Bayern Munich vs D. Zagreb Prediction & Betting Tips (17 September)

Bayern Munich, semi-finalist of the last Champions League, beaten by Real Madrid in a once again lunar scenario at the Bernabéu, will try to regain its place on the roof of Europe. As a reminder, Munich's last title in Champions now dates from 2020 during the final-8 in Portugal, including two successes against Lyon in the semi-final and PSG in the final. In short, let's get back to the upcoming season for the Bavarians who aim to regain their German championship title, lost to Bayer Leverkusen last season. Without forgetting to talk about the German Cup, not won since 2020 during the sextuplet. Suffice it to say that Vincent Kompany's men wasted no time in launching the title race by winning their first two championship matches against Wolfsburg 2-3 and on the field of Friborg 2-0.

On the other side of the median, we find Dinamo Zagreb who had to go through a preliminary round in order to qualify for the queen of European competitions and suffice to say that the Croatian team had no difficulty in getting rid of the Azerbaijanis of Qarabag victory 3-0 in the first leg and 0-2 in the return: 5-0 in both matches. Intractable in the Champions play-off, Zagreb is slightly less so in the championship since before the international break, it had to be content with sharing points with Rijeka in a crucial match at the top of the table 1-1. Last weekend, Dinamo faced a new shock with the capital club, the Hajduk Split to follow. 

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There are defections to deplore for the German giant with in this case the injuries of Buchmann, Arijon Ibrahimovic, the recruit Ito (ex-Stuttgart), Daniel Peretz without forgetting the most important within the workforce , Leroy Sané (absent from the meeting with the Mannschaft) and Stanisic. Kompany will, on the other hand, be able to rely on Kingsley Coman, who for a time at the start ultimately remained in Bavaria and in full possession of his means following his non-call-up with the Blues. Harry Kane (36 goals, 8 assists in BL last year) should be there, as will the German internationals: Kimmich (scorer against the Netherlands) and Musiala, who is largely absent from the final Ballon d'Or list. The French Tel (international hopefuls), Boey (important) and the offensive recruit Michael Olise (ex-Crystal Palace) will a priori be on the match sheet. Injured defenders Peric, Jakirovic, and Perkovic will likely be absent for this trip to Germany.

Absent before the international break, the Macedonian Ristovski (2 goals in the league) returned to the group like captain Ademi. Author of 5 goals in 5 appearances in the league, Kulenovic will be in the mix and remains the main offensive threat of this team with the Albanian international Hoxha (2 goals) as well as the Tricolore Pierre-Gabriel, former resident of L1 having played there in Nantes, Strasbourg or even Brest, Monaco and Saint-Étienne. He is not the only Frenchman to play in Croatia since defender Bernauer (ex-Le Mans and PFC) should even start this evening.