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Champions League10/21/2026, 07:00 PM

FC Bayern München – Arsenal2 : 2

Why the model thinks so

FC Bayern München
2.01
Total xG
3.47
Arsenal
1.46
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorFC Bayern MünchenArsenal
Defensive strength (1.2 conceded vs 2 league avg)−0.87
High-scoring league (3.3 goals/match)+0.84+0.84
Defensive strength (0.7 conceded vs 1.3 league avg)−0.63
Attack strength (1.42x league average)−0.49
Small sample (7 matches), regression to mean+0.32
Attack strength (1.37x league average)−0.20
Small sample (8 matches), regression to mean+0.18
3 clean sheets in last 5 matches−0.15
5 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (4 goals/match)+0.14
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.6 goals/match)−0.13
Declining form (1.6 vs 2 season average)−0.13
Michael Olise not in squad (5 goals, 6 assists)
Luis Díaz on the bench (7 goals, 3 assists)
Joshua Kimmich not in squad (0 goals, 2 assists)
Jonathan Tah on the bench (1 goals, 1 assists)
35% of goal output missing (only 72% available)
Myles Lewis-Skelly on the bench (0 goals, 2 assists)
Weak away record (1.6 vs 2 goals/match)

Key factors

  • Home/Away: FC Bayern München score 6 goals per game at home in the league, Arsenal concede 0.75 goals per game away
  • Shots: FC Bayern München average 11.2 shots on target per game in the last 5 games, Arsenal 4.4 per game

Risks

  • Personnel: M. Olise and J. Musiala are missing, they scored 6 of FC Bayern München's 21 league goals this season (29%)
  • Form: Arsenal have won 6 of 7 games in the league this season

All probabilities

Result
FC Bayern München49%
Draw24%
Arsenal27%
Double chance
FC Bayern München or draw73%
Arsenal or draw51%
No draw76%
Goals
Over 1.587%
Under 1.513%
Over 2.567%
Under 2.533%
Over 3.546%
Under 3.554%
Both teams score
Yes68%
No32%

xG score

2:1
From xG 2.01 : 1.46, rounded up only from .99% probability

Other likely scores

1:1
10%
2:2
7%
1:2
7%
2:0
6%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Arsenal: 10 wins in 11 games with xG above 1.0 (91% win rate)
  2. Arsenal: first goal in 9 of 12 games (75%)
  3. FC Bayern München: 6 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  4. Arsenal: 32% of all goals between minutes 61-75 (6 of 19)
  5. FC Bayern München: 70% of all goals in the second half (28 of 40, last 12 games)

Lineups

FC Bayern München 4-2-3-1 · Arsenal 4-3-3

FC Bayern München
  • 1 M. Neuer
  • 27 K. Laimer
  • 2 D. Upamecano
  • 3 M. Kim
  • 44 J. Stanisic
  • 8 T. Bischof
  • 45 A. Pavlović
  • 7 S. Gnabry
  • 34 I. Saibari Ben El Basra
  • 19 A. Davies
  • 9 H. Kane
Arsenal
  • 1 D. Raya Martin
  • 12 J. Timber
  • 15 E. Konsa Ngoyo
  • 6 G. dos Santos Magalhães
  • 33 R. Calafiori
  • 8 M. Ødegaard
  • 39 B. Guimarães Rodriguez Moura
  • 41 D. Rice
  • 7 B. Saka
  • 29 K. Havertz
  • 20 C. Madueke
Substitutes
  • 11 N. Brown
  • 23 S. Boey
  • 42 L. Karl
  • 26 S. Ulreich
  • 14 L. Díaz Marulanda
  • 21 H. Ito
  • 40 J. Urbig
  • 4 J. Tah
  • 39 B. Sapoko Ndiaye
  • 30 I. Meslier
  • 13 K. Arrizabalaga Revuelta
  • 56 M. Dowman
  • 36 M. Zubimendi Ibáñez
  • 3 C. Mosquera
  • 10 E. Eze
  • 14 V. Gyökeres
  • 4 B. White
  • 23 M. Merino Zazón
  • 49 M. Lewis-Skelly

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