Bayern have knocked out Arsenal in round of 16 in 2005, 2013 and 2014 and as their path crosses again in 2016/17 season its assured to be a high tension game as usual.The German club have won last 15 UEFA Champions League home matches which is a record.
Things become tougher for Arsene Wenger‘s men as Arsenal have lost in last 16 in each of last six seasons and to make matters worse Bayern have reached the quarter-finals five years running. Bayern will try to make the most of their home fixture and put more pressure on Arsenal in the second leg to be played in London on 7 March.
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Possible Lineups:
Bayern Munich:
- 1 Manuel Neuer (GK)
- 5 Mats Hummels
- 6 Thiago Alcántara
- 8 Javi Martínez
- 9 Robert Lewandowski
- 10 Arjen Robben
- 11 Douglas Costa
- 14 Xabi Alonso
- 21 Philipp Lahm (C)
- 23 Arturo Vidal
- 27 David Alaba
Arsenal FC:
- 13 David Ospina (GK)
- 3 Kieran Gibbs
- 6 Laurent Koscielny (C)
- 7 Alexis Sánchez
- 11 Mesut Özil
- 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 17 Alex Iwobi
- 20 Shkodran Mustafi
- 24 Héctor Bellerín
- 29 Granit Xhaka
- 34 Francis Coquelin
Live at 1:15 am on 16th February (IST)