Bayern Munich hosts Paris Saint-Germain in a big UEFA Champions League match this Tuesday at the Allianz Arena. Either side wants to win with the Germans in 17th place on six points and the French in 25th with just four points from the same number of games.
Even a win for Vincent Kompany or Luis Enrique won’t hide the fact that this has been a slow start for both sides in this edition, but things will look even worse if they lose. Bayern have won six straight games coming into this one since a 4-1 loss to Barcelona last season.
A three-0 win over Augsburg means the Bundesliga giants are six points clear at the German top as they look to reclaim their name from Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen. Meanwhile, PSG are also dominating Ligue 1 form as they moved closer to a 3-0 win over Toulouse on Friday, also earning them six points.
Bayern beat PSG home and away in the round of 16 of the 2022-23 UCL edition, the Germans also won 1-0 in the 2020 final, although Les Parisiens got some revenge (see month) with a victory in the quarterfinals in a combination closer to a 3-2. win in Munich. Although history favors Bayern, Luis Enrique’s Parisians have shown that they are capable of pulling off great performances in the Europe that they need so much now.
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- Future: Tuesday, November 26 | While: 3 pm Eastern Time
- Location: Allianz Arena – Munich, Germany
- Watch: Supreme+
- Odd: Bayern -167; Draw +350; PSG +400
League segment so far
Bayern have won nine and drawn two in their 11 games to be unbeaten so far in the Bundesliga, but the Champions League has proven problematic as Aston Villa and Barcelona managed to lose Kompany and his players in 17th place. French fighters will be the good news for Bayern with 12 wins out of 18 against French teams with 12 wins out of 14 in governing eleven wins in 27 UCL home games with that extreme home defeat a 3-2 defeat to PSG again. in 2020-21.
Paris lost 2-1 to Atlético de Madrid in the final week of the Champions League to follow up a loss to Arsenal and a draw with PSV Eindhoven. A victory over Girona is the best option to occupy 25th place in the standings with only three goals scored so far. Only one win in seven away games against German rivals and eight defeats in 15 away games against Bundesliga clubs. PSG have won only 15 in their games out of 37 ECUs with 14 defeats, so this is as complicated as it is for Les Parisiens.
Staff information
Bayern: Joao Palhinha is out of time Mathys Tel suffered a knock and Aleksandar Pavlovic and Josip Stanisic are at least now coaches. Hiroki Ito is absent for a long time, so Leon Goretzka would possibly change Palhinha’s time. Serge Gnabry and Konrad Laimer will have to return to the closest XI in the absence of victory in Augsburg. Harry Kane has 20 goals in 17 appearances, five of them in four UCL outings.
Bayern’s imaginable eleven: Neuer; Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Davies; Kimmich, Goretzka; Olise, Musiala, Gnabry; Kane.
PSG: Senny Mayulu and Lucas Hernández are out although Nuno Mendes, Gonçalo Ramos and Presnel Kimpembe return for Luis Enrique. Marquinhos was suspended against Toulouse, but now Vitinha, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Willian Pacho will also have to start. Bradley Barcola has been in a splendid moment. Marco Asensio and Ousmane Dembélé can shape the remains of the attack.
Imaginable PSG XI: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Neves; Dembélé, Asensio, Barcola.
Prediction
Neither team can have money to lose and PSG will have to find their way to shoot and Bayern are expected to take most of the home credit against their potential visitors. Choose: Bayern 2, PSG 2.
