Overview
- Kickoff is 21:00 CET at the Allianz Arena, with exclusive live coverage on DAZN after pregame programming from 20:00.
- The hosts arrive on five wins from five competitive games and carry a 21‑match streak of winning Champions League openers dating back to 2003.
- Under the new ligaphase format, early points are prized because only the top eight advance directly to the last 16 while places 9–24 face play‑offs.
- Coach Vincent Kompany said his staff studied roughly 40 Chelsea matches and, along with Harry Kane, dismissed Uli Hoeneß’s underdog framing that Karl‑Heinz Rummenigge also contradicted.
- Media projections highlight Manuel Neuer starting behind Dayot Upamecano and Jonathan Tah, Bayern missing Raphaël Guerreiro, and Chelsea without Levi Colwill, Liam Delap and Roméo Lavia.