BAR vs BAY Dream11 Team Prediction Tips For Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Champions League Live Score 15 September

BAR vs BAY Dream11: Two European heavyweights collide as Barcelona host Bayern Munich at Camp Nou. It’s the end of an era as Lionel Messi finally moved away from the Blaugrana to PSG. Barca are in the seventh spot in La Liga having won two of their three games. They finished third last season.

Perennial champions Bayern Munich finished 13 points clear on the top of the table last season. So far this season, they are in the second spot behind Wolfsburg. This has all the makings of a cracker of a contest as the two teams vie for the top spot in the group.

Date: 15 September, Wednesday
Kick-Off: 00:30 AM (IST)
Venue: Camp Nou

Champions League Table (Group E)

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Recent Form
Barcelona: WDWWL
Bayern Munich: WWWWD

Head to Head 

Bayern Munich has won four of the last five encounters while Barcelona won once.

Today Match Prediction Details

Barcelona News

Injury Report and Unavailability: 

• Martin Braithwaite, Ansu Fati, Ousmane Dembele, and Sergio Aguero will miss this fixture through injuries.

Expected Changes and Strategy:

• Barcelona will lineup in a 4-3-3 formation.
• M ter Stegen should be starting in goal.
• J Alba, G Pique, R Araujo, and S Roberto are expected to be the back four.
•  Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, and S Busquets will occupy the central positions.
• M Depay will start up front with L de Jong and P Coutinho in support.

Barcelona Starting XI (likely)

Marc-Andre ter Stegen
Jordi Alba
Gerard Pique
Ronald Araujo
Sergi Roberto
Sergio Busquets
Frenkie de Jong
Pedri
Philippe Coutinho
Memphis Depay
Luuk de Jong

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Bayern Munich News

Injury Report and Unavailability: 

• Kingsley Coman and Corentin Tolisso are injured.
• Serge Gnabry is also doubtful.

Expected Changes and Strategy:

• Bayern Munich will lineup in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
• M Neuer should be starting in goal.
• A Davies, L Hernandez, D Upamecano, and Benjamin Pavard could be the back four.
• J Kimmich and Leon Goretzka are immovables in the middle of the pitch.
• T Muller, J Musiala and L Sane should start further forward behind striker R Lewandowski.

Bayern Munich Starting XI (likely)

Manuel Neuer
Alphonso Davies
Lucas Hernandez
Dayot Upamecano
Benjamin Pavard
Joshua Kimmich
Leon Goretzka
Thomas Muller
Jamal Musiala
Leroy Sane
Robert Lewandowski

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Fantasy Football Tips

Captain Options

Robert Lewandowski is the standout captaincy candidate in this fixture. He already has six league goals this season. He is also on penalties.

Memphis Depay could be pivotal for the home side. He has begun his new venture with Barcelona strongly. He has two league goals and an assist in three games.

Differential Pick

Joshua Kimmich can play a starring role for the away side. He already has three assists this season and has an eye for goal.

BAR vs BAY Dream11 Teams

Goalkeeper – M Neuer
Defenders – J Alba, B Pavard, A Davies
Midfielders – T Muller, S Busquets, P Coutinho, L Sane, J Kimmich
Forwards – R Lewandowski, M Depay

Likely Winner:

• This is the first time Barcelona and Bayern Munich have met since the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League quarter-final, when Bayern won 8-2 in what was Barca’s worst defeat since a 6-0 loss to Espanyol in April 1951.
• Barcelona has lost seven games in all major European competitions versus Bayern Munich, three more than any other team (P11 W2 D2 L7). They beat the Bavarians 4-0 in April 2009 and 3-0 in May 2015 in home first-leg Champions League quarterfinal ties.
• Barcelona and Bayern Munich haven’t played in the UEFA Champions League group stages since 1998/99, when Barca lost both matches and finished third in the group, one of only three times the Catalan team has been eliminated in the group stages (the others being 1997/98 and 2000/01).
• Bayern Munich are unbeaten in their previous 18 Champions League away matches, their best unbeaten streak in the competition’s history.
  Barcelona hasn’t lost their first Champions League encounter since losing 3-2 to Newcastle United at St. James’ Park in 1997/98.
• We are predicting a score draw in this fixture.

Barcelona: 27/10
Bayern Munich: 21/20

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