RB Salzburg is the first Austrian team to advance to the UEFA Champions League knockout stages in the competition’s current format and they have a tough assignment, at home to Bayern Munich. Salzburg are coming from a 2-1 win over Rapid Vienna, their fifth straight win ahead of this game. They have two clean sheets in their last seven matches and this could come to haunt them against Bayern Munich. At the group stages, Salzburg bagged 10 points, nine of the points were secured at home and they will be gunning for the same here. However, they face a giant, and will hope their run of four straight home wins in the Champions League stretches on. In the last 12 Champions League home matches, Salzburg have one clean sheet only.
Bayern Munich are coming from a shock loss to Bochum in the Bundesliga and will want to give a response in this game. In their current form, this doesn’t look like a game that could trouble Bayern especially after winning all their six matches in the group stages. They are now on seven straight wins in the Champions League. These two teams last met in November 2020, and back then Bayern won home and away, beating Salzburg 9-3 on aggregate. Robert Lewandowski scored three of the nine goals and with this game finding him in good form, he will fancy his chances, having scored seven in the team's last five matches. Three times in the ast five matches, Lewandowski has scored the first goal. Lewandowski has nine goals in the Champions League this season and this can be a good chance to add on to it. Bayern have scored twice or more in their last four matches, but have just one clean sheet in five.
Bayern Munich may be coming from a loss, but they will still be the favorites here. They have seven straight wins in the Champions League and heading into this game, a key performer has been Robert Lewandowski. The Poland international has failed to score in just one of their last five matches; in the remaining four, he has seven goals. He has scored the first goal of the game in three of their last five mnatches, and we will be backing home to score the opener in this game.