Valencia CF - Bayern München
Winning this game for any of these teams will be decisive in the battle for continuing to the next stage of the Champions League. Valencia and Bayern share the first place with a total of 9 points, but BATE Borisov is
only 3 points behind and in this round has the achievable task to beat Lille and stay in the fight for the top of the table. Bayern München has easily won the previous match against Valencia, but must pay attention to the fact
that the Bats are very successful in their home games(seven wins and a draw in the last eight home matches).
Bayern are definitely thought to be the favorites in this match, having in mind their ambitions and current form. However, even the slightest underestimation from the germans will be immediately punished by the strong host - Valencia.
There should be a lot of goals in this match. Both teams offer an attractive and attacking football, but also have some problems in defence. Seven out of the last eight games of Valencia in the Champions League have ended with e score greater then 2.5 goals.
For Valencia, in the list of injured players are Pablo Piatti, Jeremy Mathieu, Joao Pereira, Sergio Canales and it is quite likely that the spanish will start with the eleven that beat BATE in the previous round. Jupp Heynckes will not be able to rely on
Boateng, Robben and Emre Can and the presence of Mario Gomez and Holger Badstuber is questionable. The most effective player of Valencia - Roberto Soldado is a yellow card away for suspension, and will probably be more cautious on Tuesday. Mario Gomez was
considered ready to play this Saturday, but he did not take part in the match. Gomez is possible to return from injury against Valencia, but even if that does not happen, it will not be a problem for Bayern. Mario Mandzukic handles perfectly the
attack of Bayern as the Croat has scored 9 goals in 10 games.
The statistical analysis of the performance of the players of the two teams this season, shows very similar results - goals scored, assists, shots on goal, controll of the ball, etc. The only component of the game, in which
Bayern has a serious advantage is winning aerial duels - 62%, while for Valencia this percentage is 37%. Another factor, which can be said to be directly connected to the previous one is the average height of the players - for Bayern it is 183.5 cm and 180cm for Valencia.
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