Bayern Munchen to take on Shakhtar Donetsk in UEFA Champions League round of 16 match on 11th March at Allianz Arena in Germany. The match has been scheduled to begin at 19:45 GMT on Wednesday. Shakhtar Donetsk vs Bayern Munchen live football match streaming and telecast in Germany can be watched on Sky Sport 1 HD, Sky Sport 2 HD, B5 plus, TeleClub Sport Live and more. In Ukraine Shakhtar fans can watch it on Futbol 1, Belarus 2 and Kanal 5 Ukrania.
Preview
Franck Ribery is expected to return in Bayern Munchen starting XI for the round-16 game whereas Xabi Alonso also won’t be playing today as he got suspension and David Alaba will be playing against Shakhtar on Wednesday. Taras Stepanenko will be making comeback to playing line-up for Shakhtar Donetsk as he completed suspension by missing first leg match.
Shakhtar Donetsk will be having Alex Teixeira services in today’s clash as he is fit and recovered from food poisoning. In the talk with UEFA Champions League official site Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu has said that they are going to have big game and tough challenge against Munich. He agreed that Bayern are much stronger than Shakhtar but has confident to beat them.
He said, “They are the strongest team in the world at the moment. I’m perfectly aware we are facing an extremely difficult second leg in Munich, Bayern cannot afford to leave the competition so early. The final will be played in Berlin, so they will do their best to be there. On our side, we will try to leave a good impression of Shakhtar through our play. Their team is also superior to ours, but football does not follow logical rules. In football, anything can happen.”
Let’s have a look at the expected playing XIs for today’s match.
Expected Playing 11s
| Bayern Munich | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Manuel Neuer (Goalkeeper) | Andriy Pyatov (Goalkeeper) |
| David Alaba | Viacheslav Shevchuk |
| Holger Badstuber | Taras Stepanenko |
| Rafinha | Olexandr Kucher |
| Arjen Robben | Luiz Adriano |
| Juan Bernat | Yaroslav Rakitskiy |
| Franck Ribery | Darijo Srna |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | Douglas Costa |
| Jerome Boateng | Fernando |
| Robert Lewandowski | Alex Teixeira |
| Thomas Muller | Taison |
Predictions
Bayern Munich are favorites to win and as per Sports Mirchi predictions, they have got 65 percent chances to win.
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Whom will you support today, Bayern Munich or Shakhtar Donetsk?
