Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Prediction: Champions League Picks, Odds

It has been a dream start for the Hansi Flick era in Barcelona.

The Catalan giants have won nine of their first 10 La Liga games, are scoring goals for fun and the club’s next generation of stars, including Lamine Yamal, Gavi and Marc Casado, are playing brilliantly.

But what will determine whether or not this season is a success is not the team’s form domestically, but whether Flick can get Barcelona to make their first deep run in the Champions League since they were semi-finalists in 2018 -19.

In this regard, there are still some questions to be answered.

Barcelona are just 1-0-1 (WDL) in the Champions League through two games and now face the daunting task of hosting Bayern Munich at Camp Nou on Wednesday night.

It will be the toughest test of the season for Barcelona by far.

In addition to the fact that Barcelona has played in La Liga, the strength of their schedule can certainly be questioned.

The toughest opponent they have faced so far has been Athletic Bilbao and this was the second game of the campaign.

Having said that, the numbers that Barça are putting up are imperious. They are averaging 3.3 goals per game in Spain and have the third-best expected goal difference per 90 minutes in any of Europe’s big five leagues.

One of the teams with a higher xGD/90 is Bayern Munich, however, and it’s the defensive work Bayern are doing right now that brings us to our bet for this game.

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Although Barcelona have been able to face some mediocre teams in La Liga, the same will not happen with Bayern Munich.

There is a good chance that Bayern’s defensive strength will make this a tightly contested contest that never gets started.

Most people will expect fireworks when Bayern Munich travel to Barcelona, ​​but the best value on the board is to zag that narrative and back it up to finish with a draw.

THE WORK: tie (+280, FanDuel)

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