Our prediction for this Champions League match:
AEK Athens
Match Time & Date:
23/10/2018
12:55 PM
Prediction: 1-2
Bayern Munich
Tuesday’s football match at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis pits together AEK Athens and Bayern Munchen. The Bavarians aim to regain top position in Group E and we predict that they are going to adopt an attack-minded approach against the Greek outfit. Bayern Munchen coach surely feels pressure ahead of the trip to Athens and, no doubt, the Croatian tactician and his men will give 100% to pick up all three points from their third group game. Robert Lewandowski has been struggling to find his best form, but, no doubt, the Polish attacker is going to pose a big threat for the opposition defenders. Bayern Munchen are more of a team than AEK Athens and seeing that the Greeks experienced all sorts of problems at the back in defeats to the likes of Ajax and Benfica, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the visitors.
Highlighted Player (Petros Mantalos):
Petros Mantalos is a Greece international who plays for AEK Athens as a midfielder. Mantalos was born in Komotini, Greece on August 31, 1991, starting his youth career at Xanthi. Speaking of his senior career, the right-footed midfielder played for Skoda Xanthi before joining AEK Athens in 2014.
Mantalos has established himself as a first-team regular at AEK and he played an important role in the team that won the national championship in the 2017/2018 season. To make things even better for the fans, AEK Athens booked their place in the Champions League thanks to a win over Celtic in the play-off.
Petros Mantalos made his international debut with Greece on September 7, 2014 against Romania. The AEK midfielder scored his first ever goal for the Greece national football team in a 2-1 win over Australia in June, 2016. His main position is attacking midfielder, but he is capable of playing as both central and left midfielder as well.
Highlighted Team (Bayern Munich):
Over the years Bayern Munich have established themselves as one of the most successful European clubs. The Stern des Sudens (Star of the South) are the dominant force in German football and it has to be noted that the Bavarians clinched their 26th Bundesliga title in 2016. Bayern Munich have won 18 German Cup trophies, while winning the Champions League (European Cup) five times.
The German giants clinched the Intercontinental Cup in 1976 and 2001, while lifting the FIFA Club World Cup trophy in 2013. Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by eleven football players and their leader was Franz John. The Bavarians host their rivals at Allianz Arena (75,000), the stadium that was built in 2005.
Fellow Bavarian sides TSV 1860 Munchen 1860 and Nurnberg are regarded as Bayern Munich’s fiercest rivals, but the rivalry between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern is big as well. The likes of Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Franz Beckenbauer, Lothar Matthaus, Oliver Kahn, Gerd Muller and Giovane Elber are famous footballers who played for Bayern Munich in the past.
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