Bayern Munich kick start their new European campaign with a tricky home game against Valencia. The Bavarians lost to Chelsea at their own back yard in last Champions league final. They look to go one step further this season and win the Europe’s elite club trophy. Now we will look into the head start preview for the tonight’s clash between Bayern Munich and Valencia.

Bayern players have to forget about last season and start fresh!

Recent Form:

Bayern Munich: Bayern are in a breath taking form right now with five consecutive victories as they sit comfortably at the top of Bundesliga.

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Valencia: The Spaniards are struggling to find their form at the moment. But they secured their first win of the season last weekend which will give them some confidence going into this big game.

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Team News:

New summer signings Javi Martinez and Shaqiri are expected to start for the Germans but Gomez and Pizarro are still recovering from injury setbacks and will miss the game at Allianz arena.

Valencia will miss three important players – Fernando Gago, David Albelda and Ever Banega are all out with injuries. Tino Costa and Dani Parejo are expected to replace the injured players in the starting lineup.

Probable Starting Lineups:

Bayern: Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Dante, Badstuber, Martinez, Schweinsteiger, Shaqiri, Muller, Ribery, Mandzukic

Valencia: Alves, Pereira, Rami, Ruiz, Cissokho, Parejo, T Costa, Feghouli, Jonas, Viera, Soldado.

Players to watch:

Javi Martinez who played for Atletic Bibao knows well about Valencia’s game play and will be the main man for the Bavarians tonight.

Xherdan Shaqiri is an another player to watch with his trickery and pace.

Valencia stopper Diego Alves nick named as the “octopus” have to play a key role tonight if they want to get anything away from this fixture.

Some Facts:

Bayern Munich have five second-placed finishes in champions league history. That is the highest for any club in Europe.

Meanwhile, Valencia have never won any European Cup, but have reached finals in 2000 and 2001.

Final Prediction:

It will be an open game. Everyone expect Bayern to win this easily but Valencia are good at counters and may get something out of this game.

2-2 is my prediction.

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