Bayer Leverkusen heads to Bayern Munich in the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday hoping to derail an otherwise successful first season for Bayern coach Vincent Kompany. “Of course this game’s a big one, it’s intense when we play each other,” Leverkusen wing back Jeremie Frimpong told The Associated Press in a recent interview.

Welcome back, for the fourth time this season, Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen faced off and for the first time under Xabi Alonso, Leverkusen lost to Bayern, convincingly. If you wanted two

Bayern Munich might be comfortably leading the way in the Bundesliga but they welcome Bayer Leverkusen to the Allianz Arena knowing that they might well be underdogs to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals over the next week.

Bayern Munich will host VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga on Saturday, 8 March. Here is the predicted lineup for the Bavarians.

What are the talking points from this top-class performance? Xabi Alonso’s stubbornness cost him Xabi Alonso came into this match with the same tactic he had for his previous encounters with Vincent Kompany’s Bayern: six defenders,