RB Leipzig - Borussia M'gladbach live - Football

RB Leipzig take on Borussia Mönchengladbach at the Red Bull Arena on Saturday, 29 August 2026, at 14:30 BST, kicking off the 2026-27 Bundesliga season. The fixture carries a compelling subplot: Rocco Reitz, Gladbach's long-time midfield captain, returns to face his former club for the first time in Leipzig colours. Leipzig head into the match after a 6-0 DFB-Pokal hammering of Eintracht Trier, while Gladbach equally impressed with a 5-0 demolition of TSV Schott Mainz. In 20 all-time Bundesliga meetings, RB Leipzig have won 12 times against Gladbach's 4.

Match Info: RB Leipzig vs Borussia M'gladbach

The clash between RB Leipzig and Borussia Mönchengladbach takes place on Saturday, 29 August 2026, at 14:30 BST (13:30 UTC) at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig. It is Matchday 1 of the 2026-27 Bundesliga season, which begins one week later than usual owing to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Where to Watch RB Leipzig vs Borussia M'gladbach?

UK and US viewers can follow the match on Peacock. Across Latin America, Disney+ carries the match in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, making it one of the most widely distributed fixtures of the opening Bundesliga weekend.

In Germany, the match is available on free-to-air television via RTL, as well as on Sky Sport Bundesliga 1, Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD, and the streaming platforms RTL+, Sky Go Deutschland, and WOW. Austrian and Swiss viewers share much of the same offering through RTL Television and Sky.

Across the Asia-Pacific region, beIN Sports covers Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore, while DAZN serves Japan and Canada. The StarTimes App covers multiple African markets including Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, and South Africa. Turkey's fans can catch the match on S Sport+.

Match between RB Leipzig and Borussia M'gladbach - Preview

The 2026-27 Bundesliga season opens at the Red Bull Arena with one of its most compelling storylines: Rocco Reitz, who spent his entire senior career at Mönchengladbach, lines up against his old teammates for RB Leipzig on the very first matchday.

Leipzig finished third in 2025-26 under new head coach Martín Demichelis and secured Champions League football. Pre-season brought mixed results - a 4-0 win over SC Verl and victories over Altglienicke (2-1) and Ingolstadt (1-0) contrasted with a 0-2 defeat to Leeds United and a 1-3 loss to Bayern Munich in the Telekom Cup on 15 August. Any doubts were dispelled on 22 August when Leipzig dismantled Eintracht Trier 6-0 in the DFB-Pokal first round.

Mönchengladbach, who scraped to 12th place with 38 points last season, rebuilt aggressively this summer: 10 new signings arrived, while Reitz departed for Leipzig and club legend Nico Elvedi moved to Leeds United. The overhaul appears to be paying off immediately - seven pre-season wins including a 4-1 win over Hoffenheim and a 2-1 defeat of Aston Villa with Tim Kleindienst netting twice. A 5-0 DFB-Pokal win over TSV Schott Mainz on 23 August confirmed Gladbach's bright early momentum heading into the new campaign.

Head-to-Head: RB Leipzig vs Borussia M'gladbach

RB Leipzig hold a commanding head-to-head record against Mönchengladbach, having won 12 of 20 Bundesliga meetings while Gladbach claimed just 4 victories and scored 21 goals to Leipzig's 30. Recent seasons have tightened the contest considerably - four of the last six encounters produced one goal or fewer.

The most recent meetings between the two clubs:

• 11 Apr 2026 - Bundesliga - RB Leipzig 1-0 Borussia M'gladbach
• 28 Nov 2025 - Bundesliga - Borussia M'gladbach 0-0 RB Leipzig
• 29 Mar 2025 - Bundesliga - Borussia M'gladbach 1-0 RB Leipzig
• 9 Nov 2024 - Bundesliga - RB Leipzig 0-0 Borussia M'gladbach
• 17 Feb 2024 - Bundesliga - RB Leipzig 2-0 Borussia M'gladbach
• 23 Sep 2023 - Bundesliga - Borussia M'gladbach 0-1 RB Leipzig
• 11 Mar 2023 - Bundesliga - RB Leipzig 3-0 Borussia M'gladbach
• 17 Sep 2022 - Bundesliga - Borussia M'gladbach 3-0 RB Leipzig
• 2 May 2022 - Bundesliga - Borussia M'gladbach 3-1 RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig - Recent Form

Leipzig enter the new season as Champions League qualifiers, having finished third in the Bundesliga in 2025-26 - a result that underlines the stability Demichelis has brought to the club.

In pre-season, the Red Bulls won 3 of their 5 friendlies: Altglienicke 2-1, Ingolstadt 1-0, and SC Verl 4-0, before dropping matches against Leeds United (0-2) and Bayern Munich (1-3 in the Telekom Cup). The competitive season began emphatically, however: on 22 August, Leipzig travelled to Trier and won 6-0 in the DFB-Pokal first round, looking cohesive and clinical. Winger Kéylian Gruda, 22, impressed throughout pre-season and is among the early standouts in Demichelis's system.

Borussia M'gladbach - Recent Form

Mönchengladbach arrive at the Red Bull Arena with genuine confidence after a flawless pre-season run of 7 wins from 7, which included victories over Hoffenheim (4-1), Velbert (8-0), and Aston Villa (2-1).

Tim Kleindienst, Gladbach's main striker, scored twice in the first half against Aston Villa on 15 August and looks sharp ahead of the new campaign. Gladbach's competitive season started with a convincing 5-0 DFB-Pokal win at TSV Schott Mainz on 23 August - Hugo Bolin scored twice, with Daiki Hashioka, Lukas Ullrich, and Wael Mohya adding to the tally. It was the 13th consecutive season Gladbach progressed past the DFB-Pokal first round, and the club arrives at Leipzig carrying real momentum into Matchday 1.

Facts and Statistics

RB Leipzig and Borussia Mönchengladbach have built a compelling Bundesliga rivalry since Leipzig's promotion to the top flight in 2016-17. While Leipzig's rise has been relentless, Gladbach have gone through phases of struggle, making every meeting a measure of where each club stands in Germany's football landscape.

• RB Leipzig have won 12 of the 20 Bundesliga meetings between the clubs, scoring 30 goals against Gladbach's 21 across those matches.
• Rocco Reitz left Mönchengladbach for RB Leipzig in summer 2026 and faces his former club for the first time on the opening matchday of the new season.
• Borussia Mönchengladbach qualified for the DFB-Pokal second round for the 13th consecutive season after beating TSV Schott Mainz 5-0 in August 2026.
• 4 of the last 6 head-to-head fixtures between these two clubs ended with one goal or fewer - a sign of how tightly matched this rivalry has become in recent years.
• The biggest wins in the modern era of this fixture belong equally to both sides: Leipzig won 3-0 at home in March 2023, while Gladbach also won 3-0 at the Borussia-Park in September 2022.