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Bayern Munich have been dealt a major blow as former Chelsea youth international Jamal Musiala continues to recover from serious foot and ankle injuries sustained at the Club World Cup. Kompany is also without defenders Hiroki Ito (foot) and Alphonso Davies (knee), while Raphael Guerreiro picked up a rib injury over the weekend.

Harry Kane is certainly the spearhead of the attack, supported by Luis Diaz – who has equalled the record for goals in his first three Bundesliga games. Nicolas Jackson has a chance to play against parent club Chelsea, but will struggle to compete with Kane for a place.

For Chelsea, Cole Palmer is likely to start after scoring from the bench against Brentford. However, Maresca will be without Liam Delap (hamstring), Benoit Badiashile, Romeo Lavia, Dario Essugo (thigh), Mykhaylo Mudryk (suspension). Estevao Willian is ill and Facundo Buonanotte is not registered for the group stage.

Joao Pedro is not in his best form yet but is still a great hope, having contributed to five goals in just four Premier League games, a record second only to Eden Hazard in Chelsea's history.

Bayern Munich vs Chelsea latest expected lineup

Bayern Munich:

Neuer; Laimer, Upamecano, Tah, Stanisic; Kimmich, Pavlovic; Olise, Gnabry, Diaz; Kane

Chelsea:

Sanchez; James, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Fernandez, Caicedo; Neto, Palmer, Garnacho; Pedro

Latest football commentary on Bayern Munich vs Chelsea

Bayern Munich have waited too long to regain the European glory, since defeating PSG in the 2020 final held in an empty stadium. In the past 5 years, the "Gray Tigers" have stopped in the quarterfinals four times and reached the semi-finals once of the Champions League.

Last season's European champions got their revenge on PSG with victory in the Club World Cup, and now they've continued their dominance domestically. Vincent Kompany's side have won all five of their opening games of the season, won the German Super Cup and demolished Hamburg 5-0 last weekend.

Despite failing to make the top eight in the Champions League group stage last season, Bayern are unbeaten at home. The Allianz Arena is now 34 games unbeaten in the group stage/UCL league phase – they last lost there in December 2013, when Man City won 3-2 with Kompany on the bench.

The statistics make opponents even more worried: Bayern have won their opening Champions League match for 22 consecutive seasons, the last time they failed to do so was against Deportivo La Coruna in 2002.

Meanwhile, Chelsea returned to the Champions League after a two-year absence, but they made history by winning the Conference League last season. Thanks to that victory, “The Blues” became the first club to win all UEFA titles (Champions League, Europa League, Conference League, Super Cup).

This season’s Champions League qualification also came in dramatic fashion, with Chelsea having to wait until the final round of the Premier League to secure their place. Under Enzo Maresca, they started the season with a rather inconsistent run of form: four London derbies yielded two draws and two wins, most recently a 2-2 draw against Brentford.

Chelsea made history in Munich in 2012, but Bayern have won all three subsequent meetings since then, including a 7-1 aggregate victory in the 2019/20 round of 16.

Latest score prediction for Bayern Munich vs Chelsea

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Bayern Munich vs Chelseaas follows:

• Sportsmole:Bayern Munich 3-1 Chelsea

• WhoScore:Bayern Munich 3-2 Chelsea
• Our newspaper predicts:Bayern Munich 3-2 Chelsea

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