Bayern Munich vs Arsenal - prediction, team news, lineups

Formerly Manchester City colleagues, presently league-winning managers, Vincent Kompany and Mikel Arteta reunite connected the Allianz Arena touchline erstwhile much erstwhile Bayern Munich and Arsenal quadrate disconnected successful Wednesday's must-watch Champions League contest.

The Bundesliga champions chaotically dropped 2 points successful an engrossing 3-3 gully with Viking FK connected matchday two, whereas the Gunners produced different second-half amusement to descend Lille 3-0 successful the English capital.

Match preview

A Scandinavian slaughter preceded a Scandinavian setback for Bayern Munich successful the Champions League, arsenic aft kicking disconnected their bid for European Cup fig 7 with a 5-0 trouncing of Bodo/Glimt, Kompany's men conscionable astir staved disconnected the daze of almighty shocks connected matchday two.

The Bavarians recovered from going 2-0 down to pb Norway's Viking FK 3-2 heading into the dying embers, but with nary less than 90 minutes connected the clock, Herman Haugen's header stole a historical constituent for the Eliteserien giants.

Michael Olise's quickfire reddish paper for 2 bookable offences - which rules the electrifying Frenchman retired of Wednesday's crippled - was a "stupid mistake" that contributed to Bayern's concession of 2 points, successful Kompany's eyes, arsenic the Bundesliga holders went winless successful back-to-back contests aft besides being held to a 2-2 gully by Augsburg.

However, Wednesday's hosts returned to their ruthless ways implicit the weekend, crushing RB Leipzig 6-1 astatine the Allianz Arena acknowledgment successful nary tiny portion to a Luis Diaz hat-trick, arsenic good arsenic a customary extremity and 2 assists for Harry Kane.

Still unbeaten successful each tournaments successful 2026-27, Bayern person racked up a staggering 25 goals crossed their past six games and present acceptable retired to find the backmost of the nett for the 24th Champions League crippled running.

Furthermore, the Bavarians person strung unneurotic an bonzer 39-game unbeaten tally successful Champions League location matches, winning 37 of them since a 3-2 nonaccomplishment to Man City successful December 2013; Kompany was an unused Sky Blues substitute that day.

While lone Paris Saint-Germain (10), Barcelona and Aston Villa (nine each) person netted much than Bayern's 8 UCL goals frankincense far, Arsenal's underwhelming full of 4 makes the Gunners the worst attacking squad successful the apical 10 of the league-phase table.

However, Arteta's men are the lone broadside yet to concede a extremity successful the 2026-27 tourney - a statistic that volition astonishment fewer - aft pursuing up their 1-0 Napoli triumph with a much emphatic lashing of Lille.

A seven-minute flurry saw Jurrien Timber, Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka down Les Dogues, giving Arsenal their 14th successive triumph successful the Champions League league signifier - 7 astatine location and 7 away.

Consecutive triumph fig 3 successful each competitions besides arrived for the Premier League champions connected Sunday, though Arteta erstwhile again had to crook to the seat for decisive inspiration, arsenic Noni Madueke's deflected 80th-minute onslaught sufficed for a 1-0 triumph astatine Nottingham Forest.

The ex-Chelsea winger was memorably connected people erstwhile Arsenal bested Bayern 3-1 astatine the Emirates a small implicit 12 months ago, but the Gunners person mislaid connected their past 3 visits to the Allianz Arena, lone prevailing erstwhile once Arteta captained his nine to a 2-0 last-16 second-leg triumph successful 2012-13.

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Team News

Booked for a cynical foul earlier needlessly throwing the shot into the look of Viking's Zlatko Tripic, Olise indispensable present service a one-match suspension; 18-year-old wonderkid Lennart Karl is the favourite to deputise implicit ex-Arsenal merchandise Serge Gnabry.

Kompany is besides expected to marque bash without Jamal Musiala owing to his ongoing thigh problem, portion defender Kim Min-jae - precocious linked with a transportation to Arsenal - is simply a uncertainty aft being forced disconnected with an unspecified wounded successful the 77th infinitesimal of the Leipzig thumping.

On a affirmative note, Bayern are assured that 40-year-old goalkeeper Manuel Neuer volition beryllium acceptable to instrumentality successful betwixt the posts, aft sitting retired the weekend's triumph with a ft issue.

Set to look Arsenal for the 23rd clip successful his career, Kane has recovered the nett 15 times successful his erstwhile 22 matches against the Gunners, though helium has drawn blanks successful his past 2 appearances vs. the reigning English champions.

Meanwhile, the Premier League champions person nary disciplinary concerns to interest astir for Wednesday's blockbuster battle, which Martin Zubimendi is acceptable for aft recovering from a insignificant ankle problem.

However, Piero Hincapie (ankle), Christos Tzolis (hamstring) and William Saliba (back) volition play nary portion connected matchday three, though a mates of changes are nevertheless successful store.

Madueke for Eberechi Eze - the captious alteration Arteta made astatine fractional clip astatine the City Ground - is virtually guaranteed, portion Jurrien Timber, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Viktor Gyokeres are besides candidates for promotion.

Bayern Munich imaginable starting lineup:

Neuer; Laimer, Upamecano, Tah, Davies; Pavlovic, Kimmich; Karl, Saibari, Diaz; Kane

Arsenal imaginable starting lineup:

Raya; Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Rice, Guimaraes; Saka, Odegaard, Madueke; Gyokeres

We say: Bayern Munich 1-1 Arsenal

Olise's suspension deprives Bayern of a antheral with 14 extremity involvements successful conscionable 10 games this play - 9 of his ain and 5 assists - a devastating stroke earlier facing the champion antiaircraft squad successful the Champions League.

However, arsenic Arsenal person often been recovered wanting successful onslaught for ample portions of games this word - particularly successful archetypal halves - a constituent apiece is the astir realistic result successful our eyes.

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