Bayern Munich take on the visitors Besiktas at “Allianz Arena” in the first-leg clash of the 1/8 final stage of the UEFA Champions League. The game will be played in Munich on Tuesday, February 20th.
After Jupp Heynckes’ appointment, Bayern Munich have went through the significant chances in all aspects of the team’s functioning. And only side’s defense still shows inconsistent performance, making unbelievable mistakes from time to time. “Die Bayern” concede the goals in 13 out of 23 matches played under the rule of the German head-coach. Besides, in the UEFA Champions League the team has conceded at least one goal in three out of four encounters conducted against the humble clubs: Anderlecht and Celtic. However, the mentioned above problems in defense have not prevent Jupp Heynckes’ side from succeeding in 23 battles of the season in general as well as in five games of Group B of the UEFA Champions League.
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Besiktas currently settle on the fourth position in the Turkish Super Lig standings with 41 points taken after 22 rounds behind, being five points behind the leading Basaksehir. It looks like the club will neither leave the top four teams nor deserve the champion’s title while a hunt for a place in the UEFA Champions League for the next season promises to be rather tough. “Kara Kartallar” demonstrate magnificent play in attack having not scored a single goal only in two out of 22 matches conducted in the Turkish elite division. Moreover, the side has scored in all six encounters of the UEFA Champions League group stage. Besiktas also show spectacular performance on the road, having scored on average almost 1.5 goals per fight while conceded slightly more than 1.0 goal per tackle instead.
Bayern Munich are the obvious favourites of the first-leg battle as “Kara Kartallar” have picked up only 17 points in 12 away games. However, basing on the rivals’ results in this season and their problems in defense, I believe that they will sweep by the goals on Tuesday night.
Prediction for the match: Bayern Munich to win. Both teams to score.
