{"id":13499,"date":"2025-11-26T14:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/?p=13499"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:33:15","slug":"arsenal-vs-bayern-munich-preview-europes-best-collide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/arsenal-vs-bayern-munich-preview-europes-best-collide","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal vs Bayern Munich Preview: Europe&#8217;s Best Collide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/league\/uefa-champions-league-572\">Champions League<\/a> has a habit of throwing up storylines that feel scripted. Tonight at the Emirates, it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/harry-kane-1669\">Harry Kane<\/a> walking back into North London in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/bayern-munich-331\">Bayern<\/a> red, running straight into a defence that has not conceded a single goal in Europe this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/arsenal-104\">Arsenal<\/a> and Bayern come into Matchday 5 with perfect records in the Champions League, both four wins from four, both staking a claim to being the best team in Europe right now.  The result will not decide the trophy in November, but it will say a lot about who really runs Europe this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#kanes-back-at-emirates-vs-arsenals-rock-solid-defence\">Kane&#8217;s Back At Emirates vs Arsenals Rock Solid Defence<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#h\">History Of The Matchup<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#whats-at-stake\">What&#8217;s At Stake?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#c\">Champions League Form<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#k\">Key Players Missing<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#m\">Matchups That Will Decide The Outcome<\/a><ul><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#prediction-arsenal-2-0-bayern-munich\">Prediction: Arsenal 2\u20130 Bayern Munich<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#b\">Bottom Line<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"kanes-back-at-emirates-vs-arsenals-rock-solid-defence\">Kane&#8217;s Back At Emirates vs Arsenals Rock Solid Defence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Champions League loves narrative, and tonight at the Emirates it\u2019s almost too perfect: Harry Kane, the old enemy, walking back into north London at the peak of his powers, against an Arsenal team with a spotless record in Europe this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRhY5ppCLkH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRhY5ppCLkH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by 365Scores (@365scores)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The twist is that Arsenal\u2019s defensive rock is missing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/gabriel-magalhaes-42068\">Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es<\/a>, who has started every Champions League game so far and formed half of Europe\u2019s most dominant centre-back pairing, is out injured. That shifts even more responsibility onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/william-saliba-61467\">William Saliba<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/jurrien-timber-72427\">Jurrien Timber<\/a> as they try to keep Kane quiet in a stadium where he has historically thrived. Arsenal are hoping that their replacement centre-back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/piero-hincapie-79406\">Piero Hincapi\u00e9<\/a>, can back up his strong performance in the North London derby and help to keep Kane quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kane\u2019s record against Arsenal is filthy: he is the all-time top scorer in North London derbies and has scored more goals at the Emirates than any other visiting player.  Now he returns in Bayern red, leading a side that has matched Arsenal\u2019s four wins from four in the new Champions League phase stage and remains one of Europe\u2019s most explosive attacking units. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the immovable object \u2013 an Arsenal back line with four UCL clean sheets from four \u2013 against the unstoppable force of Kane and Bayern\u2019s front line. This key matchup looks likely to be the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2204002801-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Kane of Bayern Munich celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2024\/25 Round of 16 second leg match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Bayern Munich at BayArena on March 11, 2025 in Leverkusen, Germany.\" class=\"wp-image-13541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2204002801-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2204002801-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2204002801-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2204002801-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2204002801-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Hesham Elsherif\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h\">History Of The Matchup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For all the anticipation around tonight, this fixture already has a heavy backstory \u2013 and most of it favours Bayern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two clubs have met 14 times in Europe, with Bayern winning the majority of those contests and outscoring Arsenal by 30 goals to 15 in the Champions League.  Those 30 goals aren\u2019t just a trivia note \u2013 no club has scored more Champions League goals against Arsenal than Bayern Munich. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scars are obvious. Between 2013 and 2017 they kept bumping into each other in the knockout rounds and group stages. Bayern knocked Arsenal out of the last-16 in 2012\/13 (3\u20131 in London, 0\u20132 in Munich) and again in 2016\/17, when they inflicted back-to-back 5\u20131 wins for a brutal 10\u20132 aggregate \u2013 the tie that came to symbolise Arsenal\u2019s old European inferiority complex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It hasn\u2019t been one-way traffic, though. Arsenal have had their moments: a 2\u20130 win in Munich in 2013 that almost salvaged that first last-16 tie, and a sharp 2\u20130 victory at the Emirates in 2015 when they pressed Bayern into mistakes and nicked a classic counter-attacking win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, the overall pattern is clear: when these two meet in Europe, Bayern usually score \u2013 and often score big. That\u2019s what gives extra edge to tonight\u2019s storyline: an Arsenal side that hasn\u2019t conceded a goal in this season\u2019s Champions League, trying to finally flip the script against the team that has punished them more than anyone else on this stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRhetHfCHmF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRhetHfCHmF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <div style=\" display: flex; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRhetHfCHmF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by 365Scores (@365scores)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"whats-at-stake\">What&#8217;s At Stake?