Europa League Looms for Barca As Bayern Munich Set To Start Lewandowski, Muller Ahead of UCL Cracker

• Bayern Munich vs Barcelona could see the Spanish club head to the Europa League if they fail to defeat the Bavarians
• Although the Bundesliga giants are already through to Champions League knockout stage, Julian Nagelsmann seems to be going for outright victory against Xavi’s men
• Predicted line-up shows that the hosts will launch Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller in the attack against their visitors

Spanish club Barcelona will need the maximum points on Wednesday night when they take on Bayern Munich in a must-win Champions League encounter, Marca reports.

Anything short of victory could see the Catalan giants head to play in the Europa League, and will therefore need to fight from start to finish.

A predicted lineup for Bayern Munich shows the hosts who are already through to the knockout phase of the competition will be looking to inflict more pain on the La Liga club.

It was gathered that Bayern manager Julian Nagelsmann may be tempted to deploy safe in the knowledge his side will finish first regardless.

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Bayern secured a massive 3-2 win in Der Klassiker away at Borussia Dortmund over the weekend courtesy of a Robert Lewandowski brace and a Kingsley Coman goal.

90min reports that as for Julian Nagelsmann's side, Joshua Kimmich, Michael Cuisance, and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting are all expected to miss out due to COVID-19, and Lucas Hernandez is doubtful after suffering a knock against Dortmund.

Bayern Munich's predicted line-up

Manuel Neuer; Benjamin Pavard, Niklas Sule, Tanguy Nianzou, Chris Richards; Marc Roca, Leon Goretzka; Serge Gnabry, Thomas Muller, Jamal Musiala; Robert Lewandowski.

How Barcelona could line up against Bayern

Meanwhile, Spanish side Barcelona are away to Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich in a must-win Champions League showdown on Wednesday, December 8.

The Allianz Arena will be empty during the clash as Barcelona will need a win in their hope of reaching the knockout phase of the competition this season.

New manager Xavi Hernandes will be in charge of his second-ever game in the European competition and will attempt to grab Barcelona’s first away win against the Germans.

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Barcelona's predicted line-up

Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Sergino Dest, Ronald Araujo, Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Nico Gonzalez, Sergio Busquets Frenkie de Jong, Abdessamad Ezzalzouli, Memphis Depay, Ousmane Dembele.