Manchester United and Bayern Munich are two European heavyweights although the former have really struggled in their Champions League group thus far. Despite enjoying two-goal leads away to FC Copenhagen and Galatasaray, the Red Devils were only able to take a point in total from these two contests and that puts them on the verge of exiting the competition.
United need to secure a victory against the German champions and benefit from a draw between FC Copenhagen and Galatasaray. The hope for Erik ten Hag’s side is that Bayern Munich are not at full strength nor particularly motivated, with the visitors having been recently held to a goalless draw by Danish opponents at the Allianz Arena.
If Bayern Munich needed to land a positive result from this clash at Old Trafford, you could imagine they would be odds-on favourites to secure a victory. Perhaps Tuchel will send out a strong team who can achieve a statement win and there’s going to be plenty to like about a side who are likely to have Harry Kane operating in attack.
The fact that Bayern have scored forty-three goals in twelve domestic matches illustrates their power and the only thing that will give United hope is the fact that they were shot-shy against FC Copenhagen. Despite dominating possession, there were only two shots on target, with Ten Hag’s team having to go for broke in this clash.