Aston Villa will travel to Red Bull Arena to face RB Leipzig in the sixth round of the UEFA Champions League on 10 December 2024. With just one defeat after five games, Villa's visit could inflict more damage on the hosts who currently occupy the 34th spot out of 36 teams on the Champions League table.
For fans travelling to Eastern Germany for the Champions League clash, one of the most important pieces of information to gather is around the RB Leipzig away section. Our guide below provides you with everything you need to know.
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Where is the RB Leipzig away section?
The away section in the Red Bull Arena is situated in the corner between Sections C and D. This is the southeast corner of the stadium, and the away section spans both tiers.
The away section is at the opposite end of the stadium to where the RB Leipzig Ultras stand. As a result, Aston Villa fans travelling to the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig are cautioned against buying tickets in Section B.
What is the RB Leipzig away section like?
The away section at the Red Bull Arena is generally excellent. The view of the pitch from the away end is good, as the stadium has been designed so that fans are close to the action regardless of where their ticket is.
The away end is split between standing and seated tickets with around 1700 tickets usually allocated in the standing areas and around 500 allocated in the seated areas.
The concourse is nice and spacious and serves food and drink throughout. Aston Villa fans will undoubtedly be looking forward to the novelty of being able to take beer with them to their seats from the concourse.
Aston Villa fans going to Leipzig are advised to complete their European Travel forms by 9 December 2024 to avoid match ticket cancellation.
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What is the Aston Villa ticket allocation?
According to ticketing information for this RB Leipzig vs Aston Villa fixture published on the respective teams' website, a total of 2,285 tickets have been allocated to the visiting team. Of that, 534 tickets are for seated Villa fans while the remaining 1727 will be for standing fans as well as those in the wheelchair bays.
The tickets for RB Leipzig vs Aston Villa UEFA Champions League fixture scheduled for 10 December 2024 are selling for £25 (€29.50) for adults in the seating category and £13 (€15) for standing fans. Disabled fans and ambulant fans will part with €29.50 to watch this clash at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany. The tickets for wheelchair bays go for €11.50.
Note that tickets for this clash started on November 13 and ended on Friday, 6 December 2024. There are no ticket refunds and that a maxim of 10 tickets are issued per transaction for a single ID.