Barcelona – Bayern: probable lineups, J3 champions

Barcelona, ​​which lost its last six matches to Bayern, regains its strength in a transcendental match in the Champions League for both.

BARCELONA — Barcelona And Bayern Munichthe two teams with the best batting average in the top league meet in a match Champions League which suddenly became transcendental for both of them. After beating the Spanish team in Monaco and the German team in Birmingham, they move into the third round and need to improve to avoid losing the lead.

He added 33 goals Barcelona in La Liga after ten games with an average of 3.3 goals per game than in the case of Bavaria 24 goals in seven matches increases that figure to 3.43, and the nine he scored against Dinamo Zagreb in seven matches increases that figure further. Champions and four against ULM in the DFB Cup to add 37 in ten official matches, reaching 3.7 per match, threatening an opponent who counts his five games played at home as victories, in which he scored 20 goals and conceded only two.

After beating Stuttgart (4-0) on the final day of the Bundesliga, Bayern (the tournament leader) returned to their senses, going three matches without a win (two draws and one defeat). Thus, they will enter Montjuïc with a remarkable record: 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in 9 official matches, with 33 goals for and 10 against.

There is as much or more optimism in Barça, which has won three times since defeat in Pamplona, ​​scored 13 goals and is up to 39 goals (with 12 conceded) in its 12 official matches, winning 10 and losing. two.

The team of Hansi Flick, a striking character in the match after reuniting with the team with which he won the Sextet in 2020, starts with 14 goals scored by Robert Lewandowski (twelve in La Liga and two in the Champions League), who has returned to his best feelings and will meet in an explosive head-to-head with Harry Kane, who has 13 goals to his name (eight in the Bundesliga, four in the Champions League and one in the German Cup).

Both players will lead what are expected to be top-tier squads. Barca have already reinstated Fermin, Gavi and Dani Olmo on Sunday and the former could be in Barca’s starting line-up, while at Bayern Vincent Kompany will be able to count on Musiala, who went to Barcelona having already recovered from a thigh injury , but not with young Pavlovich, who broke his collarbone on Saturday.

Possible lineups for the match Barcelona – Bayern

BARCELONA: Iñaki Peña, Jules Kounde, Pau Kubarsi, Iñigo Martinez, Alejandro Balde, Mark Casado, Fermin Lopez, Pedri, Rafinha, Lamin Yamal and Robert Lewandowski.

BAYERN MUNICH: Manuel Neuer, Raphael Guerreiro, Dayot Upamecano, Kim Min Jae, Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich, Palinha, Michal Olise, Jamal Musiala, Serge Gnabry and Harry Kane.

JUDGE: Slavko Vincic (Slovenia).

HOUR: 3:00 pm Eastern Time, 12:00 pm Pacific Time, 1:00 pm Mexican Time.

STADIUM: Montjuic.