UCL 2022-23: Manchester City vs Bayern Munich: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

The quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League kick off next week

After defeating Paris Saint-German in both legs in the Round of 16 in the Champions League, Bayern Munich are going into the quarters with a different level of confidence. But Manchester City is not lacking behind with Haaland with such a great form and putting five behind the net in their last Champions League fixture against RB Leipzig, it is just time who can tell us how the match will unfold.

Bayern Munich will be playing their first Champions League match under Tuchel after their former manager Julian Nagelsmann was sacked back in March. It will be quite interesting to watch both Pep Guardiola and Thomas Tuchel go head to head again in the Champions League. The last time they faced each other was back in 2021 in the finals when Tuchel was the manager at Chelsea and managed to win the match by 1-0.

Kick-off:

Wednesday, 12-04-2023; 12:30 am (IST)

Tuesday, 11-04-2023; 20:00 (GMT)

Manchester City form (in all competitions): W-W-W-W-W

Bayern Munich form (in all competitions): W-L-W-L-W

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Manchester City: Erling Haaland

With ten goals already this season and five of them coming in the last match in Champions League, Erling Braut Haaland has been one of the best player for Manchester City this season. Always finding his ways of putting the ball behind the net, Erling has made sure that the supply of goal doesn’t stop for the blue side of Manchester. With 44 goals in all competitions already, he has been a force to reckon with. It would need something special for the current German champions to stop him.

Bayern Munich: Joshua Kimmich

A ball playing midfielder, providing key passes and also making important interceptions time to time, Kimmich can set the tempo of the game for Bayern at an early stage. Controlling the midfield and also stopping in behind runs by opposition players, he has proven to be a very important player for Bayern. He has also made three assist for the team in Champions League this season and has the

Match Facts   

• In their previous six meetings—all in the UEFA Champions League—Manchester City and Bayern Munich had alternated victories. This will be their seventh meeting in Europe.
• Manchester City has defeated Bayern Munich in two of their previous meetings in the UEFA Champions League while hosting, with a defeat to Pep Guardiola's             Bayern back in October 2013.
• Bayern Munich has won three of their previous four away games against English teams in the UEFA Champions League following losing four straight away games against them between 2005 and 2011.
• Manchester City has won all four of their last ten home matches in the UEFA Champions League against German opposition, going 39-10 overall in the competition, including all the games during this season.
• Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, has won 39 out of 72 games (54%) in the UEFA Champions League knockout stages. He has the best win rate of any manager among those with 30+ games in the KO stages (including finals) and is the only one to have won more than half of his games.
• Thomas Tuchel of Bayern Munich and Pep Guardiola of Manchester City has faced each other four times in cup competitions, with Tuchel winning two of the previous three. Guardiola's teams haven't scored a goal in each of the three games, and his lone victory came in the 2016 DFB-Pokal final in a penalty shootout.

Teams and Injury News

With a fractured lower leg, Manuel Neuer has already been ruled out for the rest of the season. Defender Lucas Hernandez is also out of the squad because of a ligament rupture at the knee, along with 17 year old Mathys Tel will also be ruled out because of torn muscles. The inclusion of Eric Choupo-Moting in the Bayern squad is also doubtful because of him sustaining a knee injury.

Manchester City do not have any player who will be not playing because of any injury or suspension.

Head-to-Head Stats

Matches: 6

Manchester City: 3

Bayern Munich: 3

Draws: 0

Predicted Lineups

Manchester City predicted lineup (3-2-4-1):

Ederson, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, John Stones, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Ilkay Gündogan, Jack Grealish, Erling Haaland

Bayern Munich predicted lineup (4-2-3-1):

Yan Sommer, Joao Cancelo, Upamecano, Matthijs de Ligt, Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Kingsley Coman, Thomas Müller, Jamal Musiala, Sadio Mane.

Match Prediction

With an advantage of the home crowd and such a form in recent competition, Manchester City will go into the match with a sheer determination of winning it and putting them in an advantage. With Haaland leading the attack supported by De Bruyne and company, it will be a difficult task for the Bayern defence to keep the Norwegian out of his scoring range.

Bayern on the other side looks like hasn’t been adapted to the style of play under Tuchel and there might be gaps that Tuchel needs to work on before the match. But the German side has always been a force in this competition has always found their way out of difficult games in the past. It will be an intense match up and it will be a difficult decision to make on who will be having an advantage.    

Prediction: Manchester City 2-2 Bayern Munich

Telecast:

India – Sony Sports Network, Jio TV, Sony LIV

UK – BT Sport, BT Sports App

US – CBS Sports Network, CBS, Univision, fuboTV, Paramount+

Nigeria – SuperSport