For the first time since 2010/11, Arsenal have reached the quarter-final stages of the UEFA Champions League competition and they face their old UCL rivals Bayern Munich. The two sides have met 12 times in total in Europe’s top-flight tournament with the Gunners coming out on top just three times.
However, it has been far from Bayern Munich’s best season with Thomas Tuchel’s side sitting 16 points off the Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen having recently endured two successive defeats - the former of which was at home to Borussia Dortmund.
Ahead of this week’s European clash, however, Bayern have been handed a huge boost with five players returning to training after injury. With just over 24 hours to go before the Gunners and Bundesliga giants come face-to-face once more, here is the latest injury news from both camps...
5. Leroy Sane - Bayern Munich
Doubt - the German international also returns to training after missing Heidenheim as he struggles to return to full fitness following a tendon injury | Getty Images
6. Noussair Mazraoui - Bayern Munich
Doubt - the Moroccan international has returned to training following a brief illness that kept him out against Heidenheim. | Getty Images
7. Sacha Boey - Bayern Munich
OUT - Boey continues to recover from a hip injury and remains out until the middle of the month. | Getty Images
8. Bouna Sarr - Bayern Munich
OUT - a cruciate ligament injury sees Sarr out for the rest of the 2023/24 campaign | Getty Images