It was a dream start to the Hansi Flick era in Barcelona.

The Catalan giants have won nine of their first 10 games in La Liga, they are scoring goals for fun and the club’s next generation of stars, including the likes of Lamine Yamal, Gavi and Marc Casado, are playing brilliantly.

But what will determine whether this season is a success or not will not be the team’s form domestically, but rather whether Flick can get Barcelona to make its first deep run in the Champions League since being semi-finalists in 2018/ 19.

In that regard, there are still some questions to be answered.

Barcelona are only 1-0-1 (WDL) in the Champions League after two games and now face the difficult task of welcoming Bayern Munich to Camp Nou on Wednesday evening.

It will be by far the toughest test of the season for Barcelona.

Although Barcelona have played in La Liga, you can certainly question the strength of the fixture list.

The toughest opponent they have faced so far was Athletic Bilbao and that was the second game of the campaign.

That said, the numbers presented by Barca are imperious. They score an average of 3.3 goals per game in Spain and have the third-highest expected goals difference per 90 minutes in all five of Europe’s major leagues.

However, one of the teams with a superior xGD/90 is Bayern Munich, and it is the defensive work that Bayern are currently doing that brings us to our bet for this match.

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While Barcelona has been able to upset some mediocre teams in La Liga, that won’t be the case for Bayern Munich.

There is a good chance that Bayern’s defensive strength will turn this into a tightly played match that never gets off the ground.

Most people will expect fireworks when Bayern Munich travel to Barcelona, ​​but the best value on the board is to follow that narrative and back it to end in a draw.

THE GAME: Draw (+280, FanDuel)

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