With a place in the already secure KO, Bayern Munich has a chance to sneak in the first eight of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday when the league phase is coming to an end.
Bayern between day 8 in 15th place, but it is only a point of less than a place in the first eight and therefore a direct passage around 16 is a real possibility for the team of Vincent Kompany. This is particularly true since their last match of the league phase will be against Slovan Bratislava, which is seated in 35th place and was already eliminated after conceded 24 goals in seven games.
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Scenarios and permutations of the Bayern Munich Champions League: live stream, where to watch, start time, television channel
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How to watch and dimensions
- Date: Wednesday January 29 | Time: 3. PM
- Location: Allianz Arena – Munich, Germany
- Watch: Paramount +
- Odds: Bayern Munich -4000; Draw +1700; Slovan Bratislava +4000
Scenarios
It would be difficult to describe this as a bad season for Bayern, because they have a six -point lead at the top of the Bundesliga table and are already finished in the next round of the Champions League. Things are not exactly perfect, however – they won six victories in their last seven, but this defeat was a blatant defeat of 3-0 in Feyenoord. This season in the Champions Champions League, this raises some questions about Bayern’s ability to challenge the best European teams this season.
Like their 4-1 unbalanced defeat against Barcelona in the fall, Bayern had a lot of possession but could not generate a ton of quality chances. It was particularly blatant against Feyenoord last week when Bayern took 30 shots but put only six on the target and failed to score. This left them particularly vulnerable one day when Feyenoord surpassed their production, marking each of their three shots on the target and doing better than their expected objectives of 1.72. Although it is something to keep an eye on the rest of the season, these inconsistencies may not apply to Slovan given the status of Bayern as the overwhelming favorites on Wednesday.
Projected range
Neuer, Laimer, Utamecano, Kim, Davies, Kimmich, Goretzka, Olise, Musiala, Coman, Kane
Prediction
On Wednesday, Bayern will rightly be on the race for the first eight, so expect them to accuse goals while they are going to a direct passage to the 16-year-old final. Harry Kane is still in great shape with 23 goals in 25 games this season, are therefore waiting for a big role to play a day when Bayern needs goals. Take: Bayern Munich 4, Slovan Bratislava 0
