The Londoners of Chelsea will receive the Germans of Bayern Munich, in the knockout stages of the Champions League, this Tuesday evening at 9 p.m.
Everything pleads in favor of Bayern
It is an understatement to say that the German club is the favorite from the first leg at Stamford Bridge.
The current Bundesliga leader remains on twelve European trips without defeat: 9 wins and 3 draws.
In addition, the team of Hans Flick concedes very few goals far from its bases, as evidenced by the four "clean sheets" - zero goals conceded - over the last seven games.
Conversely, Chelsea are struggling to win at home. The London club won only one home game during the group stages - 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
A balance that contrasts with that of the Bavarians, six wins out of six in the group stage, and goal cars scored, including away.
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Londoners must have in mind the 0-6 suffered by the Red Star against Bayern in November. And even more the 2-7 inflicted by the Germans on their neighbors of Tottenham, finalists of the previous edition, on October 1.
A match like Lewandowski likes
The Bayern's major offensive weapon, which is no shortage of them, is certainly Robert Lewandowski, the Polish striker who drives the scorers with the total of 10 goals so far, the best this season.
ℹ️ #UCL top scorers 2019/20 ... pic.twitter.com/aHsFJdDF6v
- UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) February 24, 2020Lewandowski, 31, currently ranks 2nd in goalscorers in the five major championships with 25 goals - tied with Erling Haaland (Dortmund), behind Ciro Immobile (Lazio), 27 goals.
At this stage, he has 36 goals for 31 games in all competitions…
The European scene is also the favorite field of expression for the Pole, already the author of a quadruple against Real and the Red Star.
This season, the goalscorer is only five units from his best total: 43 goals in 47 games played during the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
Deschamps dispatched Stéphan as an observer
The Stamford Bridge match is also the occasion for a (potential) overview of several internationals, in both teams.
Also, Guy Stéphan, assistant to coach Didier Deschamps, is he announced in London this Tuesday evening, one month before the next Blues rally for France-Ukraine (friendly, March 27) and France-Finland (March 31 ).
On the Munich side, Deschamps' right arm is likely to see four Tricolores evolve, even if not everyone is guaranteed to come into play: Benjamin Pavard (holder), Lucas Hernandez, Corentin Tolisso and Kingsley Coman, even Michaël Cuisance, the middle international defensive team under the age of 20.
On the Chelsea side, Stéphan has a chance to supervise Kurt Zouma and / or Olivier Giroud. No chance, however, to see N'Golo Kanté, who injured the adductors could miss the first leg as the return.
