One of the biggest clashes of the Champions League group stage will take place in Munich on Wednesday when German champions Bayern will face English champions Manchester City. The Citizens have lost 2-0 in Munich back in 2011 but they did beat Bayern 3-2 at the Allianz Arena last season and qualified for the knockout stages as runners-up to Bayern.
City will have to do without Pablo Zabaleta, who is suspended, and his place will most likely be taken by Bacary Sagna. Manuel Pellegrini won't be able to influence the game from the touchline as he is serving a ban for comments made after the match against Barcelona last season.
Bayern will play without quite a few injured players: Holger Badstuber, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Javi Martinez, Thiago Alcantara and Rafinha. Arjen Robben could play if he overcomes a slight knee problem.
Probable starting line-ups:
Bayern: Neuer - Bernat, Boateng, Benatia, Alaba - Lahm, Alonso - Muller, Gotze, Ribery - Lewandowski
Man City: Hart - Sagna, Kompany, Demichelis, Kolarov - Fernandinho, Toure, Milner - Silva, Nasri - Aguero
My prediction: 1-1 draw.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Bayern Munich win - 4/6 Draw - 16/5 Manchester City win - 9/2
skrunici 9 years ago
NIce prediction guys.. but it should be 0-0 :) I am suprised how bayern munich couldn't wind this match earlier but win is here. Before match I know that city won't let it go so easy but I was thinking that bayern is much stronger... At the end I am happy with resoult becouse I love Bayern but I am not happy with their...
NIce prediction guys.. but it should be 0-0 :) I am suprised how bayern munich couldn't wind this match earlier but win is here. Before match I know that city won't let it go so easy but I was thinking that bayern is much stronger... At the end I am happy with resoult becouse I love Bayern but I am not happy with their style of play
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Snoop 9 years ago
This will be great game, I think that Bayern is not stronger than Manchester City, I'm always saying that Guardiola is not coach for german team, tika-taka don't work here, he need to find new sistem, he has great players, big potential of club, but I'm not sure that he can change his ideas... Manchester City must make...
This will be great game, I think that Bayern is not stronger than Manchester City, I'm always saying that Guardiola is not coach for german team, tika-taka don't work here, he need to find new sistem, he has great players, big potential of club, but I'm not sure that he can change his ideas... Manchester City must make better result in Champions League, they now have enough experience and I expect battle for title... I agree with you, 1-1 is fair result :)
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