Aston Villa vs Bayern Munich Prediction: Big test for Villa

 | Tuesday 1st October 2024, 13:03pm

Tuesday 1st October 2024, 13:03pm

Aston Villa are off to the perfect start in this season's UEFA Champions League. Next the face Bayern Munich who are one of the competitions most successful sides. This is a massive task for Unai Emery and his team but we should not underestimate Aston Villa. 

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Villa will be without Kamara (knee), Mings (knee), McGinn (thigh). Cash (thigh) is also a doubt for this match but Unai Emery has the players on his bench to replace these key players.

Vincent Kompany has the following players missing from his rooster due to injury, Boey (knee), Ibrahimovic (thigh), Ito (foot), Stanišić (knee). Kane was out with an Ankle injury, however, he is expected to return for this Wednesday night class.

Aston Villa Predicted Line-up (4-2-3-1): Martínez; Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Digne, Bailey, Onana, Tielemans, Ramsey, Rogers, Watkins.

Bayern Munich Predicted Line-up (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Guerreiro, Upamecano, Kim, Davies, Kimmich, Pavlovic, Olise, Musiala, Gnabry, Kane.

3 Way - Bayern Munich 3/4

Both teams won their opening match of this years UEFA Champions League. Aston Villa beat Young Boys 0-3 and Bayern put 9 past Dinamo on the opening day. They followed that up with a 5-0 win against Werder Bremen, further cementing that they are a goal scoring machine. They have scored 17 goals in 5 Bundesliga matches. That is incredible, they are virtually unstoppable in-front of goal.

Villa has no losses in their last six matches. This run of form has seen them occupy fifth spot in the Premier League and fourth spot in the Champions League. They are a very balanced side, conceding four goals in their last four matches and scoring ten goals in the same amount of games. They are very capable in-front of goal with Tielemans, Rogers and Watkins all producing for Villa.

Both teams are in good form coming into this fixture. Even though Aston Villa has impressed under Unai Emery, you can't ignore the numbers Vincent Kompany's Bayern Munich has been putting out. When choosing a team to back in this fixture. On paper the obvious pick is Bayern Munich

Anytime Goal Scorer - Harry Kane 9/10

It is not everyday you see a player with a 10 out of 10 rating on stats platforms. Harry Kane has contributed at least two goals in 4 out of Bayerns last 5 matches. He contributed two assist and a goal against Bremen, four goals against Dinamo, three goals and an assist against Kiel and he scored two for England against Finland in September.

Bayern Munich and Harry Kane are a match made in heaven. He will most likely continue his run of goals despite having having picked up a knock. His record against Villa is impressive. He has scored 8 goals in 13 matches against them. Add his 2 assists into the conversation and that is 10 goal contributions in 13 matches.

Anytime Goal Scorer - Michael Olise 43/20

You can't speak about Bayern's goals and not mention Michael Olise, The wide man has been just as prolific as Harry Kane in-front of goal. He scored two and assisted two against Bremen and scored two goals against Dinamo. He was also on the scored sheet against Kiel. Both him and Kane couldn't find the back of the net against Leverkusen last time out but you can expect to see their names on the score sheet.

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