Bayern target key Champions League win over PSG

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Bayern are loving life in the Bundesliga this season under new boss Vincent Kompany, sat at the top of the table on 29 points, six clear of second and with the best offensive and defensive records in the division. Their form in the Champions League hasn't quite been as sublime, however. A record 9-2 win over Dinamo Zagreb on Matchday 1 sent out warnings to the rest of Europe, but back-to-back  defeats away at Aston Villa and then Barcelona left Bayern languishing in the early league phase. A 1-0 home victory over Benfica last time out lifted them back up into the play-off positions and very much still in the hunt for an automatic place in the last 16. They will be without João Palhinha, who sustained an injury over the international break, alongside the likes of Aleksandar Pavlović and Hiroki Ito who are both recovering from long-term injuries. However, they are coming off the back of five consecutive victories in the Bundesliga, including their most recent outing against Augsburg, in which Kane grabbed yet another hat-trick and reached 50 Bundesliga goals.

PSG travel over the border from France to Munich in similar circumstances to their German counterparts. They too sit at the top of their domestic league, but have not had things go their own way in the Champions League this season. They are currently as far down as 25th place, just inside the elimination places. They are without a win since the opening matchday, when they took a tentative 1-0 victory over debutants Girona. Since then, they've lost 2-0 away at Arsenal, drawn 1-1 at home with PSV Eindhoven and lost 2-1 at home to Atletico Madrid. Like Bayern, they come into this game off the back of five consecutive wins in Ligue 1, so Luis Enrique's side will be desperate to prove a point at the Allianz Arena. Two former Eintracht Frankfurt players could feature for PSG in Randal Kolo Muani and Willian Pacho, while former Borussia Dortmund striker Ousmane Dembélé is expected to start in attack.

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• Kane has five goals in four Champions League appearances this season.
• Eight of Bayern's current team were part of the squad that beat PSG in the 2019/20 final.
• Kingsley Coman scored the winner in Lisbon as Bayern completed their second continental treble. He made four appearances for PSG between 2012 and 2014.
• PSG's Lucas Hernández was an unused Bayern substitute that day. The Frenchman turned out 107 times in all competitions for the record champions, before moving to the Parc des Princes in July 2023.
• Bayern have won seven of 13 UEFA competition meetings with PSG, losing the other six.
• The six-time European champions have not lost at home in the group/new-format league stage since a 3-2 defeat to Manchester City in October 2013, when they'd already advanced as section winners.

Probable teams

Bayern: Neuer (c) - Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Davies - Kimmich, Goretzka - Olise, Musiala, Gnabry - Kane
Out: Ito (foot), Palhinha (adductor), Pavlović (collarbone), Stanišić (knee), Ulreich (personal reasons)
Doubts: Tel (knock)
Coach: Vincent Kompany

PSG: Donnarumma - Hakimi, Marquinhos (c), Pacho, Beraldo - Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, Neves - Dembélé, Asensio, Barcola
Out: Mayulu (calf), Hernández (knee), Kimpembe (ankle)
Doubts: Mendes (ankle), Ramos (ankle)
Coach: Luis Enrique

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