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t just another big night under the lights \u2013 it\u2019s a \u201cwho runs Europe?\u201d check-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both clubs sit at the sharp end of the new league-phase table with perfect records, Bayern edging top spot on goals scored. Winning tonight doesn\u2019t win the trophy, but it does two huge things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Control of the league phase<\/strong> \u2013 Top positions bring a softer last-16 draw and a cleaner route to Wembley.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Psychological weight<\/strong> \u2013 For Arsenal, beating Bayern at home would be a statement that this version of Arteta\u2019s side is ready to go toe-to-toe with the serial winners. For Bayern, walking into the Emirates and ending Arsenal\u2019s clean-sheet run re-asserts them as the benchmark club in Europe.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Tactically, it shapes up as a clash of control vs punch. Arsenal want long spells of structured possession, aggressive counter-pressing and territorial dominance. Bayern are happy to play through pressure, with Kane dropping between the lines and wingers running beyond. Whoever imposes their version of control probably takes the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"c\">Champions League Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arsenal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the Champions League, Arsenal are the only side with four wins from four and zero goals conceded: 2\u20130 vs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/olympiacos-1023\">Olympiacos<\/a>, 4\u20130 vs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/atletico-madrid-134\">Atletico Madrid<\/a>, 2\u20130 at home to Atleti again, and 3\u20130 away at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/slavia-praha-1789\">Slavia Praha<\/a> for an 11\u20130 aggregate across the league phase so far. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UEFA\u2019s stats underline the dominance: 2.75 goals scored per game, 4 clean sheets from 4, and among the best possession and passing numbers in the competition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Domestically, Arsenal are top of the Premier League, six points clear after a 4\u20131 win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/tottenham-114\">Spurs<\/a>, with the best defensive record in the division. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t a hot streak; it\u2019s a sustained run of control. October alone saw Arsenal win six games in all competitions without conceding once. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bayern Munich<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bayern also arrive with a perfect 4\/4 record in the league phase, sitting alongside Arsenal and Inter as the only teams still flawless. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The run has been convincing rather than squeaky: 3\u20131 vs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/chelsea-106\">Chelsea<\/a>, 5\u20131 vs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/pafos-fc-2273\">Pafos<\/a>, 4\u20130 vs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/club-brugge-1169\">Club Brugge<\/a> and a statement 2\u20131 away win at holders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/psg-480\">PSG<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That gives Bayern 14 goals scored, 3 conceded and a +11 goal difference \u2013 just enough to keep them marginally ahead of Arsenal at the top of the Champions League table. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At home, they are doing Bayern things: top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/league\/bundesliga-25\">Bundesliga<\/a> again with 10 wins and 1 draw from 11, 41 goals scored and just 8 conceded. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So this isn\u2019t a struggling giant visiting an in-form upstart. It\u2019s the leaders of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/league\/premier-league-7\">Premier League<\/a> vs the leaders of the Bundesliga, both perfect in Europe, trading early blows in a season that could end with either of them lifting the big trophy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"k\">Key Players Missing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es (Arsenal)<\/strong><br>Arsenal are yet to concede a goal in Europe this season, but doing it <em>without<\/em> Gabriel is a different challenge. He\u2019s their most aggressive box defender, dominant in the air and a major set-piece weapon. Without him, Saliba loses his usual partner, and the back line loses some physicality, which is the last thing you want with Harry Kane drifting around central areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Viktor Gy\u00f6keres (Arsenal)<\/strong><br>Arsenal are also without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/viktor-gyokeres-64922\">Viktor Gy\u00f6keres<\/a>, which changes how they can attack Bayern. He\u2019s their most natural No. 9 for this kind of game \u2013 big, aggressive, happy to run channels and fight centre-backs. Without him, Arsenal lose a lot of their vertical threat in behind and their ability to go long and play off second balls when Bayern\u2019s press bites. It also means even more creative and finishing responsibility falls on Saka, Martinelli and whoever starts as the central forward, making Arsenal a touch easier to defend in transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jamal Musiala (Bayern)<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/jamal-musiala-78061\">Musiala<\/a> is the kind of player who can turn a tight, structured game into chaos with one dribble. His absence takes away Bayern\u2019s most natural ball-carrier between the lines \u2013 exactly the profile that normally asks awkward questions of a compact side like Arsenal. Bayern still have creativity, but they don\u2019t have anyone who replicates his ability to glide past two or three and force defenders to step out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Luis D\u00edaz (Bayern)<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/luis-diaz-47123\">D\u00edaz\u2019s <\/a>absence due to suspension removes a lot of Bayern\u2019s directness on the left. He gives them aggressive, vertical runs in behind and a 1v1 threat that pins full-backs deep. Without him, Bayern\u2019s left side becomes a bit more predictable, and it puts more of the burden on Gnabry\/Olise to provide that penetration and chaos around Kane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"m\">Matchups That Will Decide The Outcome<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"william-saliba-vs-harry-kane\"><strong>William Saliba vs Harry Kane<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the headline. With Gabriel missing, Saliba has to both lead the line and deal with Kane almost on his own terms. If he can win first contacts in the box, stay calm when Kane drops deep, and avoid getting dragged out of position, Arsenal\u2019s clean-sheet streak has a chance. If Kane is able to pin him, roll him, or repeatedly pull him into midfield to open space for runners, Bayern tilt the game their way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mikel-arteta-vs-vincent-kompany\"><strong>Mikel Arteta vs Vincent Kompany<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On paper, the teams are close; the difference might be in the dugout. Both managers stemming from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/pep-guardiola-46115\">Pep Guardiola<\/a> coaching tree, however, are taking very different tactical approaches. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/mikel-arteta-1051\">Arteta<\/a> has to decide how brave to be with his press and back line without Gabriel, when to bring on his bench, and whether to target Bayern with specific set-piece routines. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/vincent-kompany-831\">Kompany\u2019s<\/a> calls will be just as important: does he keep Kane high or encourage him to roam, does he protect a point or chase the win, and how quickly does he adjust if Arsenal\u2019s press is suffocating? The coach who solves those problems faster probably walks away with the better result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"eze-vs-olise-ex-palace-playmakers-in-form\"><strong>Eze vs Olise &#8211; ex-Palace playmakers in form<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/eberechi-eze-46883\">Eberechi Eze<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/michael-olise-65785\">Michael Olise<\/a> is the matchup that gives this game its extra spark \u2013 two former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/crystal-palace-10\">Crystal Palace<\/a> teammates, now in ridiculous form for European giants. Eze comes into this tie off the back of a hat-trick in the North London derby, running the game between the lines and finishing. A few hours earlier in Germany, Olise had produced his own statement: two goals and two assists in Bayern\u2019s latest league win against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/team\/freiburg-354\">SC Freiburg<\/a>, running the right side and feeding Harry Kane all afternoon. At Palace, they were the double act; tonight, they\u2019re on opposite sides, each trying to be the one who breaks the other\u2019s defensive structure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/eberechi-eze-arsenal-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"Eberechi Eze of Arsenal celebrates after scoring a goal to make it 3-0 during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at Emirates Stadium on November 23, 2025 in London, England. \" class=\"wp-image-13519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/eberechi-eze-arsenal-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/eberechi-eze-arsenal-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/eberechi-eze-arsenal-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/eberechi-eze-arsenal-1536x1049.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/eberechi-eze-arsenal-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/eberechi-eze-arsenal-220x150.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Catherine Ivill &#8211; AMA\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prediction-arsenal-2-0-bayern-munich\"><strong>Prediction: Arsenal 2\u20130 Bayern Munich<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m still going with Arsenal here despite the history of the matchup. Even without Gabriel, their Champions League form \u2013 a perfect record, still yet to concede \u2013 plus the Emirates factor and the confidence from Eze\u2019s hat-trick and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/bukayo-saka-62088\">Saka<\/a> in good touch just tilt it their way. Bayern have Harry Kane and plenty of threat, but missing Musiala and Luis D\u00edaz takes some chaos and directness out of their attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can see Arsenal controlling most of the territory, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/football\/player\/declan-rice-46718\">Rice<\/a> edging the midfield, Saliba doing just enough on Kane, and the front line eventually breaking through. I&#8217;m calling for a statement, controlled 2\u20130 Arsenal win that keeps their Champions League clean-sheet run alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-widget-type=\"predictions\" data-entity-type=\"game\" data-widget-id=\"0.8scdbuekibw\" data-lang=\"en-US\" data-publisher-id=\"125\" data-entity-id=\"4538456\" data-live-mode=\"true\" data-hide-powered-by=\"true\"><\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/widgets.365scores.com\/main.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"b\">Bottom Line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kane\u2019s homecoming, Arsenal\u2019s spotless Champions League defence, both sides top of their leagues, and ex-Palace stars Eze and Olise turning up in outrageous form \u2013 everything about this feels like a genuine European benchmark, not just Matchday 5. With Gabriel, Musiala and Luis D\u00edaz missing, the stage is set for someone else to grab the spotlight, and Arsenal\u2019s energy at a packed Emirates gives this the feel of a \u201cstatement night\u201d. However it plays out, it\u2019s the kind of game you clear your evening for \u2013 because if Arsenal really are ready to join Europe\u2019s elite, this is exactly the sort of tie they have to own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Champions League has a habit of throwing up storylines that feel scripted. Tonight at the Emirates, it is Harry Kane walking back into North London in Bayern red, running straight into a defence that has not conceded a single goal in Europe this season. 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