AEK Athens vs FC Bayern Munich PREVIEW & PREDICTION 23/10/2018

In Group E of the Champions League, on Tuesday, 23 October, the AEK – Bayern game will be played. The match will be played at the Olympic Stadium “Spiros Louis” starting at 17:55. The host team tries to get the first points within the group.

Returned to UCL for the first time in 2006, the Greek team succumbed both to Ajax (0-3) and Benfica (2-3). A new defeat would be equivalent to eliminating from the competition, but it would seriously reduce the chances of even qualifying in the spring of the Europa League. The hopes of the hosts are headed to Viktor Klonaridis, who has scored six goals this season. Two of them managed even in defeat against Benfica. It is worth noting that in all the three games played so far in the field of the Champions League of AEK, goals were scored in both gates. It remains to be seen if Klonaridis & co. will also find the way to the opposing goal without Albanis, Helder Lopes and Oikonomou, who are injured.

On the other side, the Bavarians move to Greece with the morale rebuilt after the victory against Wolfsburg “Wolves”, score 3-1. In fact, Bayern dominates the confrontations with the Greek teams with no less than 7 wins and 3 draws. On his last visit to Greece’s capital, Bayern scored 3-0 in front of Olympiacos in the 2015/2016 season of the same competition. Thomas Muller then managed a double. Finding the second place in the group, the Bavarians will try to win a new victory in Athens that will propel them to the next phase. Coman and Tolisso are the only problems faced by Niko Kovac.

This will be the first confrontation between the two bands.

Probable teams:

AEK: Barkas – Bakakis, Svarnas, Chygrynskiy, Hult – Andre Simoes, Galanopoulos – Bakasetas, Klonaridis, Mantalos – Ponce

Bayern: Neuer – Kimmich, Hummels, Süle, Alaba – Thiago, Martinez – Robben, Müller, Ribery – Lewandowski


PREDICTION: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.50

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