Salzburg vs Bayern Munich: Salzburg look to cash in on the maiden appearance as they face Bayern Munich in the 1st leg of their Round of 16 UCL tie on Wednesday.
Match Details:Â
Teams: Salzburg vs Bayern Munich
Venue: Red Bull Arena, Austria
Date: Thursday 17th February, 2022
Time: 01:30 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Salzburg became the first Austrian team to enter the UCL knockouts as they finished runners-up in Group G with 10 points from 6 matches.
The Austrian side will want to ensure their first appearance in the knockouts does not go in vain.
As thrilling as the experience may sound, they are first timers and need to have all the aces up their sleeve for this clash against German opponents, Bayern Munich.
On the other hand, Bayern Munich topped Group E with 6 wins from 6 matches to enter this stage. The ruthlessness, relentlessness and power of the Bavarian club grows leaps and bounds.
Bayern Munich keep growing in stature with top performances every season. After missing out last time, they aim to go the distance this time and reclaim the title they won in 2020.
Both sides last met in the group stage of the 2020-21 season, where they won 3-1 at home as Lewandowski, Coman and Sane found the net.
Form Guide
Salzburg: WWLWW
Bayern Munich: LWWWL
Last Matches of both teams:
Rapid Wien 1-2 Salzburg
Bochum 4-2 Bayern Munich
Only two teams have completed a perfect #UCL group stage in two different seasons:
Real Madrid
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— Squawka Football (@Squawka) December 8, 2021
Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Salzburg vs Bayern Munich in India?
The live stream is available on the Sony LIV App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on Sony TEN 1.
Team News
Salzburg has plenty injury concerns with Sesko, Bernardo, Okoh, Koita, Junuzovic and Onguéné out due to long term issues.
Davies, Neuer, Musiala (Covid) and Goretzka are out for the visitors due to injuries.
23.1 – In terms of minutes played, FC Salzburg are by far the youngest team in this season’s #UCL (23.1 years on average) and the youngest team in the history of the competition to reach the knockout stage. Hungry. pic.twitter.com/eaLxkNcNCs
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) February 15, 2022
Salzburg possible 11:
Köhn, Kristensen, Solet, Wöber, Ulmer, Camara, Capaldo, Aaronson, Seiwald, Okafor and Adeyemi
Bayern Munich possible 11:
Ulreich, Hernandez, Süle, Pavard, Coman, Tolisso, Kimmich, Gnabry, Sané, Müller and Lewandowski
Prediction: Salzburg 1-3 Bayern Munich
The first timers need to be on their toes against Bayern as they will be second best given the quality and form of the visitors.
We expect Bayern to get the job done and take a step towards the Q/F’s given their play and in-form strikers.
Salzburg should give it a go and show steel as this is their chance to prove themselves against Europe’s best.
Players to watch out for: Adeyemi, Okafor, Lewandowski and Sané.
