FC Bayern München and Celtic will face off on Thursday the 1st of January at 12:00 am in the 8th week of the Champions League. The match is going to be staged in Munich at the Allianz Arena. The chosen referee is Benoît Bastien.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Bayern München
FC Bayern München has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (8 times or 88.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Vincent Kompany is expected to play against Celtic with the following players: Manuel Neuer, Raphaël Guerreiro, Dayot Upamecano, Min-jae Kim, Josip Stanišić, Aleksandar Pavlović, Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, Kingsley Coman and Michael Olise.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of FC Bayern München would be 28.18.
There are doubts about the presence of Harry Kane.
Daniel Peretz, Alphonso Davies and João Palhinha will definitely miss the match.
Celtic
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (9 times).
Brendan Rodgers is expected to play against FC Bayern München with the following players: Kasper Schmeichel, Greg Taylor, Auston Trusty, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Alistair Johnston, Arne Engels, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Daizen Maeda, Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn and Adam Idah.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Celtic would be 28.00.
Brendan Rodgers will probably not be able to employ James Forrest because of injury.
Paulo Bernardo will definitely miss the match.
