{"id":39413,"date":"2025-03-10T16:59:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T16:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=39413"},"modified":"2025-03-11T19:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T19:15:12","slug":"bayer-leverkusen-vs-bayern-munich-preview-prediction-team-news-and-confirmed-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/bayer-leverkusen-vs-bayern-munich-preview-prediction-team-news-and-confirmed-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer Leverkusen Vs Bayern Munich Preview, Prediction, Team News And Confirmed Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bundesliga rivals Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich face off in the second-leg of the Champions League last-16 on Tuesday and we&#8217;ve got the latest team news and predictions in our preview ahead of the clash.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Bayer Leverkusen Vs Bayern Munich Preview<\/h2>\n<p>Xabi Alonso&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/bayer-leverkusen\">Bayer Leverkusen<\/a> side have it all to do in the second-leg of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/champions-league\">Champions League<\/a> last-16 clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/bayern-munich\">Bayern Munich.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hopes were high for Leverkusen who were unbeaten in their previous six games against their Bundesliga rivals.<\/p>\n<p>However, they crashed to a 3-0 defeat following a brace from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/harry-kane\">Harry Kane<\/a> and a Jamal Musiala strike. Leverkusen were lucky not to suffer an even heavier defeat, after Nordi Mukiele was sent off just past the hour mark.<\/p>\n<p>Leverkusen need to pull off one of the all-time Champions League comebacks if they are to reach the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides go into the game off the back of defeats in the Bundesliga where Bayern Munich hold an eight-point advantage over their rivals.<\/p>\n<p>VFL Bochum came from two-goals down to beat Bayern Munich 3-2 while Bayer Leverkusen suffered a 2-0 loss to Werder Bremen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Kane &amp; Musiala Run The Show \ud83d\udcab | Bayern Munich 3-0 Leverkusen | UEFA Champions League Highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/phnACrC4X0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Bayer Leverkusen Team News<\/h2>\n<p>Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s comeback hopes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefachampionsleague\/\">Champions League<\/a> have not been helped by an injury to star player Florian Wirtz.<\/p>\n<p>The German international suffered an ankle ligament injury in the loss to Werder Bremen. Leverkusen have confirmed that he will be out of action for a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>His injury could see Amine Adli join Nathan Tella and Patrik Schick in attack for the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>Nordi Mukiele is suspended while Robert Andrich is a doubt due to illness.<\/p>\n<h2>Bayern Munich Team News<\/h2>\n<p>Manuel Neuer is not expected back until the end of March due to a calf injury. So Jonas Urbig is likely to be stationed between the sticks.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Kimmich returned in last week&#8217;s victory over Leverkusen and is expected to start again after being dropped to the bench against Bochum.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Kane was also rested at the weekend and will come back in for Thomas Muller.<\/p>\n<h2>Confirmed Lineups<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1):<\/strong> Kovar; Hermoso, Hincapie, Tah; Frimpong, Palacios, Xhaka, Grimaldo; Arthur, Garcia; Schick<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1):<\/strong> Urbig; Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Davies; Kimmich, Goretzka; Olise, Musiala, Coman; Kane<\/p>\n<h2>Bayer Leverkusen Vs Bayern Munich Prediction<\/h2>\n<p>The UK\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/football\/\">best football betting sites<\/a> have Bayern Munich at 6\/4 favourites to win the second-leg. 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