Champions League: RB Salzburg v Bayern Munich Preview and Predictions


RB Salzurg welcome Bayern Munich to the Red Bull Arena as they seek to get their campaign back on track. The former has one point from two matches while the latter has six out of six . Atletico Madrid plays Lokomotiv Moscow in the other match of the Group A.
RB Salzburg drew with Lokomotiv Moscow in their opening fixture. Atletico Madrid came from behind to stage a comeback victory. Bayern defeated Atletico Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow and are top of the table with 6 points. They will be wanting to win this match in order to go closer to qualifying from this group at the top of the table.
Both the teams head into this fixture with confidence as they defeated their weekend opponents. Salzburg emphatically defeated WSG Swarovski Tirol, while Bayern defeated FC Koln. Jesse Marsch set a new record of winning 28 matches of 38 matches, while Thomas Mueller is level on number of matches won with Oliver Kahn.
Injuries
RB Salzburg: Antoine Bernede and Youba Diarra
Bayern Munich: Alphonse Davies, Niklas Sule (Covid-19) and Tanguy Nianzou
Predicted Line-ups
RB Salzburg: Cican Stankovic, Rasmus Nissen Kristensen, Andre Ramalho, Jerome Onguene, Andreas Ulmer, Mohamed Kamara, Zlatko Junuzovic, Mergim Berisha, Enock Mwepu, Patson Daka, Dominic Szoboszlai
Bayern Munich: Manuel Neuer, Benjamin Pavard, Jerome Boateng, David Alaba, Lucas Hernandez, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Thomas Muller, Serge Gnabry, Robert Lewandowski, Leroy Sane
Predictions
The match isn’t going to be easy, but Bayern Munich should win this match. The addition of Leroy Sane adds even more firepower to their famed attack. Patson Daka and Dominic Szoboszlai will lead the attack for RB Salzburg and their efforts will be instrumental for the team to get a point. Bayern should win 2-0 and take a firm grip of first place in Group A.
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