Overview
- The round‑of‑16 first leg starts at 21:00 CET at Bergamo’s New Balance Arena and will stream exclusively in Germany on Amazon Prime.
- UEFA appointed Norwegian referee Espen Eskas, who has awarded three penalties in this Champions League season and previously drew public criticism from José Mourinho.
- Bayern enter as clear favorites, with bookmakers giving them a win probability above 61 percent according to SPORT1’s market analysis.
- Manuel Neuer is sidelined with a renewed muscle tear, so Jonas Urbig is set to start in goal, while Harry Kane remains a doubt after his recent injury absence.
- Atalanta have recently troubled Bundesliga teams and look to Gianluca Scamacca and Lazar Samardzic to provide the attacking threat under coach Raffaele Palladino.