Bayern Munich v Arsenal LIVE: Champions League score and updates
The Gunners suffered heartbreak against Paris Saint-Germain in last season's final but made a step further than the German champions, who were knocked out by the eventual winners in an epic semi-final. Arsenal managed just one shot on target in their 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest on Sunday with the Premier League championscoming under some criticism for the style of their attackunder Mikel Arteta this season.
But Arsenal are yet to concede a goal in the Champions League this term and will put their formidable defence up against Bayern's free-scoring attack. Harry Kane will look to add to his 15 career goals against Arsenal, although Michael Olise is suspended.
While their most recent meeting ended in a 3-1 victory during last season's league-phase game at the Emirates, they had only won once in 12 years before that - infamously losing three of their more recent clashes 5-1, two of which came across two nightmarish last-16 legs. The Gunners haven't won at the Emirates since March 2013, which saw them emerge 2-0 victors through goals from French duo Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny.
Can they conjure up something similar tonight? It was a statistic Mikel Arteta stressed twice in his six-minute post-match press conference after Arsenal 'seye-gougingly dull 1-0 winover Nottingham Forest at the City Ground, like a man who'd been rehearsing lines in the mirror.
He is right, of course, although if we're being picky, one of those was the Community Shield, which isn't a real competition, and another was the Carabao Cup. One game was on the first day of the season at home to newly promoted Coventry, and of the remaining eight games - one of which was that chastening 3-0 defeat at Brighton - it is hard to pick one in which Arteta's team were truly impressive.
Arsenal have now failed to score a first-half goal in their past six games, and this was the worst 45 minutes in the streak. They dominated the ball with 74 per cent possession but that is not the same as dominating the game, and by half-time Forest had mustered five shots while Arsenal had attempted only three, with none on target.
Will Castle 21 October 2026 19:40 Madueke earns his start Noni Madueke's winner at Nottingham Forest earns him a start in the Allianz Arena. Or maybe scoring in a win against Bayern last season does.
Either way, he comes in to the Arsenal team. For Bayern, Manuel Neuer is passed fit to play for a side without Joshua Kimmich.
The expectation is that manager Vincent Kompany will be here, though I haven't spotted him yet. Richard Jolly at Allianz Arena 21 October 2026 19:34 Arteta: I haven't got over Champions League final failure Mikel Arteta says the lingering heartbreak of Arsenal 's Champions League final defeat continues to drive his ambition for success in Europe, while firmly dismissing claims that his side have become "boring".