European heavyweights Bayern Munich and Manchester United boast nine European crowns between them and the two last met in a competitive fixture nine years ago where the Bundesliga side emerged winners with a 3-1 scoreline in the second leg fixture of the Champions League quarter-finals. They last faced each other in the group stages back in the year 2001. Bayern Munich were on a 100% winning rate in the Bundesliga after winning their opening three games before their run was brought to an end with a stalemate against Bayer Leverkusen this past Friday. Harry Kane's goal was canceled out by Alex Gimraldo's strike to settle the first-half scores. Leon Goretzka then netted in what was thought to be the winner for Bayern Munich but Exequiel Palacios converted a penalty kick in the fourth minute of extra time to ensure that the fixture ended in a draw.

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Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel will be serving a touchline suspension tonight in their Champions League opener against Manchester United, a team that the German tutor has never beaten on home soil as a manager in his past four previous attempts. The Bundesliga title holders, however, have never lost at home to the Red Devils winning three of the meetings with two of them ending in a stalemate. Tuchel's men will also be confident of progressing to the Champions League knockout rounds for the 16th successive year considering the fact that they have been touted as the favorites to top Group A with the other members of the group being Galatasaray and Copenhagen other than United. The German powerhouse have established themselves as UCL group stage experts over the years as they boast a remarkable 34-game unbeaten run at this stage. This is the longest such run in the history of Europe's elite club competition. Bayern Munich will also be looking to secure a 14th successive group-stage home win tonight.

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Manchester United are just from facing a difficult game week in the Premier League after losing out to Brighton during the weekend. They are now languishing in 13th position in the Premier League table which is nine points behind league leaders Manchester City.  United boss Erik Ten Hag has insisted that the club is not in a crisis and has encouraged his squad to "stick to the plan" as they endeavor to turn their fortunes around. The Red Devils, can not draw any confidence from their statistics against the Bavarians as they have only won just one against them of their last eight meetings in the Champions League. The supporters of the English giants will, however, reminisce about the historic 1999 final triumph over the German club under former boss Sir Alex Fergurson. That was one of their two wins against Bayern Munich in their Champions League encounters.

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