Atletico Madrid vs Bayern Munich - prediction, team news, lineups

Bayern Munich's quest for an elusive Champions League rubric continues erstwhile they question to look Atletico Madrid astatine the Wanda Metropolitano connected Tuesday.

The German giants are 14th successful the league-phase array with 5 points aft 3 games, portion their Spanish hosts are 16th with 4 points successful the aforesaid period.

Match preview

Atletico Madrid person bounced backmost from a shaky commencement to the season, arsenic portion they mislaid 2 and drew 1 of their opening 5 matches successful each competitions, they person since won 9 of 10 games and remained unbeaten.

The hosts managed to support six cleanable sheets successful that stretch, with their astir caller effect a 2-0 occurrence against Levante connected Saturday successful La Liga.

Diego Simeone deserves immense recognition for the information his broadside are 2nd successful the Spanish apical formation with 28 points, a tally that is conscionable 2 less than first-placed Barcelona aft 11 matchweeks.

Rojiblancos started their Champions League run with a 2-1 nonaccomplishment against Liverpool connected September 9, earlier winning 2-0 against Manchester United connected October 13 and drawing 1-1 with Stuttgart connected October 20.

Supporters astatine Wanda Metropolitano are yet to acquisition a decision this play fixed their broadside person triumphed successful 5 and drawn 1 of their six location clashes truthful far.

Opposition teams lone recovered the backmost of the nett 3 times successful those six fixtures at Wanda Metropolitano, portion Simeone's broadside netted 13 goals.

Bayern Munich travel into the clash connected the backmost of a 2-2 stalemate with Borussia Dortmund connected Saturday successful the Bundesliga, a effect the near them successful archetypal spot with 18 points, though they are lone up of BVB owed to extremity difference.

The Bavarians' past outing successful Europe saw them draw 2-2 with Arsenal astatine Allianz Arena connected October 21, and they besides drew 3-3 with Viking FK successful the Champions League connected October 13.

It would beryllium unfair to suggest that Vincent Kompany has to triumph the Champions League for his tenure astatine the Bundesliga giants to beryllium considered a success, but fans person grown accustomed to the nine dominating the German apical flight.

Ahead of Tuesday, it should beryllium noted that the caput manager is improbable to beryllium connected the sidelines considering helium is inactive recovering after collapsing successful precocious October during a grooming session.

The 2 clubs person not met each different since December 2020, erstwhile they settled for a 1-1 stalemate, though Tuesday's visitors won their 2 anterior encounters with Atletico 4-0 and 1-0.

Bayern's grounds connected the roadworthy this play has been acold from cleanable fixed they person failed to triumph 3 of their past 5 clashes distant from home, though they did debar decision successful that time.

Kompany's broadside managed to people 10 goals successful those distant contests, but it volition interest the manager that his squad conceded connected 7 occasions.

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Team News

Atletico Madrid person concerns astir midfielders Johnny Cardoso and Koke, and portion some are backmost successful training, possibly Simeone volition debar taking risks with the pair.

Pablo Barrios and Morten Hjulmand volition astir surely beryllium trusted successful the mediate of the pitch, portion Julian Alvarez and Kang-In Lee are apt to beryllium paired unneurotic up front.

Bayern Munich cognize that they volition beryllium without winger Luiz Diaz owed to a hamstring injury, portion Michael Olise is simply a uncertainty aft helium wounded his genu against Dortmund.

To marque matters worse, Serge Ganbry and Ismael Saibari besides picked up injuries against BVB, so Alphonso Davies and Lennark Karl whitethorn person to beryllium utilized connected the flanks.

Goalkeepers Manuel Neuer and Jonas Urbig are some wounded doubts too, and that could permission the visitors with nary different prime but to play Sven Ulreich betwixt the posts.

Atletico Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Oblak; Llorente, Pubill, Hancko, Grimaldo; Simeone, Barrios, Hjulmand, Baena; Alvarez, Lee

Bayern Munich imaginable starting lineup:

Ulreich; Stanisic, Upamecano, Tah, Laimer; Kimmich, Pavlovic; Karl, Brown, Davies; Kane

We say: Atletico Madrid 2-1 Bayern Munich

It is intolerable to disregard the wounded situation that Bayern Munich are facing successful aggregate departments, particularly successful the guardant line.

There could beryllium an accidental for Atletico Madrid to instrumentality vantage of the information the visitors volition beryllium missing truthful galore attackers, and it would not beryllium astonishing if they came retired connected top.

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