Champions League: Liverpool vs. Bayern Munich team news, starting XIs, predictions, TV, betting odds

published 19 February 2019

Liverpool vs. Bayern Munich

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London Evening Standard: “Bayern conceded only five times in six matches during the group stage, but Liverpool are a formidable scoring force at Anfield and their chances of keeping a clean sheet to take back to Munich seem very slim indeed. There are plenty of goals in both teams and Robert Lewandowski will fancy his chances of exploiting a significantly understrength home defence to add to his tally of eight scored in this year's tournament so far. Prediction: 2-2.”

Charlie Nicholas, Sky Sports: “There have been a few questions about Liverpool recently and they are without Virgil van Dijk for the home leg, but Bayern are not as good as they have been in recent years. Thomas Muller is out, although I don’t think that will make a huge difference, and Kingsley Coman, who has found some form, suffered a knock in their game on Friday. Bayern are well-drilled but at the back you can get at them and Liverpool’s front three are a handful for anybody. Prediction: 3-1.”