Bayern Munich take on the visitors Celtic in the second leg of UEFA Champions League round of 16. First leg result: 2-1. The match will be played on Tuesday, February 18th at Allianz Arena (Munich).
Bayern are trying to regain their faded glory, but they are not without problems. The "Star of the South" dominated German football almost unconditionally for a full decade. Everything suddenly ended in 2023/2024 - the giants did not take a single trophy. Ironically, this happened when Kane arrived in Munich in pursuit of titles. Now they are trying to fix this, but at the same time, Bayer has already knocked the "record masters" out of the cup, beating them away. But they broke away from the same "aspirinists" and everyone else in the Bundesliga. The Germans showed themselves quite inconsistently in the Champions League. Yes, they mostly won there, but at the same time Kompany lost to Emery's Aston Villa and Flick's Barcelona, and in January there was a shocking 0-3 in Rotterdam from Feyenoord. In the end, they had to go to the first round of the playoffs. Last week, they managed to start there with an away win 2-1.
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Celtic once, with Gerrard at Rangers, lost their lead in the local Premiership. But Steven left, and again there is no real competition in Scotland. Last season, they took the "golden double" again, this season they have already beaten the "light blues" on penalties in the League Cup, and increased their gap from them, and everyone else, in the championship. In addition, they managed to show themselves well in the Champions League. Although the Scots did not surprise with anything special there: yes, there were 3 victories, but over those who are weak - over Slovan, the failed RB Leipzig and the crisis-ridden Young Boys everywhere. At the same time, there were draws not only with Atalanta, but also with Brugge and Dinamo Zagreb, and they lost to Borussia and Aston Villa, conceding a lot. In Glasgow, they lost to the Germans and at home, first conceding twice, then responding with Maeda's only goal.
In 2003 and 2017, the clubs met in the Champions League. And the "hoops" only once held a goalless draw at home, losing the rest of the head-to-head matches. It seems that the Scots themselves understand everything. At home, the "Star of the South" can easily crush them - we bet on not with a handicap of "-2 goals".
Prediction for the match: Bayern Munich to win with -2.0 handicap.
