Competition: Champions League, Group F
Game: Arsenal vs Bayern Munich
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Date: 20/10/2015 @ 7.45pm
ARSENAL
Arsenal has suffered a 2-3 home defeat from Olympiakos and a 2-1 away defeat from Dinamo in its first 2 games in the group, thus making today’s game against Bayern critical for the team’s prospects for qualification into the next round of the competition. However, it has performed well enough in its last 2 games for the league, beating Man Utd at home and Watford away from home, with the same score (3-0). Arsenal currently holds the second position of the Premier League table, just 2 points below Man City and the top, with 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in its 9 so far games this season.
Possible line-up in a 4-3-3 formation: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez, Walcott
BAYERN
Bayern seems to be unstoppable this season, evident from the fact that it has managed 11 wins in 11 games in all competitions, with an impressive 36-5 goals’ aggregate in them. However, Bayern hasn’t really performed well in its last game against Werder and it might be suffice to argue that this unstoppable train will at some point come to a halt, even temporarily. The team’s captain, Philip Lam, has said that Bayern needs to be extra careful tonight especially when taking into consideration Arsenal’s improvement since its last game in the group.
Possible line-up in a 4-3-3 formation: Neuer, Martinez, Boateng, Alaba, Lahm, Alonso, Thiago, Vidal, Costa, Muller, Lewandowski
Prediction
Based on the fact that Bayern scores more than 3 goals per game on average, Arsenal’s general form in the league and its need to get the 3 points from this game;
Bet: goal/goal & over 2.5 goals, odd: 1.83 @ BET365