Bundesliga · Fri 20 Nov, 20:30 CET
Allianz Arena, Munich
Koln will come to defend and hope for a counter. Bayern have Lille on Wednesday, so there is a rotation question too. Pick who starts and see how long it takes to break them.
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Drag a player onto the pitch, or tap a player and then a shirt. I'll tell you what I think of every one.
Every pick and every change of plan moves these numbers.
Our predicted Bayern Munich starting XI for Bayern Munich vs FC Koln in a 4-3-3: the strongest eleven for each position from the current squad, with injured and unavailable players left out. Squad information as of 23 October 2026. Looking for the Bayern Munich lineup today? The confirmed Bayern Munich line up is announced about an hour before kick-off; until then, this is the prediction.
Disagree with the prediction? Use the lineup builder above to pick your own starting XI and formation, then play the match to see how it goes.
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Bayern Munich are predicted to line up in a 4-3-3: Manuel Neuer; Alphonso Davies, Dayot Upamecano, Jonathan Tah, Joshua Kimmich; Tom Bischof, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Konrad Laimer; Jamal Musiala, Harry Kane, Michael Olise. Squad information as of 23 October 2026.
Friday 20 November 2026, 20:30 CET, at Allianz Arena, Munich (Bundesliga).
Luis Diaz (injured: small muscle tear in the back of the thigh, reported four to six weeks).
About an hour before kick-off. Until then this is the predicted Bayern Munich line-up, and you can pick your own starting XI on this page and play the match.
A pre-match game. Bayern Munich v FC Koln has not been played yet, so there is no real result to match — you choose the Bayern Munich eleven, place every player wherever you like, set the approach, and the match runs on the spot.
This is not a prediction game. Nobody is keeping score and there is nothing to get right — the match has not been played yet, so there is no correct answer to find. Pick the eleven you would pick, or the eleven nobody would dare, and see what your team does with it.
This game comes down once the real match has finished. The full simulation — where you take the touchline in a match that really happened and change how it actually ended — lives on MatchRewrite permanently. Browse the clubs.
Before this one kicks off, play the matches that have already happened involving Bayern Munich and FC Koln. Each one is the real line-ups and the real result, and you make the calls that decided it.
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