Pep Guardiola’s side go into this tie against the club he transformed into the world’s best as underdogs with a number of injuries doing nothing to help the German side’s cause. Franck Ribery, David Alaba and Arjen Robben all miss out whilst Robert Lewandowski faces a race against time to recover from a broken jaw sustained in Bayern’s DFB Pokal semi final loss to Borussia Dortmund.
That defeat on penalties dashed Bayern’s hopes of securing a treble having already won the Bundesliga this season. That may well give a squad who are riddled with injuries a chance to recover as they travel to face Bayer Leverkusen tomorrow with nothing to play for. On the other hand, Barcelona lead Real Madrid at the top of La Liga by only two points and although they face the relatively easy task of beating Cordoba, they will still have to get the job done.
The Catalan giants have been impressive in the second half of the season and they eased past Manchester City and PSG to reach this stage of the competition. Bayern made it a club record fourth consecutive semi final appearance in a row after they overturned a first leg deficit to get past a plucky Porto side in the quarter finals having battered Shakhtar Donetsk in the Round of 16.
This match is a repeat of the 2012/13 semi which saw Bayern win 7-0 on aggregate, a Champions League record, and Barca will be keen to avenge that defeat although Pep Guardiola’s men do have a good record at the Nou Camp.
Barcelona v Bayern Munich Betting Tips
- Barca to win – Pep Guardiola will know this side inside out and Bayern have won on three of their last four trips to the Nou Camp. However, we think that the injuries will catch up with the Bavarian outfit and given the way Luis Enrique’s side are playing at the moment, we fancy a home win at 8/11 with Sky Bet.
- Both teams to score – Despite missing Robben and Ribery, we still fancy the German side to score on Tuesday night. At the other end, Barca will be confident that their front three of Luis Suarez, Neymar and Lionel Messi will be able to find the back of the net and you can back BTTS at very good odds of 4/5 with Ladbrokes.
- Bayern Munich’s first goal to be scored in the second half – Nine out of Bayern’s last 10 goals against Barca have been scored in the second half and they will be keen to bag an away goal. At 21/10 Betfred have the best odds on the Bavarians scoring their first after the break.
- Match to feature over 3.5 goals – These two sides are amongst the highest scorers in the competition and both of Bayern’s quarter final matches featured over 3.5 goals. With all the attacking talent that’s going to be on display we fancy a high scoring game and that can be backed at 21/20 with BetVictor.