Bayern Munich will look to continue their impressive start to the season when they play Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv in the second group game of the UEFA Champions League.
Venue: Allianz Arena (Munich)
Key Statistics
Bayern Munich are unbeaten this season across all competitions (W8, D1).
They have scored three or more goals in eight consecutive matches.
They have not been eliminated from the UCL group stage since 2002/03.
Dynamo Kyiv are unbeaten in the Ukrainian Premier League after nine fixtures (W8, D1).
They have now kept six clean sheets in their last seven competitive fixtures.
Head to Head
Both teams have an even record in ten head-to-head meetings. Bayern Munich have five wins, while Dynamo Kyiv have two wins and one ended in a draw. Bayern scored 9 goals against 6 scored by Dynamo Kyiv.
Latest Performances
Bayern Munich: W-W-W-W-W
Dynamo Kyiv: W-L-W-D-W
Bayern Munich
This year, Bayern Munich began their UCL campaign with an emphatic three-nil win over Barcelona at the Nou Camp last week. They will now look to continue their dominance in the group when they welcome Dynamo to Germany.
Julian Nagelsmann’s side are going into this tie fresh from an emphatic 3-1 win over Greuther Fürth at the weekend. They are unbeaten in twelve competitive games and have won their last eight games.
At home in the Champions League, they have now won 32 of their last 34 UCL group stage matches (D1, L1). They’ve also beaten visitors Dynamo Kyiv in all four previous home UCL games and will look to make this a fifth straight win.
The home team will be without Kingsley Coman and Sven Ulreich, who are yet to reach full fitness. Corentin Tolisso is also another injury doubt, as he is carrying a knock.
Possible Bayern Munich starting line-ups
Manuel Neuer; Alphonso Davies, Lucas Hernandez, Dayot Upamecano, Benjamin Pavard; Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka; Thomas Muller, Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry; Robert Lewandowski.
Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv will travel to Germany looking to get their UCL campaign up and running after recording a nil-nil draw in their last game with Benfica.
But they face the group’s favourites and perhaps the most brutal opponent they will meet in this group.
However, their form heading into this tie is strong. They have kept six clean sheets in their last seven competitive fixtures and have only lost once in the eight games.
Although this tie looks impossible, they will take confidence in their head-to-head record with Bayern that reads: W4, D1, L5.
Meanwhile, Mircea Lucescu has several injury cases on his hands and will be without Artem Besedin, Ibrahim Kargbo, Vladyslav Kulach, and Denys Popov for this tie. Eric Ramirez is still in quarantine and remains a doubt ahead of this match.
Possible Dynamo Kyiv starting line-ups
Denys Boyko; Vitalii Mykolenko, Oleksandr Syrota, Illia Zabarnyi, Tomasz Kedziora; Serhiy Sydorchuk, Mykola Shaparenko, Viktor Tsyganko, Carlos de Pena; Vitaliy Buyalskiy, Ilia Shkurin.
Prediction
Bayern Munich are in top shape this season and should easily win this game.
