Aston Villa vs. Bayern Munich preview: Team news and predicted lineups

For the first time since Vincent Kompany took over as coach, Bayern Munich dropped points on Saturday as they drew 1-1 at home to Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen.

Although they didn't get the win, the Bavarians can be proud of a performance that saw them dominate the game throughout, but fail to find the decisive goal.

One big fly in the ointment, however, was the fact that Harry Kane limped off towards the end of the game with an ankle injury after a challenge from Amine Adli.

Fortunately for Bayern, the injury wasn't serious and Kane himself said after the game that he expected to be fit for Wednesday's away clash with Aston Villa. 

Update: After missing training on Monday, Kane took part in Bayern's final training session on Tuesday afternoon, and he is therefore expected to be fit enough to start.

Bayern have plenty of reason to be confident going into the game, having won all their matches this season apart from the one against Leverkusen at the weekend.

Their Champions League campaign got off to a flying start when they thrashed Dinamo Zagreb 9-2. Although their win wasn't as big, the same can be said of Wednesday's opponents, Aston Villa, who recorded a convincing 3-0 away win over Young Boys away from home.

The Villans, fifth in the English Premier League, have started the season well, but Sunday's 2-2 draw with newly-promoted Ipswich Town was a disappointment.

On the injury front, Boey (knee), Ibrahimovic (thigh), Ito (foot) and Stanišić (knee) are all definite absentees. Kane, as mentioned, is a doubt with an ankle problem.

Aston Villa will be without Kamara (knee), Mings (knee) and McGinn (thigh), while Cash (thigh) is questionable.

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