Como vs RB Leipzig Prediction & Tips | Champions League - League phase | FootballTips.app

Como make their Champions League debut at home to RB Leipzig on Thursday, entering the competition on an eight-match unbeaten run and amid one of the most remarkable rises in recent European football. Cesc Fàbregas’s side have won five and drawn one of their last six matches, while Leipzig arrive with three victories and three defeats across the same period.

This is not only Como’s first Champions League appearance but their first European campaign of any kind, making the occasion at the Sinigaglia particularly significant. They become the 16th different Italian club to feature in the European Cup or Champions League, with Fàbregas now preparing for his managerial debut in a competition in which he made 104 appearances as a player.

Leipzig return after missing last season’s European competitions, having endured a difficult 2024/25 Champions League campaign in which they lost seven of eight league-phase matches. Their record against Italian opposition is also poor, with defeats to Juventus and Inter in their only two previous Champions League meetings with Serie A sides.

The German club’s matches at this level have traditionally been open. Among teams to have played at least 50 Champions League games since 1992/93, Leipzig’s fixtures have produced the highest goals-per-game average at 3.4, while they have also conceded in each of their last 18 matches in the competition.

Como arrive with greater recent stability, having scored 13 and conceded only four across their last six matches. Leipzig, by contrast, have scored 14 but allowed 12 over the same period, suggesting Thursday’s contest could be shaped by the visitors’ ability to control transitions rather than their attacking quality alone.

Experience remains firmly with Leipzig, but their four-match losing run away from home in the Champions League and Como’s current momentum narrow the gap considerably. With the hosts likely to embrace the occasion and Leipzig still defensively vulnerable, Fàbregas’s side have a realistic opportunity to mark their European debut with a positive result.