?Bayern Munich welcome AEK Athens to the Allianz Arena for their Champions League Group E tie on Wednesday.
Bayern won in Athens 2-0 two weeks ago and will look to assert their dominance at home in order to take top spot off group leaders Ajax.
Bayern have not been too convincing this season and pressure is rising on manager Niko Kovac to deliver results.
The Greek champions are almost certain to not make the knockout stages of the Champions League, but will look to beat Benfica to third spot to secure Europa League knockout football.
Here’s 90min’s preview for the fixture.
How to Watch
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?When Is Kick Off? | Wednesday 7 November |
?What Time Is Kick Off? | ?20:00 (GMT) |
Where Is it Played?? | ?Allianz Arena |
?TV Channel/Live Stream? | ?BT Sport |
?Referee? | ?Matej Jug |
Team News
The hosts come into the game boosted by the return of Franck Ribery, who didn’t travel to Athens but may feature after coming on as a substitute in their previous two fixtures.
Mats Hummels is doubtful, while ?Bayern are without the injured trio of Thiago Alcantara, Corentin Tolisso and Kingsley Coman.
AEK Athens are without Helder Lopes and Marko Livaja are both suspended while the visitors are also without
Predicted Lineups
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?Bayern Munich | ??Neuer; Kimmich, Sule, ?Boateng, Alaba; Martinez, ?Muller, Rodriguez; Robben, Lewandowski, Ribery. |
?AEK Athens | ?Barkas; Cosic, Chygrynskiy, Lampropoulos, Hult; Simões, Galanopoulos; Bakakis, Klonaridis, Mantalos; Ponce. |
Head to Head Record
The two sides have only ever met once, when Bayern triumphed 2-0 in October thanks to strikes from Javi Martinez and Robert Lewandowski.
Before that clash, Bayern had played Greek opposition a total of nine times, going undefeated in that span. In their last seven games against Greek teams, the Bundesliga champions have not conceded a goal.?
Recent Form
The Bundesliga champions are currently on a five game unbeaten run after their shock 3-0 defeat to
AEK sit fifth in the Greek Superleague, six points behind current leaders PAOK. Last year’s Greek Superleague winners have been tough to beat in domestic competition this season, losing just once to PAOK, but have lost all three of their Champions League fixtures.
?Bayern Munich | AEK Athens |
Bayern Munich 1-1 Freiburg (03/11)? | ?Panathinaikos 0-0 AEK Athens (03/11) |
?Rodinghausen 1-2 Bayern Munich (30/10) | Apollon Larissa 0-4 AEK Athens (31/11) |
?Mainz 1-2 Bayern Munich (27/10) | AEK Athens 4-0 Aris Salonika (28/10) |
?AEK Athens 0-2 Bayern Munich (23/10) | AEK Athens 0-2 Bayern Munich (23/10) |
?Wolfsburg 1-3 Bayern Munich (20/10) | Apollon Smyrni 0-2 AEK Athens (20/10) |
?Prediction
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Prediction: Bayern Munich 2-0 AEK Athens
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