A tough night ahead for Arsenal who need to try and overcome a 3-1 deficit from the first leg. It means that they need at least three goals on the night in Munich, which is not going to be an easy thing. The Gunners don’t have any winning form away in Europe at the moment, not by the margins needed anyway, and dreams of silverware this season could come to a rapid close for them.
Arsenal v Bayern Munich Betting Odds at WinningFT
Bayern Munich 1.4, Draw 4.56, Arsenal 6.94
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Can Arsenal dig themselves out of a massive hole? They were completely overpowered in the first leg, and there could be worse to come back out in Germany. Arsenal have never overcome a first leg deficit in Europe and progressed and only twice before in Champions League history have teams overturned a situation after losing at home in the first leg. So history certainly isn’t on the Premier League side’s side, but they have nothing to lose now and have to go for broke. The last time that they were out in Munich, they lost 3-1 at this stage of the 2004/05 Champions League. Arsenal are in the round of 16 for the 13 successive season but haven’t been to the quarter finals since 2010 now.
Arsenal hold a W12 D5 L8 record against sides from Germany overall, and away from home their record stands at W3 D4 L5. They are actually unbeaten in their last three visits to Germany, taking two draws and one win. Here are the stats which make this incredibly difficult for Arsenal. They have won just four of their last 16 away matches in the Champions League, losing nine of those sixteen. They have won only one of the last 22 away matches in the tournament by a big enough margin that they would need to progress on Wednesday night. Against the might and power that last season’s losing finalists have, the Gunners have a massive test ahead of them. They go into the game rested after taking the weekend off though.
Bayern have faced plenty of English opposition lately, losing in a shoot out against Chelsea in last season’s final, after facing Man City in the group stage. Against sides from England, Bayern Munich have a W14 D13 L10 record and at home, not including last season’s final, they hold an impressive W10 D5 L1 record. They have won their last four in a row at home against English sides (again not including last season’s final). In the group stage of this year’s competition, Bayern netted 12 goals in their three matches. Only once before in 22 UEFA competition ties have Bayern failed to progress after winning the first leg away from home. Everything is on their side. At home in the Bundesliga they average exactly three goals per game and have conceded just nine goals in thirteen league home matches. Power personified.
Because of their power, it’ll be worth a Bayern/Bayern Half Time/Full Time bet for a price of Evens at online bookmaker Ladbrokes
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