PSG vs BAY Dream11 Prediction: PSG and Bayern will meet at Benfica’s Stadium of Light in Lisbon with the French club seeking its first Champions League trophy and the German powerhouse trying to end a seven-year title drought in Europe’s top club competition. Bayern is seeking its sixth European title and first since 2013. It was eliminated in the semifinals four times since then. Historically, the Champions League is the domain for the clubs from Spain, England, Italy and Germany, and of course the Netherlands. Spain, thanks to Real Madrid (13) and Barcelona (5) duopoly, has won a whopping 18 times. England is second in the trophy count, 13 titles, with as many as five clubs winning the tournament in its various avatars. Italy are third with 12, shared by three clubs and Germany is fourth with seven, five of those won by Bayern. The Dutch (6) and Portugal (4) followed, then France with one, courtesy Marseille’s 1993 triumph against AC Milan.
Date: 24th August, Monday
Time: 12:30am IST
Place: Estadio de Luz
Form Guide:
PSG: W-W-W-W-W
BAY: W-W-W-W-W
Head-to-head
They have met eight times in the Champions League, all group stage, with PSG winning five of those. Bayern won three. In their last meeting, Bayern won 3-1 in 2017 after PSG’s first-leg win by three goals to nil.
PSG Team News
For PSG, celebrating the 50th anniversary since its formation after the merger of Paris clubs, winning the title would mean the fulfillment of a nine-year journey of lavish investment since the state of Qatar bought the club. It has been dominant in France but is yet to succeed in the Champions League. It hadn’t reached the semifinals in 25 years.
Injury update, unavailability:
The French side don’t have a major injury or suspension concern before coming into this mach.
Expected team changes:
Layvin Kurzawa and Idrissa Gueye are also fitness doubts for Tuchel’s side, but Marco Verratti did get some minutes towards the end of the semi-final and may earn a place back in the starting XI for the final as a result.
PSG Playing 11 & Subs (probable)
Rico; Kehrer, Thiago Silva, Kimpembe, Bernat; Verratti, Marquinhos, Herrera; Di Maria, Neymar, Mbappe
Bayern Munich Team News
While the frustrations haven’t exactly been on the same level as PSG’s, the Bundesliga side has dealt with their own issues in breaking through a certain part of the tournament in recent years. From 2014-2018 they lost four straight semifinal ties. The year after that stretch, they were knocked out by eventual champions Liverpool. All it took for them to break through after a seven year absence from the final was becoming one of the most dominant European teams in recent memory.
Injury update, unavailability
Bayern has a relatively clean bill of health for the final showdown with PSG.
Expected team changes
Bayern, will hope to be able to name an unchanged side from the semi-final but could be without Jerome Boateng, who picked up a knock in that match which forced him off at half time. Flick has options in reserve – namely Niklas Sule, Lucas Hernandez and Javi Martinez.
BAY Playing 11 & Subs (probable)
Neuer; Kimmich, Boateng, Alaba, Davies; Goretzka, Alcantara; Perisic, Muller, Gnabry; Lewandowski
Let’s take a look at the dream 11 prediction for today’s football match
Goalkeeper: Neuer
Defenders: Kimmich, Boateng, Alaba, Thiago Silva
Midfielders: Verratti, Marquinhos, Alcantara
Forwards: Lewandowski, Neymar, Mbappe
Robert Lewandowski: Bayern’s No.9 is chasing Cristiano Ronaldo’s Champions League goalscoring record of 17 in a single season after a clinical campaign in the competition.
Neymar: Neymar who’s arguably been the most eye-catching winger so far this summer. We all know what he can do.
Serge Gnabry: The hero of the semi-final is at the start of the spectrum in terms of his career. Gnabry has enjoyed a rapid rise over the last couple of matches this season.
Alphonso Davies: There’s very little doubt over how good Davies is and can become as a left-back having burst on to the scene this season with Bayern.
Who will win PSG vs BAY Today Match Prediction Football
PSG certainly have the tools to hurt Bayern and the pace of Mbappe and Neymar in particular could expose the high line the Germans have played with in the last two games, but Bayern have steamrolled their way into the final and it is difficult to look past them continuing a relentless winning run. It is a game which has all the makings of a classic, but we are just siding with Bayern to lift the trophy at the end of it all.. We predict a 2-1 win for Bayern in today match prediction.