Bayern Munich vs Lokomotiv Moscow Predictions

• Bayern Munich have averaged over 3.0 goals per game in the Champions League this season.
• Bayern have scored three or more goals in five of their last seven assignments.
• The Bavarians failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last nine fixtures.

Lokomotiv hoping to keep European dreams alive

Russian outfit Lokomotiv will start Wednesday’s game in Munich as Group A’s bottom club, though Moscow’s hopes of prolonging their continental adventure aren’t yet fully extinguished.

If Marko Nikolić’s side can somehow upset the odds at the home of the current European champions in Germany, and the result from Atletico Madrid’s meeting with RB Salzburg in the other group game also goes their way, then Lokomotiv could still conceivably land a spot in the Champions League’s Last 16, though a berth in the Europa League through a third place finish would still be a decent consolation prize for their efforts.

Unfortunately, Lokomotiv’s chances of landing the blow they need to succeed look incredibly slim when they take on football’s most formidable outfit in Bayern Munich this week.

The Bavarians are unbeaten in 15 games in all competitions, and having averaged over 3.0 goals per 90 minutes of Champions League action since the summer, Hansi Flick’s free-scoring Bundesliga behemoths should enjoy themselves at the Allianz Arena at Lokomotiv’s expense.

Bayern notched three or more goals in five of their last seven assignments in all competitions, and with the abundance of attacking quality in their ranks, they should be able to carve open their visitor’s defence with regularity in Munich.

As a result, the over 2.5 Bayern Munich team goals market appeals at the prices available, though our 3-1 correct score prediction backs Lokotmotiv to net a consolation.

Bayern have a frustrating habit of leaving the door open at the back, as evidenced by their run of conceding in each of their last nine fixtures, and having already scored once against the German giants in Moscow, Lokomotiv can repeat the trick in the Munich rematch.