On Saturday, starting with 20:00, the Bayern – Chelsea match will be played, within the eighth round of the Champions League, the second round. In the round, Bayern easily won in London, score 3-0, through the goals scored by Gnabry (2) and Lewandowski. In Munich, Chelsea won the 2012 Champions League final, even against the Bavarians, after a success in the tiebreaks.
Bayern made the “event” in Germany and is left with only one “miss”, the Champions League. The Bavarians played extraordinarily with Hansi Flick on the bench, after the German replaced Niko Kovac, who was fired in the first part of the season. The Champions League remains a trophy hard for Bayern to win, the last time they won it in 2012/2013, with coach Jupp Heynckes, after a series of lost finals. In the round of the eighth with Chelsea, the German champion did not encounter great difficulties and prevailed with a 3-0 sec, leaving the Londoners without reply.
Chelsea managed the 4th place in the Premier League in the first season with Frank Lampard in the lead, alternating the good matches with the catastrophic ones. The last negative example, the loss of the English Cup final, against the rival Arsenal. The “blues” made a series of important transfers before the new season, mainly Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech. However, the defense is very weak, receiving only 54 goals in the Premier League. Chelsea proposes a first experimental 11 in Munich, which will definitely miss Pulisic, Azpilicueta (both injured), Jorginho and Alonso (suspended).
There is no problem with the qualified team in the quarterfinals, so we can watch a very attractive match, without stakes, with goals maybe even more than in the round. However, Chelsea must offer a reply to the Bavarians.
Bayern have won the Champions League 5 times;
The Germans rank 4th in the UEFA coefficient ranking;
Chelsea won the 2011/2012 edition of the Champions League;
The English rank 14th in the UEFA coefficient ranking;
Bayern: Neuer; Kimmich, Boateng, Alaba, Davies; Thiago, Goretzka; Gnabry, Müller, Coman; Lewandowski
Absent: Pavard
Chelsea: Knight; Rüdiger, Christensen, Zouma; James, Kovacic, Barkley, Emerson; Mount, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi
Absent: Alonso, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek, Pulišić, Azpilicueta, Pedro, Gilmour
PREDICTION: Bayern Munich to win @ 1,38
