Manchester City vs Bayern Munich (UEFA Champions League Wednesday, December 7, 2011)

Watch Manchester City vs Bayern Munich live UEFA Champions League Group A on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 19:45 GMT at Etihad Stadium.

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Manchester City will host the final match Bayern Munich in Champions League Group A, with a position that is in danger. Because the City currently sits in the rank-3 Group A, one point adrift of Napoli on it. While Munich has certainly escaped and became the group winners with 13 points. City must win if it is to hope to escape, that would depend on who will face Villarreal Napoli.

If the City wins over Munich and Napoli played a draw with Villarreal, then the City will qualify for the next round. If the City and Napoli both played a draw, of Naples will qualify, especially if Napoli beat Villarreal. If the City play a draw and lost to Napoli, Napoli will still qualify because of its superior head-to-head on the City. Here's a little information on the game City versus Munich.

Bayern Munich beat Manchester City 2-0 at the first meeting at the Allianz Arena last September. Mario Gomez bought up all the goals for Munich.

City steps to qualify for the next round was hampered when they lost 1-2 of Naples a few weeks ago. Yet when the City is more dominate with 62 percent control of the ball.

City hard to beat when playing at home in European competition. From the last 14 home games in Europe, City invincible.

Munich as good away performance with the performance of the cage, managed to achieve six wins from eight away games in the Champions League final, and lost only once.

The last time the City host a German team in European competition in April 2009 when the beat Hamburg SV 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the Europa League. But then City were knocked out because they lost on away goals.

Munich was the last time England played at the ground when they lost to Manchester United 2-3 in Champions League quarter-finals 2009/10. But then Munich escaped with a 4-4 aggregate, winning on away goals.

Roberto Mancini had to deal with Munich as coach of Inter Milan in the 2006/07 Champions League group phase. When the Inter-two finish in the rankings under Munich.

From the year 2006-2008, four players namely Munich City and Jerome Boateng, Nigel De Jong, Vincent Kompany, and Ivica Olic had played together in Hamburg.

Both teams were both ranked-1 in the domestic league. City five points clear of Manchester United in the Premier League standings, while the Munich one point ahead of Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.