Allianz Arena will play host to a blockbuster contest in the Champions League on Tuesday night, with Bayern Munich welcoming Paris Saint-Germain, and both sides will be under pressure to pick up a positive result.
Bayern are down in 17th spot in the Champions League table, picking up six points from their four European matches this season, while PSG are 25th, with Luis Enrique's side only gathering four points from their opening four games.
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Bayern will bring a six-game winning run into this contest, with Vincent Kompany's side responding excellently to their 4-1 defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League towards the end of October.
The Munich giants will enter this match off the back of a 3-0 win over Augsburg on Friday, and they are six points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table, with the team looking to wrestle back the title from Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayern are flying in the league, winning nine and drawing two of their 11 matches, but they have had issues in the Champions League this term, losing to both Aston Villa and Barcelona, which has left them in 17th spot in the table on six points.
Kompany's team did manage to beat Benfica 1-0 in the competition last time out, though, and they will be looking to continue their strong form at home to French opposition on Tuesday night, having triumphed in 12 of their previous 18 European fixtures against visitors from Ligue 1.
Bayern have been victorious in 12 of their last 14 matches against French opposition, while they have won 22 of their last 27 home Champions League fixtures, with their last European defeat on home soil actually coming against PSG in the quarter-finals of the competition during the 2020-21 campaign.
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PSG lost home and away to Bayern in the last-16 stage of the 2022-23 Champions League, while they were famously beaten 1-0 by the German side in the final of the competition back in 2020, with recent history certainly favouring Bayern in this fixture.
Enrique's side were 3-0 winners over Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Friday, with the result moving them onto 32 points from 12 matches in France's top flight, and they are six points clear at the top of the Ligue 1 table.
PSG were beaten 2-1 by Atletico Madrid in their last Champions League match at the start of November, though, and they have also lost to Arsenal and been held at home by PSV Eindhoven in the competition this season.
The Red and Blues are currently 25th in the Champions League table, boasting four points from four matches, and they have incredibly only found the back of the net on three occasions in the competition this season.
PSG have only been victorious in one of their last seven away matches against Bundesliga clubs, while they have been beaten in eight of their 15 games on the road against teams from Germany.
The French side have won just 15 of their last 37 European games, meanwhile, losing 14 times in the process, and it is a huge ask to overcome Bayern at Allianz Arena on Tuesday night.
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Bayern will again be without the services of Joao Palhinha due to an adductor problem, while Mathys Tel will need to be assessed after missing the clash with Augsburg last time out due to a knock.
Aleksandar Pavlovic and Josip Stanisic are both back in training after recent injuries, but Hiroki Ito remains a long-term absentee for the Bundesliga giants.
Leon Goretzka may feature in central midfield due to Palhinha's absence, while Serge Gnabry and Konrad Laimer should both come back into the XI after starting on the bench against Augsburg.
Harry Kane scored a hat trick against Augsburg to make it 20 goals in 17 appearances during the 2024-25 campaign, including five goals in four outings in the Champions League.
As for PSG, Senny Mayulu, Lucas Hernandez, Goncalo Ramos and Presnel Kimpembe will miss the contest through injury, while a check will need to be made on Nuno Mendes, who was absent on Friday due to an ankle problem.
Marquinhos was suspended against Toulouse last time out but will come back into the XI here, while there will also be returns for Vitinha, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Willian Pacho.
Bradley Barcola has been in outstanding form for PSG this season, scoring 10 times in 16 appearances, and there will be another start for the 22-year-old, while Marco Asensio and Ousmane Dembele should also feature in the final third of the field.
Bayern Munich possible starting lineup:
Neuer; Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Davies; Kimmich, Goretzka; Olise, Musiala, Gnabry; Kane
Paris Saint-Germain possible starting lineup:
Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Neves; Dembele, Asensio, Barcola
We say: Bayern Munich 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Both sides have had their problems in the Champions League this season, but Bayern are so strong at home, and it is difficult to back PSG to pick up a positive result on Tuesday night. The visitors have more than enough quality to get their name on the scoresheet, but we are expecting Kompany's side to claim a narrow victory at Allianz Arena.
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Matt Law
