On Tuesday night, Bayern Munich will face Bayer Leverkusen for the fifth and final time this season. Unlike all their other meetings this term, Bayern go into the match with a considerable 3-0 advantage from the first leg last week. The Bavarians need a focused and serious performance, with which they will surely enter the next round of the Champions League. Last Word on Football brings you our Bayern Munich predicted lineup for the game.
Bayern Munich Predicted Lineup vs Bayer Leverkusen
How Bayern Munich Have Lined Up Recently
The team began the setback at the weekend with an almost fully changed starting eleven. Jonas Urbig made his Bundesliga debut in goal for the injured captain Manuel Neuer. Meanwhile, the back four consisted of Sacha Boey, Josip Stanisic, Eric Dier, and Hiroki Ito.
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Joao Palhinha played the holding midfield role alongside Leon Goretzka, as Leroy Sané, Raphael Guerreiro, Serge Gnabry, and Thomas Müller made up the front four.
Coach Vincent Kompany made 10 changes to his previous lineup, only leaving Goretzka in the team. This was an unprecedented number of alterations from one game to the next this season. Even so, that wasn’t the reason they lost.
The team Kompany chose, should have been good enough to beat VfL Bochum, no disrespect to the side from the Ruhr Valley.
Bayern Munich Recent Form and Tactics
Bayern’s overall form is good, although any time a team the size of the Bavarians loses it’s a bitter pill to swallow for everyone at the club.
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Even so, this defeat might be exactly what will prevent sloppiness from creeping into the side’s game, which would be necessary for the tie to tilt in Leverkusen’s favour.
Kompany’s team will be eager to show that the Bochum loss was just a one-off. Nonetheless, Champions League history is filled with second-leg comeback stories, which will serve as cautionary tales for Bayern. Tactically, the 4-2-3-1 will remain the formation of choice.
Bayern Munich Injuries to Consider
Neuer is still out injured for the time being. As for Aleksandar Pavlovic, he will likely also miss this match because of a lingering infection.
Bayern Munich Predicted Lineup vs Bayer Leverkusen
Urbig, Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Davies, Goretzka, Kimmich, Olise, Musiala, Coman, Kane.
