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RB Leipzig could be without seven first-team players for their Champions League clash with Aston Villa on Tuesday.
Interestingly, the Bundesliga team is just one of three clubs yet to pick up a single point in the Champions League championship after losing all five of their matches so far. They tasted defeat against Atlético de Madrid, Juventus, Liverpool, Celtic and Inter.
Games against Villa, Sporting and Sturm Graz await them, but Marco Rose’s team would probably need to win all three to secure a play-off position, given that Real Madrid, who currently occupy the last qualifying position for the playoffs in 24th place has six points. Training
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Meanwhile, Villa have 10 problems after winning their first 3 games, losing to Club Brugge and drawing with Juventus last month. Unai Emery offered an update on team developments on Monday night in his pre-match press conference in Germany.
Rose is expected to be without a number of players who remain sidelined through injury.
Xavi Simons is expected to miss the adjustment as he continues to suffer from an ankle ligament injury suffered last October. David Raum is now running for the first time since also injuring his ankle ligament, but he may also lose fit.
Castello Lukeba is suspended after picking up his third yellow card in the league in the defeat to Inter and remains injured, while Yussuf Poulsen, Assan Ouedraogo and El Chadaille Bitshiabu are absent. Eljif Elmas is also expected to miss the game.
Leipzig were however boosted by the returns of Kevin Kampl and Lukas Klostermann to the squad to face Holstein Kiel last time out on Saturday. They won the mach 2-0 to end a winless run of four games in the league.