The Norwegian striker sat out our first pre-season friendly but will now make his City bow against a team he knows well from his days with Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund.
And with five goals in seven games against Bayern, he will hope to add to his tally in the sky blue colours of City on this special night.
LINE UPS
CITY: Ederson, Cancelo, Wilson-Esbrand, Dias, Ake, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez, Haaland, Grealish
Substitutes: Stefan Ortega, Carson, Walker, Phillips, Alvarez, Kayky, Delap, Bobb, Mbete, Palmer, Lewis, McAtee, Burns, Knight
BAYERN: Neuer, Upamecano, Pavard, Kimmich, Gnabry, Sane, Coman, Sabitzer, Davies, Hernandez, Müller
FORMATION:
There’s no reason to believe City won’t be playing 4-3-3 this evening.
Ederson returns in goal, with Josh Wilson-Esbrand as full-backs and Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias in central defence.
Rodrigo pins the midfield trio that includes Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo, while Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez will be the main supplies for Haaland.
All eyes on Erling...
All summer long, the talk of how many chances Haaland will get in a City shirt has been discussed in pubs, forums and by TV pundits.
Tonight, we will see for ourselves.
It should be fascinating to watch how his new team-mates seek him out against the Bundesliga giants.
It will also give us a glimpse into how Pep Guardiola sees the Nordic superstar fitting into the Blues’ system.
He is also up against a side who know him well - though knowing Haaland and stopping him are two different things!
HOW TO WATCH
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Stats and facts
- City have faced Bayern in six competitive fixtures, all of which were in the Champions League group stage. Each team has W3 and L3.
- We have played Bayern three times in pre-season friendlies in the past decade, winning once and losing twice.
- We lost 2-1 in the Audi Cup final in August 2013, with Alvaro Negredo scoring for City and Thomas Muller and Mario Mandzuckic doing so for Bayern.
- We lost 1-0 at the Allianz Arena in July 2016, with an Erdal Ozturk goal the difference.
- In July 2018 we won 3-2 in the International Champions Trophy. Bernardo Silva scored a brace, with one from Lukas Nmecha. Meritan Shabani and Arjen Robben were on target for Bayern
