Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th October 2022

We have reached the penultimate round of the Champions League group stages. Ahead of us here is an exciting clash between Barcelona and Bayern Munich on Wednesday at Spotify Camp Nou.

We have reached the fifth round of the group stage and as number three we have Barcelona on four points, whereas Bayern Munich are looking at 12 points as number one. Barcelona go into their fifth Champions League group match on four points meaning. To see the next round, they need to go all-in chasing a win. A draw is probably not enough to stay in the race for advancement, unless Lady Luck is on their side. A third place finish is still a possibility, but the hosts want to stay in this tournament.

Bayern Munich travel to their last away match in the Champions League group stages of looking red-hot. With 12 points to show for their first four matches, they have secured advancement to the knock-out stage. Now, they have their sights on taking first place in the group.

Barcelona are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Champions League, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored two goals on average per match, or 20 goals in total, while allowing nine goals against, for an average of 0.9 per outing. They managed six clean sheets along the way.

Bayern Munich show off whopping stats from their previous ten matches. They average 3.1 goals per game, scoring 31 times, while conceding nine. That makes an average of 0.9 per game, as they pulled off a clean sheet in five of the matches.

Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Prediction

Barcelona form

In the previous three matches, Barcelona lost 3-1 against Real Madrid, beat Villarreal by 3-0 and won 4-0 against Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Champions League. They also drew two and lost two, scored ten goals and conceded 11.

Bayern Munich Form

Bayern Munich are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Freiburg got left behind in a 5-0 win, before Augsburg got hammered in a 2-5 victory. Hoffenheim was the most recent victim in a 0-2 win for Bayern Munich. In their last six Champions League away matches, Bayern Munich won four, as they've also drawn and lost once, scoring 13 while also conceding five times.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Barcelona get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Bayern Munich.

Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Team News

At the time of writing, Barcelona have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Bayern Munich this coming Wednesday.

Andreas Christensen, Ronald Araujo and Memphis Depay are all absent from the Barcelona squad that faces Bayern Munich at Spotify Camp Nou.

Bayern Munich face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Wednesday against Barcelona.

Names like Kingsley Coman, Leroy Sane, Manuel Neuer and Bouna Sarr most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Barcelona.

Barcelona vs Bayern Munich H2H

The last three times Barcelona faced Bayern Munich in the Champions League, Bayern Munich didn't concede a single goal, as they won by 2-0, 3-0 and 3-0 scoreline. Bayern Munich go into the game this coming Wednesday at the best betting odds of 2.75 for a fourth win on the bounce. Bayern Munich look back on eight wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Barcelona. The home side has a 20% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 2-0-8. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Both teams scored two times in the last ten matches between Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Results

Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Betting Tips

It is a great season for Robert Lewandowski, who currently has 12 league goals to his name during this season. Barcelona will rely on his services to gun down Bayern Munich.

Barcelona won seven of their last 10 matches on home soil, while drawing three in a run that saw them avoid defeat in front of their home supporters. Bayern Munich won seven of their last 10 away games across all tournaments, whilst also drawing two and suffering defeat one times. Barcelona managed to open the scoring no less than eight of their previous 10 league games on home soil. The visitors from Bayern Munich performed a similar feat as they scored the opener in seven of their last 10 away games.

In the past ten encounters between Barcelona and Bayern Munich over 2.5 goals came out seven times, with Barcelona scoring an average of 0.9 goals per game. Bayern Munich averaged 2.8 goals, while both teams scored two times. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Barcelona’s last ten matches across the tournaments. They pulled off an average of two goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 3.1 times in those matches.