The English and German champions meet at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, as Manchester City host Bayern Munich in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals
With all teams qualifying for the tournament, they have faced strong opposition in the domestic league
Man City beat Southampton 4-1 at the weekend and continue to compete with Arsenal in the race for the Premier League title
That was their eighth win in a row. Another four goals at the weekend means they have found the back of the net 31 times in this eight-game winning streak.
With Erling Haaland as the top scorer, he has 10 goals in just six Champions League games this season, but Haaland has never enjoyed success against Bayern, losing all seven of his games with Borussia Dortmund.
Haaland was instrumental in seeing Man City progress to this quarter-final stage, scoring five goals in a 7-0 rout of RB Leipzig, and securing an 8-1 aggregate victory in the last 16. .
City have faced Bayern several times in recent years in the Champions League, winning two of their three meetings at the Etihad, with their only defeat on home soil coming when Pep Guardiola was away to the German giants
p>Despite being at the top of the Bundesliga, Bayern are not as strong as they are at City at home, with Thomas Tuchel getting off to a good start in his duties at the club, bringing them back to the top of the Bundesliga
Tuchel's first game saw Bayern defeat title rivals Dortmund at the Allianz Arena, but they followed that up with a shock defeat to Freiburg, crashing out of the DFB-Pokal at the quarter-final stage.
They regained the spirit of victory last weekend and established themselves at the top of the Bundesliga with a difference of two points
Bayern want the Champions League title this season, Tuchel helped Chelsea win the title ahead of Manchester City a season ago
Will he manage to eliminate them again from the competition?
