Bayern Munich – Ajax SOCCER PICKS
In order to achieve a victory and take possession of the first place in Group E of the UEFA Champions League, on Tuesday the German multi-champion Bayern Munich waits for the visit of Dutch cast Ajax of Amsterdan, in play to be played in the Allianz Sand.
Bayern Munich:
Those led by Niko Kovac do not come at their best in their second game of the European Champions League, so the Bavarian team comes from losing 2-0 in their visit to Hertha Berlin and thus added their second consecutive game without winning, remembering that before they tied at home to a goal against Augsburg and thus have descended to the second place in the Bundesliga with 13 points, one point less than the leader Borussia Dortmund.
But finally, on Tuesday they want to leave this bad taste in their Champions League game where they debuted with a clear 0-2 victory in their visit to Benfica Portugal, so this Tuesday at home they aspire to add their second Victory in this competition so as to gain a foothold in the first place of the group and, in the process, ensure its classification to the next stage of the competition.
Keep in mind that the Bavarians are the teams that best take advantage of their status as homeowners and even more so if it is against teams of a lower level, so much so that Bayern Munich has won 19 of their last 23 games as locals in the European Champions League in the 90 minutes; while the other 4 games that could not win were against teams of similar level such as Real Madrid and Juventus, and so on Tuesday they want to continue their triumphant streak in the competition and for that they rely on what Polish striker Robert Lewandowski can do who has participated directly in 22 goals of the 22 games at home by the Champions League for Bayern Munich, with 19 goals and 3 assists.
Ajax:
While it has been a long time since Ajax was a real force in the European Champions League, the start in the current competition left very good impressions and reminded that Ajax that reached the final or final rounds of UEFA competition.
Thus those led by Erik ten Hag got an excellent 3-0 victory over AEK Athens with an excellent performance by defender Nicolas Tagliafico who scored a double, and thus shares the first place of the group jointly with Bayern Munich.
Ajax arrived motivated after their 2-0 victory against Fortuna Sittard and thus recovered from the defeat suffered in the derby against PSV where they lost 3-0, so the Amsterdam team is placed in the second box with 16 points, five points less than the PSV leader, but nevertheless they arrive with great confidence after winning five of their last six games taking as reference all the competitions and the best thing is that their defensive block has been solid every time they have kept the goal undefeated in 7 of their last 8 games and this is largely due to the recovery of Daley Blind that has given him experience behind.
In terms of direct confrontations, the last time these teams met was the group stage of the UEFA Champions League season 2004/05 and at that time the game in Amsterdam ended with a draw of two, while the game in Munich was triumph Bavarian by a clear 4-0.
Bayern Munich have never lost at home to Ajax in four previous UEFA competition matches, where three were victories, totaling 11 goals and conceding only two goals.
In terms of home games for UEFA competition against teams from the Netherlands, the Bavarian cast knows no defeats in any of the nine games where seven were victories.
While Ajax does not know of victories in four of its last five UEFA competition matches visiting Germany and its only victory was against Hamburger SV in the UEFA Cup in November 2008 with a score of 1-0.
