CHELSEA vs BAYERN MUNICH
Callum Hudson-Odoi, N’Golo Kante and Christian Pulisic will all miss Chelsea’s Champions League clash with Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
Hudson-Odoi (hamstring), Kante (muscular injury) and Pulisic (adductor) all remain sidelined and will miss the last 16 first leg encounter at Stamford Bridge.
Pedro is back in contention having missed Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League win over Tottenham, while fit-again Ruben Loftus-Cheek will be in the squad again.
- The four previous matches in all competitions between Chelsea and Bayern Munich have produced 17 goals
- Chelsea have been eliminated in each of their last four two-legged Champions League ties
- Frank Lampard scored three goals in four Champions League games against Bayern Munich as a player
- Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has scored 10 goals in this season’s Champions League
Chelsea: Caballero, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, James Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso, Mount, Barkley, Giroud
Bayern Munich XI: Neuer, Pavard, Thiago, Lewandowski, Boateng, Davies, Gnabry, Muller, Alaba, Coman, Kimmich
Bayern XI
Bayern Munich have released their team news earlier than expected – those efficient bunch.
A few surprises in the starting XI with Philippe Coutinho among the substitutes. Canada international Alphonso Davies, whose father is a Chelsea fan, starts for the Bundesliga side.
Bayern Munich XI: Neuer, Pavard, Thiago, Lewandowski, Boateng, Davies, Gnabry, Muller, Alaba, Coman, Kimmich.
Subs: Ulreitch, Odriozola, Coutinho, Goretzka, Hernandez, Tolisso, Zirkzee.
We expecting goals?
Yes, plenty of them.
The four previous matches in all competitions between Chelsea and Bayern Munich have produced 17 goals, an average of 4.25 per game.
Poland striker Robert Lewandowski already boasts 42 goals from 38 games for club and country this term, with 25 in the Bundesliga. The 31-year-old remains as deadly a finisher as ever.
