Overview
Bayern Munich kicked off their Champions League campaign with an impressive 9-2 win over Dinamo Zagreb. However, they have since suffered back-to-back defeats to Aston Villa and Barcelona, leaving them in 23rd place in the table ahead of Matchday 4.
The Allianz Arena team needs to quickly improve their position in the Champions League and the match against Benfica is a great opportunity for coach Vincent Kompany's team.
As for Benfica, not only did they play well in the domestic league, they also performed impressively in the European arena. After 3 matches, they won 2 and lost 1. In which, the team from Portugal defeated Red Star Belgrade 2-1 and Atletico Madrid 4-0.
However, Benfica surprisingly lost 1-3 to Feyenoord at home in the third match. However, this could just be an accident, because Benfica won 3 consecutive matches after that.
Despite their current form, Benfica's trip to Allianz Arena is still predicted to be extremely difficult. In many ways, they are still inferior to the "Gray Tigers".
Bayern have responded well to the loss to Barca with three consecutive wins without conceding a goal. Beating Benfica is a must for Bayern at the moment and is completely within their capabilities.
Bayern Munich are on a four-match winning streak against Benfica and have won five of their previous six Champions League meetings (D1). The two teams have met a total of 10 times before and Bayern are unbeaten, winning seven and drawing three against the Portuguese side.
Notably, in the previous 5 home matches against Benfica, Bayern scored at least 4 goals in each match.
Human resources situation
Bayern Munich have enough squad depth to replace the absentees Aleksandar Pavlivci, Sacha Boey and Hiroki Ito, so they go into this match with a near-full strength squad.
Meanwhile, Benfica cannot use Tousart, Stein and Juranovic due to injury.
Expected lineup:
Bayern Munich: Neuer, Upamecano, Kim Min-Jae, Davies, Guerreiro, Kimmich, Coman, Palhinha, Olise, Musiala, Kane.
Benfica: Trubin, Carreras, Beste, Otamendi, Araujo, Aursnes, Kokcu, Florentino, Di Maria, Pavlidis, Akturkoglu.
The match between Bayern Munich and Benfica takes place at 3:00 a.m. on November 7 (Vietnam time).
