Arsenal vs Bayern Munich LIVE: Champions League team news and ...

Thomas Tuchel has made four changes to the Bayern side that lost 3-2 to newly promoted Heidenheim at the weekend.

Manuel Neuer comes in for Sven Ulreich in goal, while both centre-backs are changed – Eric Dier and Matthijs De Ligt are in for Kim Min-jae and Dayot Upamecano.

On the right wing, Leroy Sane replaces Thomas Muller.

BAYERN SUBS: Upamecano, Kim, Coman, Choupo-Moting, Zaragoza, Peretz, Guerreiro, Muller, Ulreich, Tel, Mazraoui, Pavlovic.

So it’s two changes for Arsenal from the weekend’s win against Brighton.

Jakub Kiwior and Gabriel Martinelli come in for Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus.

The midfield of Rice, Jorginho and Odegaard stays the same, while Kai Havertz starts against a team that reportedly wanted to sign him in the summer.

ARSENAL SUBS: Ramsdale, Partey, Gabriel Jesus, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Tomiyasu, Trossard, Vieira, Nelson, Elneny, Hein, Zinchenko.

The teams are in!

ARSENAL XI: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior; Odegaard, Jorginho, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Martinelli.

BAYERN XI: Neuer; Kimmich, Dier, De Ligt, Davies; Laimer, Goretzka; Sane, Musiala, Gnabry; Kane.

With the crowd behind them and their form in the league, it is hard to look beyond Arsenal, but Bayern only have the Champions League to play for after dropping out of the title race. 

Arsenal 2-1 Bayern Munich.

Bayern had a similarly straightforward start to their Champions League campaign, easily progressing through their group before a small slip-up in their first round of 16 game and then a turnaround in the home tie to ensure qualification.

The Bavarian side came top of a group that included Manchester United, FC Copenhagen and Galatasaray, winning all but one of their games.

In the round of 16 the Germans faced a potentially difficult tie against a spirited Lazio side, with the first game in Rome ending 1-0 to the Italians. But Bayern turned it around in the home leg, winning 3-0 thanks to two goals from Harry Kane and another from Bayern veteran Thomas Muller.

Bayern’s Champions League results this season:

Bayern 4-3 Manchester United

Copenhagen 1-2 Bayern

Galatasaray 1-3 Bayern

Bayern 2-1 Galatasaray

Bayern 0-0 Copenhagen

Manchester United 0-1 Bayern

Lazio 1-0 Bayern

Bayern 3-0 Lazio

The home side have had a fairly straightforward route to this stage of the competition, though they did require a penalty shootout to advance from their round of 16 tie against Portuguese side FC Porto. The Gunners won 4-2 on penalties, having come back from being 1-0 down in the first leg.

In the group stages, Arsenal were paired against Sevilla, Dutch champions-elect PSV Eindhoven and French side RC Lens.

The Gunners won four, drew one and lost one of their group games, the sole loss coming against Lens.

Mikel Arteta’s side won all three of their home games, including a 6-0 drubbing of Lens, a comfortable 2-0 win over Sevilla and a 4-0 win against fellow round of 16 side PSV.

Arsenal’s Champions League results this season:

Arsenal 4-0 PSV

RC Lens 2-1 Arsenal

Sevilla 1-2 Arsenal

Arsenal 2-0 Sevilla

Arsenal 6-0 RC Lens

PSV 1-1 Arsenal

FC Porto 1-0 Arsenal

Arsenal 1-0 FC Porto (4-2 on penalties)

There’s more team news from tonight’ visitors, who welcome back a handful of players after a disappointing loss to Bundesliga newcomers Hedeinheim at the weekend.

Manuel Neuer is expected to be fit for the match despite missing the last two games with a torn adductor muscle sustained while on international duty.

Kingsley Coman, Leroy Sane, Aleksandar Pavlovic and Noussair Mazraoui all missed Bayern’s defeat at the weekend, but trained ahead of the Champions League clash and could be in contention.

The line-ups should be released in around one hour, but before that a re-cap of the early team news.

Arsenal have no new injury concerns, and although summer signing Jurrien Timber was training on grass earlier in the week, it is unlikely he will feature having been out since August. For Mikel Arteta, the only ‘worry’ is about which starting eleven is the best to take on Bayern.

Ahead of tonight’s tie, football betting sites have the Gunners down as the favourites, but Bayern can never be written off in this competition.

Arsenal are currently ranked at 15/2 to win the game, with a draw priced at 10/3. A win for the away side is offered at 21/5.

In addition, Arsenal are the second-favourites to win the Champions League this season, priced at 11/2. Only Manchester City are considered a stronger side by gambling sites, with the odds of the Cityzens retaining the trophy given as 15/8.

A reminder of how you can watch tonight’s Champions League tie.

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich kicks off at 8 pm BST, and the match will be shown live on TNT Sports 1, which subscribers can stream via the Discovery + app and website.

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