Bayern Munich vs Arsenal: Champions League – Predictions, Olise, lineups

Who: Bayern Munich vs Arsenal
What: UEFA Champions League, lucifer time 3
Where: Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
When: Wednesday, October 21, astatine 9pm (19:00 GMT)
How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport volition bring you each the build-up and unrecorded updates from 16:00 GMT.

The Champions League volition unrecorded up to its sanction arsenic the rubric holders from 2 apical European leagues face-off successful the radical signifier connected Wednesday.

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Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich big Premier League champions Arsenal astatine their Allianz Arena Munich fortress.

Bayern are connected a 10-game unbeaten streak crossed each competitions this season, mostly acknowledgment to the striking prowess of Harry Kane and Michael Olise.

But the German giants, aiming for a seventh UCL crown, look an aboriginal trial of their rubric credentials erstwhile they play Arsenal successful Munich without in-form winger Olise. London-born Olise, who started successful Arsenal’s inferior system, is unavailable pursuing a silly suspension successful the past game.

The Frenchman’s lack hands a immense vantage to Arsenal, who person made a beardown commencement to their English top-flight rubric defence, losing conscionable 1 crippled each season. Bukayo Saka and Victor Gyokeres person led from the front, portion Declan Rice has lived up to his estimation arsenic a playmaker.

Bayern and Arsenal are acquainted foes successful the UCL, and it’s Vincent Kompany’s broadside that leads the head-to-head record, having won 8 of the erstwhile 15 meetings successful the competition.

Before Wednesday’s fixture, here’s everything you request to know:

How person Bayern Munich played this season?

Bayern are apical of the Bundesliga array with 14 points aft six games. They person won 4 games and drawn two.

How person Arsenal played this season?

Arsenal are second successful the Premier League standings with 18 points aft 7 games. The Gunners person won six games and mislaid conscionable once.

What happened successful the archetypal and 2nd Champions League rounds?

Bayern thrashed 10-man Bodo/Glimt 5-0 astatine location to footwear disconnected their UCL run and were held to a 3-3 gully by Viking successful their adjacent distant game.

Arsenal started their run with a 1-0 distant triumph implicit Napoli earlier beating Lille 3-0 astatine home successful the 2nd game.

Those results support Arsenal seventh successful the Champions League standings connected six points and Bayern 10th connected 4 points.

Bayern Munich vs Arsenal: Predictions

Opta’s supercomputer has fixed Bayern a 46.4 percent probability of winning this fixture, portion Arsenal person a 29.3 percent chance.

There are 24.3 percent likelihood of the crippled ending successful a draw.

Bayern Munich vs Arsenal: Head-to-head

(Only successful the Champions League)

• Matches: 15
• Bayern wins: 8
• Arsenal wins: 4
• Draws: 3

Bayern Munich vs Arsenal: Form guide

(Last 5 matches crossed each competitions; latest crippled first)

Bayern Munich: W-D-D-W-W

Arsenal: W-W-W-L-W

Who are the apical players to watch?

Harry Kane and Luis Diaz (Bayern Munich): Forward Kane has been unstoppable for Bayern this season, with his 9 goals successful each competitions making him their associated starring scorer alongside Olise. The England planetary besides has six assists. Winger Diaz, connected the different hand, has 5 goals, which see a hat-trick implicit RB Leipzig successful the past match.

Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice (Arsenal): Winger Saka is Arsenal’s joint-top scorer this season, alongside Victor Gyokeres, with 4 goals successful each competitions. Rice, connected the different hand, leads the illustration for the astir assists (four).

Bukayo Saka is Arsenal’s starring Premier League scorer this play with 3 goals [Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP]

Team quality and predicted lineups

Bayern Munich

Olise is suspended aft picking up 2 yellowish cards wrong a infinitesimal successful Bayern’s 3-3 gully with Viking past week.

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is doubtful, portion midfielder Jamal Musiala is retired for a fewer weeks with a thigh injury.

Predicted starting XI:

Manuel Neuer; Konrad Laimer, Dayot Upamecano, Jonathan Tah; Alphonso Davies; Joshua Kimmich, Aleksandar Pavlovic; Lennart Kartl, Ismael Saibari, Luis Diaz; Harry Kane

Arsenal

Arsenal person 3 injuries successful the squad – Piero Hincapie (ankle), Christos Tzolis (hamstring) and William Saliba (back).

Predicted starting XI:

David Raya; Jurrien Timber, Ezri Konsa, Gabriel, Riccardo Calafiori; Declan Rice, Myles Lewis-Skelly; Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Noni Madueke; Kai Havertz