Team News
Holger Badstuber is out of this one and the entire season as he tore his cruciate ligament against Dortmund on Saturday. Luiz Gustavo isn’t back yet. Everybody else is fit. Jerome Boateng has returned from injury and played against Dortmund. Mario Gomez has also returned to action. There are no such worries for BATE.
Analysis
A miss from Toni Kroos turned Bayern’s evening on its head in Belarus as Bayern succumbed to defeat, 3-1 on match-day two. BATE troubled Bayern endlessly and destroyed them with minimal possession by utilizing counter-attacking situations brilliantly. Bayern at the Allianz Arena is nonetheless a different beast. They have an excellent record there and will be looking forward to pressing and hassling BATE and to skillfully working their way towards goal.
The Bayern players nonetheless worked extremely hard against Dortmund on Saturday in a pulsating 1-1 draw and might be tired. They will be looking forward to topping the group along with extracting some revenge but the win might not come easily.
Previous Meetings
BATE 3-1 Bayern
Previous Matches
Bayern 1-1 Dortmund
Freiburg 0-2 Bayern
Bayern 5-0 Hannover 96
Valencia 1-1 Bayern
Nürnberg 1-1 Bayern
BATE 2-1 Soligorsk
BATE 0-2 Lille
Slavia Mozyr 0-0 BATE
BATE 5-1 FC Minsk
Valencia 4-2 BATE
Prediction
Bayern 3-0 BATE
