat for Real Madrid). Real Madrid are unbeaten in the last 3 meetings. Real Madrid went into the game with a recent run of W L W W W. Real Madrid are now 2nd on 12 points, RB Leipzig 30th on 3 in Champions League.
Line-ups
- Real Madrid · Substitutes
- 25Yan Diomande ⚽↑ 70'
- 17Marc Cucurella↑ 70'
- 21Brahim Díaz↑ 78'
- 19Carlos Espí↑ 88'
- 9Endrick↑ 88'
- 16Ibrahima Konaté
- 3Éder Militão
- 27Thiago Pitarch
- 14Aurélien Tchouaméni
- 24Denzel Dumfries
- 12Trent Alexander-Arnold
- 13Andriy Lunin
- RB Leipzig · Substitutes
- 30Andrija Maksimovic↑ 63'
- 20Rocco Reitz ↑ 63'
- 35Max Finkgrafe↑ 73'
- 27Tidiam Gomis ⚽↑ 73'
- 14Christoph Baumgartner↑ 78'
- 6Ezechiel Banzuzi
- 3Maxime Estève
- 39Benjamin Henrichs
- 2Abdoul Koné
- 11Johan Bakayoko
- 16Lukas Klostermann
- 1Ørjan Nyland
Match events
- 43'GoalSilva
- 52'GoalArda Güler
- 63'SubstitutionAndrija Maksimovic for Neil El Aynaoui
- 63'SubstitutionRocco Reitz for Brajan Gruda
- 68'Yellow cardCarreras
- 70'SubstitutionDiomande for Carreras
- 70'SubstitutionCucurella for Vinícius Jr.
- 70'Yellow cardRocco Reitz
- 73'SubstitutionMax Finkgrafe for David Raum
- 73'SubstitutionTidiam Gomis for Antonio Nusa
- 78'SubstitutionBrahim for Arda Güler
- 78'SubstitutionChristoph Baumgartner for Christopher Nkunku
- 83'GoalMbappé
- 85'GoalTidiam Gomis
- 87'GoalDiomande
- 88'SubstitutionEspí for Bellingham
- 88'SubstitutionEndrick for Mbappé
Real Madrid v RB Leipzig: head-to-head
All 5 meetings- 5Meetings
- 3Real Madrid wins
- 1Draws
- 1RB Leipzig wins
Previous meetings
Brahim 49'
Josko Gvardiol 13', Christopher Nkunku 18' · Vinícius Jr. 44', Timo Werner 81', Rodrygo 90+4' (pen)
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