Whereas Manchester Metropolis will host German giants Bayern Munich, Benfica are scheduled to tackle Serie A giants Inter Milan within the 1st leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final stage on Wednesday.
Man Metropolis and Bayern Munich meet for the seventh time in European competitors, on this UEFA Champions League fixture on the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday evening. The spoils have been shared throughout the earlier six encounters, with three wins apiece – all within the UCL.
Pep Guardiola will face his former aspect, the place he spent three seasons as a head coach between June 2013 and June 2016, earlier than taking on the place at Man Metropolis that summer time. Though he received the Bundesliga in all three seasons with Bayern, he was by no means in a position to win the UEFA Champions League there – his solely two UCL trophies as a supervisor got here at Barcelona in 2008-09 and 2010-11.
Following the sacking of Julian Nagelsmann final month, Thomas Tuchel will take cost of Bayern on this sport and are available up towards Guardiola for the eleventh time as supervisor. It was Tuchel that outfoxed Guardiola within the 2021 UCL last, along with his Chelsea aspect defeating Man Metropolis 1-0. Tuchel additionally knocked Guardiola’s Man Metropolis out of the FA Cup on the semi-final stage a month earlier – profitable 1-0 at Wembley Stadium. These two met once more within the Premier League in 2021-22, with Guardiola getting some type of revenge with two 1-0 wins throughout the house and away fixtures that season.
Manchester Metropolis come into this match on an eight-game profitable run in all competitions, whereas they’re unbeaten in every of their final 12 video games (W10 D2) since shedding 1-0 away at Tottenham within the Premier League on 5 February.
Bayern have alternated between a win and a defeat of their final 5 matches (W3 D0 L2), shedding 2-1 to Bayer Leverkusen within the Bundesliga and at house to Freiburg within the DFB Pokal final midweek.
Bayern shall be with out Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, the striker will miss the sport with a knee grievance, whereas Manuel Neuer stays a long-term absentee. Metropolis shouldn’t have any harm issues for the sport.
Manchester Metropolis and Bayern Munich each are unbeaten within the UEFA Champions League this season. Within the second sport of the evening, Benfica will fancy their probabilities of making a Champions League assertion towards Inter Milan.
The Portuguese giants are unbeaten on this season’s competitors and are scoring objectives for enjoyable. Inter, in the meantime, haven’t received in six video games and are struggling to hit the again of the online.
Benfica shall be with out 4 key gamers in Julian Draxler, Alexander Bah, Goncalo Guedes and Mihailo Ristic, although with no recent points.
Inter Milan are sweating on the health of each Milan Skriniar and Hakan Calhanoglu forward of the sport. Romelu Lukaku is unlikely to start out, with Lautaro Martinez and Edin Dzeko most well-liked.
When will Manchester Metropolis vs Bayern Munich and Benfica vs Inter Milan matches be performed in UEFA Champions League?
The Manchester Metropolis vs Bayern Munich and Benfica vs Inter Milan matches are scheduled for kick-off at 12:30 AM IST on Wednesday.
The place will the Manchester Metropolis vs Bayern Munich and Benfica vs Inter Milan matches of the Champions League be performed?
Man Metropolis will host Bayern Munich on the Etihad Stadium whereas Benfica will face Inter Milan on the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon on Wednesday.
Which TV channels will broadcast Manchester Metropolis vs Bayern Munich and Benfica vs Inter Milan matches in India?
All matches of the Champions League season 2022-2023 can have a dwell broadcast on Sony Sports activities Community in India.
The right way to watch dwell streaming of Manchester Metropolis vs Bayern Munich and Benfica vs Inter Milan in India?
Soccer followers can watch the dwell streaming of the Uefa Champions League matches on SonyLIV.