Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen are set for their first-ever competitive meeting on Tuesday night as the 2025-26 Champions League league phase continues.
Borussia Dortmund will be eager to move on from their heavy Champions League defeat to Manchester City when they host Villarreal at Signal Iduna Park on Tuesday.
Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich has provided a positive update on his ankle injury, expressing confidence that he will be ready to feature in the team's Champions League showdown against Arsenal on Wednesday at Emirates Stadium.
Vincent Kompany has urged calm around Bayern Munich's rising star Lennart Karl, despite the 17-year-old's outstanding form drawing comparisons with some of the biggest names the game has ever produced.
Bayern Munich thrashed SC Freiburg 6-2 at the Allianz Stadium on Saturday with Borussia Dortmund dropping points for the second consecutive Bundesliga match with a 3-3 draw against VfB Stuttgart.
Bayern Munich have received encouraging news after Aleksandar Pavlovic's early withdrawal for Germany, with Julian Nagelsmann confirming that the midfielder's knock in the 6-0 win over Slovakia was not serious.