Big match for Arsenal on Tuesday when they host Bayern Munich in Group F of the Champions League at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners recorded successive defeats in their first two group matches, so they will need a result against the German champions in order to preserve their qualification chances. On the other hand Bayern had a perfect start to the group stage, winning two out of two. The two sides have met in the first knockout stage of the tournament two seasons ago and Bayern won 2-0 in London before drawing 1-1 in Munchen.
Arsenal surprisingly lost both to Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos in the group stage, leaving them out of the race for first place and seriously damaging their qualification chances. Last weekend the Gunners snatched a much-needed win at Watford, with Alexis Sanchez continuing to show good form while taking his scoring tally to seven goals in his last four games in all competitions. Olivier Giroud is back from suspension but Arsene Wenger might prefer to field Theo Walcott in the first eleven. Danny Welbeck, Tomas Rosicky, Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini remain on the injured list.
Bayern are in top shape ahead of this match, they have won all their nine Bundesliga matches so far and also both Champions League matches. The Bavarians have scored five times and conceded just once in their last two away matches against Arsenal. Arjen Robben will not play as he has not traveled to England with the squad, but striker Robert Lewandowski should be in the starting eleven. Mario Gotze is not fit yet after having picked up an injury during the international break. Mehdi Benatia and Franck Ribery are also injured.
Probable line-ups:
Arsenal: Cech - Monreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Bellerín - Cazorla, Coquelin - Sanchez, Ozil, Ramsey - Walcott
Bayern Munich: Neuer - Alaba, Martinez, Boateng, Lahm - Alcantara, Alonso, Vidal - Costa, Lewandowski, Muller
My prediction: 1-1 draw.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Arsenal win - 4.00 Draw - 3.80 Bayern win - 1.95
sharpe
8 years ago
Good prediction GREGJO, Arsenal have played very wisely in that game I think, they've had played from defense on counters and although Bayern have most of the possession in the game, the Gunners looked the more dangerous team trough the match. Nice job from Venger and his players, I think they won it deservedly and now...
Good prediction GREGJO, Arsenal have played very wisely in that game I think, they've had played from defense on counters and although Bayern have most of the possession in the game, the Gunners looked the more dangerous team trough the match. Nice job from Venger and his players, I think they won it deservedly and now have all the chances to qualify.
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GREGJO
8 years ago
I think this match will be a very good one and after the final whistle Arsenal will have 3 points. In my opinion Arsenal play a very good football at nowadays and they have enough quality to beat the Germans. No doubt, Bayern are really good but in London the home side should collect all of the 3 points. My prediction is...
I think this match will be a very good one and after the final whistle Arsenal will have 3 points. In my opinion Arsenal play a very good football at nowadays and they have enough quality to beat the Germans. No doubt, Bayern are really good but in London the home side should collect all of the 3 points. My prediction is 2:1.
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Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
This is the derby of the group stage of Champions League.Bayern Munich is best team in Europe at the moment.They are playing fantastic football and Arsenal will have almost impossible task to stop them.Gunners must pay attention to Robert Lewandowski,who is in great form.I predict match with more then 3.5 goals and a win...
This is the derby of the group stage of Champions League.Bayern Munich is best team in Europe at the moment.They are playing fantastic football and Arsenal will have almost impossible task to stop them.Gunners must pay attention to Robert Lewandowski,who is in great form.I predict match with more then 3.5 goals and a win of Bavarian giant.
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h34dhunt3r
8 years ago
Arsenal havent been in this kind of position in a long time. Last time I remmeber they had 0 or 1 points after two first rounds, and then Henry took faith into his hands and Gunners ended up as winning team of a group. This time around tho, there's no Henry, but there is Alexis Sanchez, and if someone can remmember Arsenal...
Arsenal havent been in this kind of position in a long time. Last time I remmeber they had 0 or 1 points after two first rounds, and then Henry took faith into his hands and Gunners ended up as winning team of a group. This time around tho, there's no Henry, but there is Alexis Sanchez, and if someone can remmember Arsenal fans of their legend it's definetly a guy from Chile. Eventho Bayern seem to be top team in Europe at the moment, everything can happend tonight, so I will be avoiding this one bet-vise. My predictions: - Result: 1-2 for Bayern Munich; - Man of the match: Thomas Mueller
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nik92 8 years ago
Last chance for Arsenal, two games against Bayern Munich can make all or nothing. I expect a very interesting match, maybe Bayern is better team,but Arsenal has its chance to win tonight. I believe that everyone will bet on Bayern, my suggestion is that Arsenal wins and over 2.5 goals.
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