Barcelona vs Bayern Munich, Champions League: team news, match preview

*As of the start of the match day

Competition/round: UEFA Champions League 2024–25, league phase, matchday 3

Barcelona Outs & Doubts: Marc-André ter Stegen, Ronald Araujo, Ferran Torres, Andreas Christensen, Marc Bernal (out), Eric García (doubtful)

Bayern Outs & Doubts: Hiroki Ito, Sacha Boey, Josip Stanisic, Aleksandar Pavlovic (out), Jamal Musiala (doubtful)

Date/time: Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 9:00 p.m. CET (Barcelona), 8:00 p.m. BST/WAT (UK and Nigeria), 3:00 p.m. ET, 12:00 p.m. PT (US), 12:30 a.m. IST (India, Thursday)

Venue: Estadi Olímpic Lluys Companys, MontjuïcBarcelona, ​​​​Catalonia, Spain

referee: Slavko Vinu010diu0107 (SVN)

VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)

How to watch on TV: TUDN (USA), TNT Sports 4 (UK), SONY TEN 2 (India), SuperSport (Nigeria), Movistar (Spain), others

How to watch online: Paramount+ (US), Discovery+ (UK), Movistar+ (Spain), others

After a comfortable win over Sevilla, they were able to maintain their three-point lead at the top of the table LaLiga This weekend, Barcelona return to the biggest game of their season when Hansi Flick reunites with his former club Bayern Munich in a monster showdown Montjuïc Olympic Stadium on Wednesday evening in what is undoubtedly the main game of this week's UEFA Champions League league phase.