Wayne Rooney starts for Manchester United as they attempt to book a last four spot at the expense of holders Bayern Munich. TEAM NEWS Bayern will be without three key midfielders for the quarter-final second leg, evenly poised after last weeks 1-1 draw. Bastian Schweinsteiger is suspended following his first leg sending-off, Javier Martinez also misses out through suspension, while a third key midfielder, Thiago Alcantara, is out injured. Manchester United have doubts over the fitness of Wayne Rooney, although the striker has travelled to Bavaria despite his injured toe, which was heavily bruised in last weeks first leg at Old Trafford. Ashley Young is also doubtful after picking up a hand injury in the weekends win over Newcastle in the Premier League. But experienced left-back Patrice Evra has indicated he expects to be fit enough to return to the side after missing the first leg through suspension and despite struggling with a knee problem. MANAGER QUOTES Pep Guardiola: Theyll be looking to hit us on the break and at set plays. Were in a final on Wednesday. Its a matter of life and death. David Moyes: “You can go into some Champions League games from recent times when teams sat back and waited and waited and waited and then got something from the game and got through. I don’t think there is any shame in what we did [in the first leg], not by a long way. Tactically, I thought we played very well on the night. But I have got to say, in the second game, we might need to think differently, look at it in a different way to the first game. MATCH FACTS Manchester United have kept a clean sheet in five of their nine Champions League games this season; no side has kept more. Since the 1999 Champions League final, Man Utd have won just one of their seven Champions League encounters with Bayern Munich (W1 D3 L3). United have scored in each of their last 15 Champions League meetings with German clubs, but the last one to stop them scoring was Bayern in March 2002. Bayern have only failed to score in one of their last 28 Champions League matches, but this came against English opposition (Arsenal in March 2013). Bayern have won six and drawn two of their last eight matches in the CL knockout stages, but the last team to defeat them in the KO stages were English (Arsenal – 0-2 in March 2013). No side has won more penalties than Bayern Munich in the Champions League this season (4), but they have only scored two of these. Arjen Robben has won all four of these penalties – no other player has won more than two. Franck Ribery has created more goalscoring chances than any other player in the Champions League this season (23). The Red Devils have won just one of their last six Champions League away games (D3 L2), but this victory did come in Germany, courtesy of a 5-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen. Bayern Munich have failed to win just four of their last 18 Champions League games at the Allianz Arena (W14 D2 L2) – but all four of these games have been against English sides. Bayern have drawn the first leg of a European knockout tie 1-1 away from home on 11 previous occasions and have going progressed to the next round in all 11 of those ties. Bayern have averaged 69.8% possession in the Champions League this season and they managed a possession figure of 74.2% at Old Trafford in the first leg. MATCH ODDS Bayern Munich 1/4, Draw 6/1, Manchester United 12/1 Eurosport - 04/09/14 - 18:54 Bayern Munich v Manchester United: LIVE 1 comments Your Comment 1. negroponte we taking them out by force. am a man u. fan for life since 1996... 0 minutes ago
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